By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A mechanic in Elizabeth was once a boy dreaming of cars 15,000 miles away.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Indepe...

By CHASITY CAPASSO For the MVI Behaviorworx Center for Autism and Behavior will officially open its doors Tuesday in the Peasant Village Professional Plaza in Rostraver Township.   To read the rest of...

By Matt Petras For the MVI After more than two decades as Red Dawg’s All Star Clubhouse, the Rostraver Township restaurant has transformed into Dawg’s Sports Bar and Grill under new owner Martin Sivic...

Monessen basketball players Lorenzo Gardner and Dante DeFelices shake hands with students during a pep rally Thursday morning at Monessen Elementary Center for the Greyhounds boys and girls basketball...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There hasn’t been a date set, but Monessen City Council members have their minds set on demolishing 500 Donner Ave. as soon as it’s safe and legal.   To read the ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com After 200-plus years, a seventh-generation Belle Vernon farm is selling milk directly to consumers again.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler had harsh words Thursday for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade in Ukraine. To read the rest of the story, please see a ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fr. Roman Yatskiv of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Monessen struggled to find words Thursday as he watched video footage of Russia’s attack on his homela...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Cody Russell, 5, of Washington Township, Tanner Sypolt, 9, of Fallowfield Township, Max Russell, 9, of Washington Township, Nathan Dudzinski, 9, of Rostraver To...

Staff and wire reports Pennsylvania’s highest court broke a partisan deadlock Wednesday over a new map of congressional districts by selecting boundaries that broadly adhere to the outlines of current...

By CHRISTINE HAINES For the MVI The preliminary hearing for Rostraver Township Commissioner John Lorenzo, which had been scheduled for Wednesday, has been continued with no new date set at this time. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Tensions flared once again at this month’s McKeesport Area School Board meeting as the board continued debating the validity of the process used to approve the superin...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A portion of Ravine Street closed since last week reopened Wednesday. The brick road runs under the Versailles Avenue Bridge, and a small portion of it between Point S...

Students at Charleroi Area Elementary Center celebrated “twos-day” (2-22-22) by bringing donations in for the Harvest Bounty Program. First graders Sophie Elliott, Gunner Fleming and Xavier Arnold wor...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council was given a talking-to Tuesday. A team of consultants hired by Strategic Management Planning Program pressed the council to finally...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Debate club is coming back to the Charleroi Area School District.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com During her report at Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Ina Jean Marton said White Oak Police Department’s efforts to have a traffic study done in the area of Francis McC...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There have been potholes popping up along a section of Interstate 70 in the Mid-Mon Valley, and PennDOT District 12 confirmed Tuesday that it’s aware of the situation....

Aayla Howell, 5, of Monessen, Brielle Galis, 6, of Coal Center and her brother Ben, 2, were cheering on the Monessen girls basketball team in Monday’s playoff game against Riverview.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Following a destructive fire at the McKeesport Public Works garage, White Oak Council on Monday unanimously approved the sale of a 1997 Peterbilt dump truck to the cit...