By CHASITY M. CAPASSO For the MVI The City of Monongahela held its first meeting of the new year Monday morning. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley Independent, c...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media Holly B. Vadella of Rostraver Township spent New Year’s Eve at her mother’s house watching television before insisting not long after midnight that she needed to ...

Rostraver Public Library held its last story time of the year on Dec. 30. After the story, the children made a craft hat to wear on New Year’s Eve. In front are Meghan Stefanik and her son, Joseph, 4,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After calling a special meeting twice in one week, former mayor Matt Shorraw did something else for a second time in one week — he failed to show up for the meeti...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Southwestern Pennsylvania residents heard the new year come in with a bang — and in some cases, a shake as well. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com A veterans memorial in Belle Vernon could attract more attention when the sun goes down.   To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our...

By CHASITY CAPASSO For the MVI The Washington, Pa., chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution is preparing to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2024.   To read the rest of the story, please subs...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The new concession stand at the lower fields at the John DiVirgilio Sports Complex in Rostraver Township was formally dedicated Thursday with the unveiling of a...

By the MVI staff The year started with a lot of promise. The world had vaccines. And even as the planet reached 2 million dead by the middle of the month of January, people in many of the hard-hit cou...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com With hospital staff running ragged to keep up with an influx of patients as variants of COVID-19 continue to plague local communities, the New Year will pose ...

By the MVI The City of Monessen hasn’t acted to approve a contract with the lowest bidder on the garbage contract that is set to expire tonight. Monessen council held a bid opening for the garbage con...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As the new year begins, so does the next chapter of my life — retirement. I have been a full-time professional journalist for the past 40 years, starting as a w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh released its annual top 10 list of buildings and places in the region the organization thinks are worth saving. An...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners Wednesday adopted the 2022 budget of just over $8 million with no increases in the real estate tax or the fire tax. Propert...

By Trib Total Media Newly elected Westmoreland County officials will start their new jobs next week, along with several others who were elected in November. Among those being sworn in Wednesday was We...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com An ongoing streets project in Dunlevy will likely be complete in 2022 after several agencies pulled through to assist the borough with funding. In February, t...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com Monongahela property owners will not see an increase in their taxes next year. During a special meeting Wednesday morning, council unanimously passed a 2022 s...

Past players in the cfsbank Holiday Basketball Tournament at Charleroi Area High School showed up Tuesday to watch this year’s event. From left are Sam Iacovangelo of Charleroi Area, Chaz Mrlack of Mo...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After a big crowd waited 25 minutes Tuesday night for Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw to leave his office upstairs in city hall and begin the special meeting he calle...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com A clerical error left some Charleroi residents confused over the holiday when they began to receive their annual garbage bills for 2022 in the mail. To read t...