By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster has again accepted a leadership role on the McKeesport Housing Authority. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Val...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Model railroad enthusiasts were drawn to the New Eagle Volunteer Fire Department’s Social Hall on Sunday to attend the Mid Mon Valley Model Railroad Club’s annual train show a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District and the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation want to hear from the community about new and exciting efforts at Twin Rivers Elementary Schoo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Washington County communities have received funding to expand natural gas service for their residents. Recently, Department of Community and Economic Development...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Washington County residents, organizations and municipalities are no strangers to Local Share Account money, but now there is a statewide opportunity to apply for...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com As frigid temperatures grip the area, students at Elizabeth Forward High School are hoping to share some warmth. The Student Government Association is holdin...

Ringgold fans cheered on the boys basketball team Friday against Connellsville. In front, from left, are Abbey Whaley, Angie Allen and Micah Petrosky. In the middle row, from left, are Ryan Cole, Nath...

By BRIAN C. RITTMEYER, MEGAN GUZA and JASON CATO Trib Total Media At least 10 people were injured Friday when a bridge carrying Forbes Avenue over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park collapse...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Health care workers in half the states across the nation, including Pennsylvania, had to roll up their sleeves by Thursday if they wanted to keep their jobs.   To re...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com When the body of 6-month-old Archer Hollis was discovered wrapped in blankets, stuffed into a plastic crate and hidden behind new drywall in his parents’ bedroom,...

By CHRISTINE HAINES For the MVI Most essay contests are for students, but a Rostraver Township resident is opening up a contest to all readers of the Mon Valley Independent , regardless of age, in mem...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The recent sub-freezing weather in the Mon Valley has caused emergency water-line breaks, frozen pipes and other issues. To read the rest of the story, please see a ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Mayor Ron Mozer said Thursday night that he has no intention of letting the city enter into Act 47 status for financially distressed municipalities. To r...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District’s board room on Wednesday felt like an unruly classroom where the teacher couldn’t get control. To read the rest of the story, please s...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Shop owners in downtown Elizabeth are mixing things up in order to make room for future growth. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent It’s warm and cozy inside the Monessen Senior Center where Maryann Tineri, Cathy Clark and Betty McLaughlin enjoyed a game of cards, coffee and each other’s com...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A team from an oil and natural gas company appeared before the Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners Wednesday to outline their plan for accessing a prop...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com At least one dozen different proposed maps of Pennsylvania’s congressional district boundaries have been given to a statewide court to consider beginning today. As G...

BY JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For now, Pennsylvania Coach Lines will continue to be McKeesport Area School District’s transportation provider. But that’s almost guaranteed to change after the end o...

By RYAN DETO Trib Total Media The Port Authority of Allegheny County has received a grant from the Federal Transit Administration to provide planning for development along the possible extension of th...