Swimmers prepare to enter the water Saturday at the Mon Valley Rowing Club’s annual Polar Plunge in Belle Vernon

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council approved a revised version of its 2022 budget Thursday that cleaned up several of the errors found in the original version presented in Dece...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Roscoe officials plan to prioritize blight this year, according to Mayor Tom Wilkinson. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online ed...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Love was in the air — and on the dance floor — at Mariner’s Hall in Dunlevy over the weekend. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our onl...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Council took action this month to make more blighted properties available through the McKeesport vacant property recovery program. To read the rest of the s...

Rico Tartt of Pittsburgh holds Kenza Hawkins, 7, of Donora as they watched the Monessen High School basketball team play Friday night. Tartt is the aunt of Lorenzo Gardner, who plays for the Greyhound...

Teri Joy Mitchell, 66, of Elizabeth, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Born in Trenton, N.J., on Jan. 26, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Russell H. and Carolyn Powell Theobald. Teri was a district s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Public Works, at the behest of the city’s mayor, has shut down the Versailles Avenue Bridge. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A dangerous section of road in the 5-Town area will soon be a bit safer.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, cal...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday signed a bill sponsored by a Mon Valley legislator into law, and it means $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding is being appropriat...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Monessen building that has been the center of dozens and dozens of “should they or shouldn’t they” demolition arguments dating back many years has seemingly s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania’s attorney general made a trip to the Mon Valley on Thursday to talk about the success of the Strategic Response Team policing effort in McKeesport. To re...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Coal trucks continue to create problems for Donora residents.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314-003...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward will have an esports arena and a dedicated play space for its newest Warriors squad within months.   To read the rest of the story, please ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Ringgold administrators have asked the school board to consider altering the district’s policy on mask wearing and quarantining.   To read the rest of the story, pleas...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent David Williams of Monessen took advantage of the sunshine and warmest temperatures the Mon Valley has seen in awhile to walk his 9-year-old dog, Tao, at Monesse...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Information regarding a previously confidential personnel issue that Charleroi Council voted on following a closed-door session last month has been made public, but ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monongahela council on Wednesday made multiple decisions related to staffing. Council unanimously agreed to hire two part-time police officers. Chief Kevin Harris said...

By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media Westmoreland County has 143 state-inspected bridges that are rated in poor condition and will need maintenance work, if they haven’t already been closed. PennDOT lists ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School District may have increased flexibility in how officials choose to spend Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER...