By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Library is hoping for continued support from area communities heading into 2022. During a business meeting Wednesday, Monongahela council member...

By Danielle Ohl Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Senate Republicans undertaking a controversial review of last year’s presidential election on Wednesday authorized collecting personal informatio...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners are considering changes to the hiring policy, which would permit police officers to live outside of the township. At presen...

From left, Belle Vernon Area High School students Jack Bryer, Tyler Kovatch, Ryan McGrew and Logan Hoffman dressed as farmers for Tuesday’s girls soccer game against Connellsville. The student section...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A move to oust two seated members of the Monessen Redevelopment Authority in favor of two others will cost the city $12,000 and likely result in an automatic trip...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon Council has no plans to close Community Bank Park any time soon. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Indepe...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It was a day 20 years in the making, but Russell Johnson finally made it to the site of the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville. To read the rest of the story, plea...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Changes are needed in the ways local fire departments are funded and staffed, according to Elizabeth Township Fire Department No. 1 Chief John Walter. To read t...

Ryann Lape, 14, of Carroll Township holds her cousin, Via Brandemarte, 1, of Carroll Township at the Ringgold boys soccer game Monda

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A new police chief was sworn into office Monday in Elizabeth Township, not quite a year after the retirement of Chief David Kerestes. To read the rest of the st...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com At the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corp.’s annual town hall meeting, Mon Valley residents heard about the ballot referendum that could create a panel to study...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Council is taking steps to keep people out of Heritage Hill Park overnight. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley Independ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It was a perfect September evening in California Borough’s Rotary Park — probably the kind of evening Marshall Craig would have loved. To read the rest of the sto...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com With two weeks of school completed, COVID-19 cases have been rising in the Belle Vernon Area School District and the new superintendent is taking steps to addre...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A local veteran who was getting rained on while he slept in his bed can now rest more comfortably thanks to a Patriot Day service project in McKeesport. To read the re...

By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Members of the Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department will not be forgotten after they’ve passed away. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora police held a grievance meeting Friday to discuss recent moves made by borough council. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Until recently, 9/11 was a date in a history book, a class video or a field trip to Shanksville   for some Belle Vernon Area High School students. To read the r...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Mon Valley office Wells Morrison was the senior agent on the scene shortly after Flight 93 crashed at Shanksville 20 ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com When a team of baristas head to work Monday morning, they hope to start changing the world one cup of coffee at a time. To read the rest of the story, please see a c...