By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Mayor Matt Shorraw and Monessen City Council violated the Sunshine Act twice in January, but did not do so willfully or wantonly, according to a Westmoreland Coun...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A social media showdown took place between state Senate Democrats and Republicans Wednesday and Thursday. Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa and the PA Se...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Santa Claus will visit Allenport, Roscoe and Stockdale this weekend on a big red sleigh that was custom built by area fire fighters.   For decades, fire companies in...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com School directors approved a proposal Wednesday night that paves the way for the construction and design of a new $5.2 million natatorium and locker rooms pro...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com It’s been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Whether that’s true or not, a drive-through breakfast this Sunday could be the most benefic...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Although Fallowfield Township projects to end 2021 with a deficit, residents won’t see an increase in their taxes. Supervisors unanimously approved a spending plan W...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With more than 10,000 additional cases of COVID-19 reported Wednesday, a light at the end of the tunnel can finally be seen in the Mon Valley. Carol Soltes, a staff ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Old Man Winter made his presence known in the Mon Valley on Wednesday. Area residents and businesses began to brace for the first winter storm of the season on Tuesday...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township has been assured by Westmoreland County officials the check is in the mail. Commission Chairman John Lorenzo said the township will be receiv...

By JOE GRATA For The Mon Valley Independent A long-time North Belle Vernon resident who was among the nation’s oldest living women has died at age 111. Elizabeth (Antal) Lucas passed away Sunday of co...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The White Oak Post Office, and the McKeesport Agape Center, also located in the borough, have moved, and those running the organizations hope to up and running in a ma...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Deputy fire Chief Jeff List said his fellow firefighters have found great joy over the past several years in giving new coats to youngsters in the McKeespor...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com With Christmas around the corner, Rod Ambrogi of Fallowfield Township couldn’t envision laying off his 40 employees to comply with the governor’s latest directi...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Students in the Belle Vernon Area School District, already learning in full remote mode, are being encouraged to take time to just be kids today and enjoy the s...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With a major snowstorm in today’s forecast, a group of Snow Angels — volunteers with shovels in tow — will brave the cold to help older and disabled residents in Mon...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PennDOT District 11 announced Tuesday that the Jerome Street Bridge rehabilitation project will resume today, weather permitting. The bridge (Route 2094) spans the You...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com COVID-19 care kits containing everything an individual or family would need for three days are being prepared by the Monessen Salvation Army. “We had a great op...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com New Eagle council members and the borough’s street crew reached a deal on a new contract Tuesday, but the decision wasn’t without controversy. Council member...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority driver, who last worked Dec. 7, has tested positive for COVID-19. The driver last worked on the Local 2 route a little more tha...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough is ready for today’s snowstorm with a full shipment of salt, a new loader and two new part-time, occasional street department employees for sn...