By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council wants to end the practice of spending money in the city before it has council’s approval. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wed...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Animal shelters around the country — and here in the Mon Valley — are continuing to say “thank you for being a friend” to the late Betty White and her fans. To read th...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District has amended its health and safety plan and will now only require masks in school when Washington County is in a high level ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Snow was falling as Mon Valley residents went to sleep Sunday night, and for most of them it was still coming down when they woke up. To read the rest of the story, pl...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak finally has a 2022 spending plan. The budget, which holds real estate taxes at their current level, was adopted Monday, 17 days after the state’s deadline. T...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi is hoping to fill a full-time position for its street department before the next big snowfall.   To read the rest of the story, please see a c...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Salvation Army Monessen Worship and Service Center has relocated to Donora and changed its name to better reflect the range of communities it has always serve...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com Jane Ackerman is back on Donora Council. During a meeting last week, council selected Ackerman, a former councilwoman, to take over the remainder of Don Pavel...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com When snow began to fall Sunday afternoon in the Mon Valley, it didn’t take long for roads to cover.   To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subsc...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen has finally secured an interim loan from PNC Bank that will enable the city to start the long-discussed sewage project financed through the USDA. To read...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak is planning to look for a part-time code enforcement officer. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online edition at http://mo...

By JOE NAPSHA Trib Total Media Animal lovers have come to the rescue of a Rostraver Township woman who lost about a dozen cats early Friday morning when her house, which also served as an animal shelt...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is celebrated each year on Jan. 9, but Elizabeth Forward students at Central Elementary School marked the event Friday. To re...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents will flock to the store today to buy milk, bread, eggs and other staples. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valle...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI South Allegheny School District school directors and students were honored during the first board meeting of the year. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Satu...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com For the second time in two years, Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services has to say goodbye to one of its own way too soon. Randy Margarcelli, 56, a longtime pa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Public Library is celebrating a milestone birthday. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314-0035...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s new mayor has revised the city’s 2022 budget and it will be introduced in two weeks. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon V...

By the MVI Elizabeth Forward Middle School was designated once again as a Pennsylvania Donald Eichhorn School to Watch, a program that recognizes schools achieving academic excellence. To read the res...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com When U.S. Army veteran Frank “Moe” Vizza joined the Allison Lescanac Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1190 in Monessen some 40 years ago, there were well over 90 mem...