By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As rain turned to ice on Thursday, Mon Valley residents and street crew workers were prepared to deal with the worst. To read the rest of the story, please see a cop...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com If young African Americans really knew their stories, they would understand the true value of being kings and queens. To read the rest of the story, please see a ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department has issued enforcement orders to six local companies that submitted “inadequate” air emissions mitigation plans under the Mon Va...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Grants awarded to Elizabeth Township will go to support the preservation of historical landmarks. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen Elementary Center classrooms celebrated Groundhog Day on Tuesday with crafts and other activities. Despite Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow, it didn...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Since the collapse of the Fern Hollow bridge in Pittsburgh, motorists, pedestrians, public transit riders, cyclists and taxpayers across Pennsylvania and the nation ha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Punxy Phil on Wednesday said winter isn’t going anywhere. And it seems the Groundhog’s Day message of Pennsylvania’s favorite marmot was heard loud and clear by Mother...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is in the middle of a financial crisis and with another winter storm on the way, the mayor stepped in Wednesday to avoid a potential disaster...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Concerns were raised about the Hera pad fracking project at the Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners voting meeting Wednesday. Word must have gotten out...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the past decade, the Charleroi Regional Police Department has called the borough building home free of charge. But, Charleroi council President Paul Pivovarnik w...

By the Mon Valley Independent Members of the Mon Valley Independent Live team traveled to Cal U Wednesday afternoon to speak to professor Jeff Helsel’s Producing Media Messages class about real-life e...

Gary Malarkey of Belle Vernon washes the built-up salt off his vehicle at Val’s Car Wash in Rostraver Township Tuesday afternoon — the warmest day the Mon Valley has seen in weeks.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In September, when Monessen’s former mayor made the move to hire an outside law firm to remove members of the redevelopment authority at a cost of $12,000, no one...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media Pennsylvania’s annual four-legged forecasting festivities got underway early today in Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day. To read the rest of the story, please see a ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com George Turner lived 91 years on the same block.   The former Westmoreland County deputy sheriff died Dec. 1, and his widow, Faye Turner, has donated her late...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Health care staff across the state, including the Mon Valley, will benefit from legislation recently agreed to by both chambers in the General Assembly. To read the ...

Rostraver West Newton Emergency Medical Services paramedic Russ Morgan holds two teddy bears that he picked up during the Teddy Bear Toss Monday at the Belle Vernon Area High School girls basketball g...

By Ryan Deto Trib Total Media The operator of a towering crane pulled a 60-foot Port Authority bus from the wreckage of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge just before sunset Monday, punctuating a cleanup...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It’s been a little more than a month and a half since a tornado destroyed 1,300 homes and businesses in Mayfield, Ky., on Dec. 10. To read the rest of the story, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The recommendations for which projects should be funded this year have been announced by the Washington County Local Share Account Review Committee. To read the rest...