By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Shop owners in downtown Elizabeth are mixing things up in order to make room for future growth. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent It’s warm and cozy inside the Monessen Senior Center where Maryann Tineri, Cathy Clark and Betty McLaughlin enjoyed a game of cards, coffee and each other’s com...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A team from an oil and natural gas company appeared before the Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners Wednesday to outline their plan for accessing a prop...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com At least one dozen different proposed maps of Pennsylvania’s congressional district boundaries have been given to a statewide court to consider beginning today. As G...

BY JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For now, Pennsylvania Coach Lines will continue to be McKeesport Area School District’s transportation provider. But that’s almost guaranteed to change after the end o...

By RYAN DETO Trib Total Media The Port Authority of Allegheny County has received a grant from the Federal Transit Administration to provide planning for development along the possible extension of th...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After nearly three years, Fallowfield Township supervisors are almost ready to put Fox Stop Road repairs out for bid. During a business meeting Wednesday, those in a...

Monessen Public Library hosted Cookies with a Cop this week to foster positive relationships between local youths and police. City police Officer David Doroshkevich is shown with Marcia Tansmore and h...

Rostraver Public Library held an Arts Around The World program Tuesday evening, with children learning about Kenya and carving animals out of soap like the Kenyans carve statues from SoapStone. Workin...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Fire Department Chief Chad Rager announced the purchase of a new fire boat at Tuesday’s council meeting.   To read the rest of the story, please se...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Hillman Family Foundation has awarded a $140,000 grant to the Elizabeth Forward School District to implement hydroponic container farming in its high sch...

By Mary Ann Thomas Trib Total Media French Creek, in the northwestern Pennsylvania, has been named 2022 Pennsylvania River of the Year by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. To read ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The bridge carrying Route 51 over Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township needs emergency repairs. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Vall...

By Brian C. Rittmeyer Trib Total Media The Rev. Timothy Tomson, whose grandparents are from Ukraine, is among those in the Pittsburgh area with Ukrainian roots watching warily as fears of a Russian in...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board held a special meeting Monday night to allow community members interested in the seat vacated by Justin Kosanko to present...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “If we all would give, this would be a beautiful place to live. You have to give back to your community. You can’t keep taking without giving something back.” Those ar...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com With more than 25 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in the California Area School District, new revisions to the health and safety plan are now in place. To read ...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The Eden Park Roller Rink in McKeesport has a special place in the memories of many local residents.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley...

Claudia McFeely and Xzavier Wergin of Dunlevy decorate snowman cookies Saturday at a Snow Ball party at His Place Coffee, Community and More in Monessen.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen needs a city administrator. Mayor Ron Mozer has been acting in that capacity since his inauguration and said he can’t keep doing it. To read the rest of ...