By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of students from two McKeesport Area School District elementary schools don’t have to worry about heading to the bus stop without a coat thanks to Operation W...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Kiwanis Club of McKeesport-White Oak has spent a century trying to improve the lives of children in the McKeesport area. To read the rest of the story, please see ...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Council expects to hold the line on taxes in 2022.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724...

Santa and Mrs. Claus ride into Elizabeth in a horse-drawn carriage for the borough’s Light-Up Night Thursday evening.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the contracts of the superintendent and assistant superintendent for another five years...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The holiday season is upon us, and it’s almost time to sit around the table, enjoy turkey and cranberry sauce and maybe even have some uncomfortable conversations with...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com More than 100 veterans who graduated from Belle Vernon Area High School are being recognized on a living wall of honor at the school. To read the rest of the st...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Young musicians from across the Mon Valley have proudly been filling the shoes of musical greats for the past five years. To read the rest of the story, pleas...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi has adopted a new policy on COVID-19 procedures. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314-0...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Rates for Mon Valley Sewage Authority customers in Donora and Monessen will increase in their next billing cycles. To read the rest of the story, please see a cop...

Monessen American Legion Post 28 held a flag burning ceremony Wednesday night to properly dispose of used American flags. This year they collected more than 2,000 used flags to burn. The flags came fr...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com A popular Mon Valley bar/restaurant hopes to help make Christmas brighter for area children this year. The Foster House II, located in Washington Township, is...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A lot of preservation and restoration work is being done on The Longwell House on West Main Street in Monongahela. But, thanks to volunteers, the Monongahela Area Hist...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners Wednesday adopted the tentative budget and tax ordinance for 2022 with no increase over the current year’s tax rate. To rea...

By The MVI A rock slide temporarily closed a portion of Route 906 between Vance Dei Cas Highway and Webster Hollow Road in Rostraver Township Wednesday and it could remain closed for some time. To rea...

By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media The school mask mandate in Pennsylvania will end Dec. 4 unless the state Supreme Court grants a stay to Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration. To read the rest of the stor...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Washington County’s unofficial election results with write-in totals have been released, and the face of Donora Borough Council will definitely change in the new ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com This Saturday marks the largest turkey distribution in Washington County as the ingredients for more than 1,000 complete Thanksgiving family meals will be distr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On Thursday night, the spotlights will shine as the curtain rises at the Grand Theatre for a performance of “Fame The Musical JR.”   To read the rest of the story, ple...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth’s Guardian Angels and Rock Run Inn are once again teaming up to provide a catered take-out Thanksgiving dinner to families and individuals in need in ...