By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Blue Christmas is more than the title of a song — for many, it’s the reality of the holidays. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon V...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There was a little bit of magic in the air at Little Things for Little People in Belle Vernon Thursday. The monthly distribution of diapers, clothes and other n...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Ringgold students and staff are once again required to wear masks in school. In a letter to Ringgold families, which was also shared on the district website, Superinte...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Crawford Village residents and others within the McKeesport Housing Authority got the chance Thursday to roll up their sleeves in the fight against COVID-19 and the fl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Borough Council passed a 2022 budget that holds the line on property taxes. The passage of the final budget went much the same as the vote for the prelimin...

Charleroi Area Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich is grateful to local law enforcement for their help in identifying and discrediting a threat made to the school. Late Wednesday, Zelich said the district wa...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Bujanowski Towing & Recovery of North Charleroi participated in the 6th Annual Tows for Tots Toy Drive. This drive helps make Christmas brighter for kids 18 and...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “New style, same great cause.” The event has a bit of a different format than it has in the past, but the Mon Valley YMCA John Barbero Memorial Auction Fundraiser open...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com As Charleroi’s outgoing council members and mayor shared sentimental goodbyes during their last meeting as elected officials, they were not the only ones to m...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It will most likely be February before the Rostraver Township Commissioners consider plans by Olympus Energy to install a well-pad site off of Route 51. The com...

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Pennsylvania asked the federal government on Wednesday to send health care workers to hospitals and nursing homes that are increasingly under stress from persisten...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Cougar mascot greets Frankie Frezzell, 3, of North Charleroi during Tuesday’s boys basketball game between Charleroi Area and Monessen. To purchase this pho...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council will not be able to pass a 2022 budget this year because no one advertised the budget as required. To read the rest of the story, please see...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com During a special meeting Tuesday night, the Monessen School Board tabled an agenda item related to the City of Monessen Revitalization Program. To read the rest of the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It’s great to have goals. It’s even better to exceed them. Jacob Kotchman, 17, of California set out to raise enough donations to fill 30 backpacks for the home...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Forward School District employee has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct or c...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com Christmas came early for children in Monongahela on Monday. As students who live in the area of Mounds Park got off their school bus, they were excited to lea...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com No real estate tax increase is anticipated for 2022 in White Oak, but council will have to hold a special meeting to pass the final budget. To read the rest of the sto...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Dave Yuhasz, who has worked his way up through the ranks of the Monessen Police Department, took the reins as chief this month. To read the rest of the story, ple...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It’s going to be easier to fill police shifts in Forward Township. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 72...