By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen will advertise to hire a new deputy code enforcement officer on a part-time basis. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscri...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Supreme Court’s controversial ruling Friday overturning Roe v. Wade has left local community members, families and friends divided.   To read the rest of the sto...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two Democratic lawmakers from Allegheny County took steps last week that they say will combat inflation. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe t...

Caleesi Thompson, 3, and her great-aunt, Patty Alcorn of Monessen, look at Kindu, a ball python held by Taylor Parco, a Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium intern, Friday at the Monessen Senior Center.  

By Max Robinette mrobinette @yourmvi.com The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion in the United States. To read the rest of the story, pl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council voted this week to create a separate bank account to house all funds related to garbage collection in the city. To read the rest of the story, pl...

By Roxanne Abramowitz The Daily Courier “I love music, any kind of music,” said George Frezzell of Belle Vernon. At 86, George is the oldest student at the Aikens Music Center in Connellsville, where ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new entertainment group is almost ready to take the stage.   The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts, a local nonprofit organization geared to the musical education of...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Mon River Fleet Lions club operates on a mission of providing to the communities it serves by having an impact on the health and wellbeing of area residents. On Th...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Film production is a money-maker in Pennsylvania, bringing in more than $3 billion in revenue since the tax credit began in 2007, according to state Sen. Camera...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s former administration moved city offices into the former Community Bank building next door after mold was discovered last summer and now officials are ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District is focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion, commonly referred to as “DEI.” On Wednesday, the school board heard from Dr. Erika Gold...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A cracked screen isn’t the end of the world for Belle Vernon Area students next school year. Pending board approval Monday, a new insurance program could hel...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It was a hot and magical day in Charleroi Wednesday afternoon as the new Magic City Riverfront Park officially opened. The project, spearheaded by the Mon Valley All...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania House Republicans blocked a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles by completely changing the proposed bill int...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board on Wednesday had to reapprove the 2022-23 final budget, and it once again narrowly passed. Prior to public comment Wednesday, Solicitor Ga...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Mess with a cat — get the claws. In Pittsburgh, they intend to keep it that way. Mon Valley natives Tara Czekaj and Carol Whaley recently won honors as Humane S...

By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent Two Belle Vernon Borough residents expressed their concern to council over a Solomon Street property. Celine Lucking, who lives next to the property,...

By RALPH STONE MVI columnist Several years prior to the formation of the First Street Ramblers — before my fascination for sports stars, cowboys, Tarzan, and Batman, but probably about the same time a...

With temperatures in the 90s, this trio beat the heat Tuesday by heading to Renzie Spray Ground in McKeesport. From left are Xavier Johnson and Demauri and Kalyse Mills. Located in Renziehausen Park n...