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...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Salvation Army is already preparing for its busiest time of year.    To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online edition at...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com River Materials Inc. is growing in McKeesport. On the heels of a medical marijuana company announcing a property acquisition at the RIDC Industrial Center of McKeespor...

Na’riah Blackmon, left, and Taziyah Stitch protect themselves from the rain Friday during a senior night ceremony at Monessen’s football game.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council voted to table a motion to hire a permanent police chief this month. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Inde...

By Paul Guggenheimer Trib Total Media Gas prices usually drop considerably in the fall. Instead, the cost of a gallon of gas is surging. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The retirement of long-time Rostraver Township tax collector Elaine Phillips has opened the door for two first-time candidates for the position. To read the res...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monongahela and New Eagle residents who are in the Halloween spirit have a few more days to enter their homes into the Fall Harvest and Halloween Decorating C...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several businesses and organizations that go above and beyond their calls of duty were recognized by a local nonprofit organization Thursday.   To read the re...

By NATASHA LINDSTROM Trib Total Media Touting an economy “on the comeback,” Gov. Tom Wolf during a Thursday stop in Pittsburgh announced an executive order and his support for a slew of bills aimed at...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After   five years of looking into the Washington County Local Share Account grant process, state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, said Thursday he is r...

By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media Westmoreland County will pay $80,000 a year to the man hired to serve as the quality assurance manager for the election bureau. To read the rest of the story, plea...

By JEFF HIMLER Trib Total Media Power outages were reported in multiple counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Thursday evening as yet another tornado warning expired for areas of south-central Alle...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charlie Carson, 6, of Fallowfield Township enjoyed the fall sunshine and warm weather at the playground behind the Charleroi Area Elementary Center Wednesday af...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County residents will have more than just local offices to consider when they head to the polls on Nov. 2. For the past several weeks, residents ha...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Labor of Love Ministries will draft a written plan for about 60 empty lots owned by the Monessen Redevelopment Authority for the board’s solicitor to review as pa...

By Paula Reed Ward Trib Total Media The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court heard more than 90 minutes of argument Wednesday on whether the state’s acting secretary of health had the authority in August t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As has been the case for several months in a row, Ringgold School Board heard from a few parents with complaints about COVID-19 mitigation policies.  Parent Alicia DiB...

The Fekete family, Hailee, Vinnie and Judah, 2, of Dunlevy, enjoyed the swings Tuesday at Monessen’s City Park.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A former South Allegheny School Board member violated the state ethics act in at least three ways dating back as far as 2013. To read the rest of the story, pleas...