By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media Ron Mozer, mayor-elect of Monessen, was sure he captured the city’s top elected office last month when he received nearly 1,100 votes cast as the only candidate on...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com For many Christians, one of the most beautiful and sentimental Christmas traditions is setting up a creche during Advent.   To read the rest of the story, ple...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley “Santa Claus” Wally Fronzaglio isn’t ready to hang up his hat just yet. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley I...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Retirement didn’t last long for former Monessen Police Chief Jim Smith. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, c...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The small community of Coal Center suffered a large loss this past week with the death of Mayor Joanne Staley. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park was alive with the Christmas spirit Thursday as the 2021 Festival of Trees celebrated its opening night. To read the rest of the story, ...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com The legacy of a late Mon Valley mayor has been recognized by Congress. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent, ca...

By Hannah Walden For the MVI Since her mother passed away during her freshman year of high school, U.S. Air Force Academy cadet Courtney Ambrose has been striving to achieve something bigger than hers...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Registration is open for the first-ever Christmas ham distribution by the Greater Washington County Food Bank, a division of   Food Helpers. To read the rest of...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With a large audience present, McKeesport Area School Board’s three newest members took their seats on the dais Wednesday night. To read the rest of the story, please ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The halls are decked at the Jacob Woll Main Pavilion in McKeesport. That’s because the city’s 2021 Festival of Trees kicks off today at Renziehausen Park. The festival...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Despite the Pennsylvania state police decision to not file charges after several requests to investigate Mayor Matt Shorraw’s reports of alleged wiretapping in th...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners Wednesday approved the final reading of the budget and tax ordinances for 2022 with no increase in the millage rate. Voting...

By the MVI A beloved Donora pastor was treated to a grand birthday celebration and parade in his honor. Pastor Emeritus Maurice B. Wade Sr. celebrated his 99th birthday Tuesday. His wife, Mildred Y. W...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com Food truck and other mobile food vendors will soon have new rules for operating in Charleroi Borough.  If the ordinance is adopted after a second reading next...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com Historic Christmas lights will once again light the streets of North Belle Vernon. For years, the fire department has been trying to raise enough money to rep...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Council met Tuesday in a special meeting held purportedly to hold the first reading of the 2022 budget on the last day it could be done but Mayor Matt Sh...

By Taylor Brown-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com The chairman of the Rostraver Township commissioners is accused of impersonating and harassing fellow commissioners and other political rivals using “burner” ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On Giving Tuesday, the board of the Allegheny Regional Asset District, more commonly known as RAD, passed its 2022 budget. The $118 million spending plan for next year...

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG (AP) — An order requiring masks inside Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools and child care facilities will remain in place while the state Supreme Court considers t...