Olivia Kostelac of North Charleroi enjoys a meatball sub from the Italy booth at the Festival of Nations on Saturday at the Charleroi campus of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish.  

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi leaders have given authority to the solicitor and borough manager to explore the process of right-sizing council.   To read the rest of the story, please s...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council voted unanimously to buy a purchase-order software system in an effort to improve its record keeping with an eye toward reining in spending ...

By Christine Haines For the MVI It was a wedding 37 years in the making, forged from friendship and designed to last a lifetime — qualities befitting marriage to a blacksmith. There were, in fact, 10 ...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Todd Sharman took to the stage Saturday holding a red Rickenbacker guitar and dressed in black boots, blue jeans, a blue patterned dress shirt, a black ve...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com In rolls the new, out rolls the old. Either way you go, you keep on rolling. After 39 years, Valley Skating Center in Donora will change ownership and undergo r...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh filed an emergency petition Friday to take custody and control over the evidence locker and criminal investigative...

By Matt Petras For the MVI The Washington County Agricultural Fair returns for eight days starting today, featuring improvements such as a heavily renovated hall and improved pavement, fencing and sid...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Police Department received a $30,000 donation from EQT Corporation this week to purchase body cameras for officers. To read the rest of the stor...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com St. Andrew the Apostle Parish will welcome residents from throughout the Mon Valley to its annual ethnic food festival this weekend. There will be plenty of homemade...

By Max Robinette   mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council voted Thursday to place police Superintendent Jim Brice on paid administrative leave. Brice has been police superintendent, the highest ranking...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Thursday was the final chance this year to head to Renziehausen Park in McKeesport for International Village, a three-day ethnic food, music and dance festival. A bit ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Council intends to have a forensic audit of the city’s Line Usage Fund performed by auditors Cypher and Cypher, focusing on the proper disposition or uti...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley is a becoming a booming hub of economic growth.   After the decline of the steel industry, community organizations, business professionals, developers...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Edward Stasko and Bikers Helping Others of Southwestern Pennsylvania escorted the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall and the 9/11 Re...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Amid pandemic restrictions and precautions, International Village was canceled in 2020 for the first time in its history. It returned last year with COVID-19 mitigatio...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Olympus Energy’s attorney said that the company rested its case after last night’s Rostraver Township Zoning Board hearing. The hearing featured locals to the H...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesporters tend to beam with pride when they mention the name Swintayla “Swin” Cash. She’s a basketball star who holds two Olympic gold medals, was a four-time WNBA...

By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent He’s only 25, but Anthony Mattie is making a name for himself as a leader within the McDonald’s corporation. Mattie, general manager of the McDonald’...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s International Village kicked off Tuesday night, and a few gray clouds couldn’t keep the masses from lining up for their favorite worldly fare or dancing t...