By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Donora, there are six people vying for four spots on council. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There are two seats open on the Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners — one in Ward 4, where long-time incumbent Joanne Beckowitz has decided not to seek re...

By Matt Petras For the MVI The election for Washington County Sheriff will be between two men with about 25 years of police experience: Democrat Lou Reda, a retired state police officer, and Republica...

The Brady-Bishop family of Monongahela, Katie,16, Molly,15, Francine and Adam, came as biblical figures during the Monongahela Halloween parade last night. To purchase this photo and more from our onl...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Despite Coronado Global Resources emailing township legal counsel Friday saying it was withdrawing an application related to operating a coal mine in Forward Township,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Donora, the incumbent mayor faces a challenge from a sitting councilman in next Tuesday’s election. Mayor Jim McDonough, who is in his first term, will square ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com With less than a week to go before the general election, the issue of Rostraver Township Commissioner Ray Iacoboni’s residence was again raised at a public meet...

By Hannah Walden For MVI After learning how to create his own Halloween decorations and design intricate projection shows on the front of his home, former Monessen resident Albert Francia has caught t...

Rostraver Public Library received a framed picture Tuesday from Rostraver Township resident Dustin Stark. He made the project from diamond art, which is the placement of jewels onto a pattern to look ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council skipped ahead on its agenda Tuesday to swear in a new part-time police officer. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of We...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s a race for four council seats in White Oak, and eight candidates — four Democrats and four Republicans —   are on the ballot. Three of them are incumbents — Re...

By MEGAN GUZA Trib Total Media Federal prosecutors say the mass shooting that Robert Bowers carried out at a Pittsburgh synagogue three years ago was preceded by disturbing, hate-filled activity on so...

Molly McMillen, 4, of Elizabeth, Spencer Egenlauf, 3, of West Mifflin and Emma Brown, 3, of Elizabeth Township dressed up as characters from the movie “Frozen” at Monday’s Halloween parade in Elizabet...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Following a tumultuous start in which one resident was threatened with being ejected by police and another chose to leave over the state-mandated mask policy, t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After learning that prosecutors in the case of a man accused of raping a woman on a commuter train in Philadelphia don’t anticipate charging fellow passengers for not ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There will only be one name on the ballot in the Monessen mayor’s race, but there are three men running for the position. To read the rest of the story, please se...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Six candidates are vying for four open seats on Charleroi Borough Council. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley Independen...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Eagle Scout candidate from California Borough was just a Cub Scout when he was first moved by the plight of the homeless. To read the rest of the story, plea...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Donora native has written a song about his hometown and asks those who give it a listen to donate to the Donora Smog Museum. To read the rest of the story, plea...

By PATRICK VARINE Trib Total Media Her visit happened over the summer, but Jeanette Milo still can’t say enough about why people should stay in October at the house made famous in the film “The Silenc...