By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township comprehensive plan is entering the public comment phase prior to final adoption by the commissioners, which is anticipated in October. Ca...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The 2021-22 school year will start in the Elizabeth Forward School District with the assurance that there won’t be a teachers’ strike for at least five more yea...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s proposed animal regulation ordinance will likely be passed during council’s Aug. 10 meeting. It was initially introduced in June, but was tabled after ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent The Mon Valley Fun Fest, sponsored by the Salvation Army in Monessen, was filled with food, vendors and live entertainment and was the first of its kind for the o...

By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Leaders in the Charleroi Area School District are excited to keep students in the Cougar learning community.   After a tumultuous year, the district will welcome s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Carrying on an annual effort of trying to eliminate the raccoon variant of rabies, Allegheny County and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the 2021 raccoon b...

Gio Mytrysak, 2, of Elizabeth Township holds a ball he won Friday at the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Company’s Riverfest. The event continues today from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Move-in day usually means students have returned to the California University of Pennsylvania campus, but this year it came a bit early as a new president took ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Opioid Coalition hopes to bring in new members to work toward its mission of ensuring the long-term health, safety and well being of Valley residen...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A do-not-use advisory in McKeesport’s Lower 10th Ward was adjusted to a do-not-drink advisory this week. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County spokesman Matt Junk...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An economic playbook is in the works for 27 municipalities in Washington County.   The project, spearheaded by the Mon Valley Alliance, was funded through a 2018 Loc...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A bi-partisan move by two Washington County commissioners will let the voters decide in November if they want a study to consider changing the county’s current governm...

For the MVI Civil War re-enactors of the Blue and Gray Brigade will encamp at the Greenock Log House in Elizabeth Township from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Visitors may also tour the Greenock Log Hous...

BY JEFF OLIVER For the MVI Minister Millie Thomas had a reach in her ministry that went much further than arm’s length. Her passion for ministering for her faith took her outside the Mon Valley freque...

For the MVI The Mon Valley NAACP selected Justice Rawlins-Heath of Monessen as its first Young, Gifted and Black awardee for the month of July. The NAACP will choose and name a young person each month...

For the MVI The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association (PDAA) announced its newly elected officers for the 2021–2022 business year. The election took place during the association’s annual busines...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Elizabeth Firemen’s Riverfest will be in full swing starting Friday evening. Fire Chief Chad Rager said there...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of state lawmakers, including a few from the Mon Valley, visited Kennywood Wednesday morning. But they weren’t there to fill up on Potato Patch fries or Golden...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com An unused road in Fallowfield Township is becoming a growing concern for residents as supervisors continue to discuss how best to address the problem. Last month, an...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Pastor Michael Krentz has been with Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Newton for four years but feels he’s a part of a history that extends decade...