By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi council has opted to not reopen its 2022 budget. The previous administration unanimously approved a spending plan for this year that holds the line on taxe...

Courtesy of South Allegheny School District South Allegheny School District has announced its winter court for the high school winter formal, which is Friday. In front, from left, are Arianna Ewing, L...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon City’s playgrounds are closed for winter — or at least through January and February. During Wednesday’s meeting, Monongahela Councilman Lee Mizwa said the gates at...

Tylar Rodriguez, 10, Mason Sawicky, 10, and Logan Barcus, 11, all of Fallowfield Township, had a good view of the game Tuesday night as Charleroi Area High School’s boys basketball team hosted McGuffe...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monessen City School Board voted Tuesday to revise its pandemic health and safety plan. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Inde...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A lack of communication between the former administration in Monessen and the incoming group led to confusion and concern after newly installed surveillance camer...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Some North Belle Vernon residents and businesses are frustrated with a new refuse hauler.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valle...

By Tony LaRussa Trib Total Media The American Red Cross has issued an appeal for blood donations to help reverse what officials say is the worst shortage in more than a decade as a result of the coron...

Annalyse Spagnolo, 5, and her sister, Noelle, 11, of Monessen play with newly donated toys Monday evening at Monessen Public Library.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council is slated to approve its 2022 budget and set the real estate tax millage rate at next week’s meeting.   To read the rest of the story, please see a c...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Nearly 7,000 patients are currently hospitalized in Pennsylvania with COVID-19, and nearly 10% of those patients are using ventilators.   To read the rest of the ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward entered Monday’s section matchup against Southmoreland as one of the top scoring offenses in all of Class 4A.   To read the rest of the story, pl...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The young people at McKeesport Little Theater are set to take audiences on a tour of “wubbulous world” this week. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or su...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Finleyville Food Pantry served a record amount of people in 2021, but director Pat Trumpie said it’s a bittersweet feeling. To read the rest of the story,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The future site of Monessen City Council meetings has been under consideration as the current city hall doesn’t have enough space as is for a crowd of attendees. ...

By the Mon Valley Independent The McKeesport boys basketball team upset highly touted Laurel Highlands early last season. Saturday, the Tigers couldn’t find the same magic. To read the rest of the sto...

Nolan Carson, 6, took his new puppy, Zeus, sled riding in Fallowfield Township Friday afternoon.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council approved the first reading of an agreement with the Mon Valley Refuse Authority this week. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy ...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com A vacancy on Donora Council will likely be filled next week.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh have new safety protocols to follow until further notice.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday...