By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School District will begin moving toward full remote instruction starting Monday. Superintendent Dr. Michele Dowell made the announcement Frida...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District announced Friday that all its schools will adopt full remote learning for the next two weeks. The Pennsylvania Department of Edu...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Teachers at McKeesport Area’s Twin Rivers Elementary School and members of the McKeesport Kiwanis Club have found a way to help children in need — the main goal of the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School District is sticking with its current educational plan despite a recommendation from Allegheny County that all districts go to full...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Washington County Common Pleas Judge Katherine B. Emery this week ruled in favor of state Rep. Bud Cook in his open records battle for copies of documents relat...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District officially welcomed its new assistant superintendent Wednesday. At their public meeting, school directors approved the hiring of...

Santa and Mrs. Claus listen to Christmas wishes from Kayden Kantner, 5, and Mikayla Kantner, 2, of Elizabeth during light-up night festivities Thursday in Elizabeth.

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Republican challenger Nicole Ziccarelli has pulled into a tie with Democratic incumbent state Sen. Jim Brewster in the race for the 45th District seat. Ziccarelli,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After 75 years of providing services to McKeesport area youths, the Boys & Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania is closing the LaRosa of McKeesport Clubhouse. In a prepa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After weeks of design, an eight-mile section of Interstate 70 between Bentleyville and the Belle Vernon Bridge will soon be modernized. Preliminary engineering for t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County’s skyrocketing COVID-19 case count has been making headlines for the last week or so, but Westmoreland County hit a grim record Thursday when it ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com In a 2-1 vote Thursday,   the Washington County Commissioners agreed to purchase the Crossroads Center office building across the street from the county office ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Monessen School District will soon have more accessible internet access outside of the classroom. Thanks to help from the Community Foundation of Wes...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District’s new Cyber Academy is growing, and officials are looking to expand the program to include its own teachers in the near future. Offi...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com For the 17th straight year, it appears real estate taxes are holding steady in Rostraver Township, but property owners will be seeing a new tax on their bills t...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley business is taking steps to help make Christmas a little more cheerful for area children by hosting a holiday vendor show Saturday to benefit Toys ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Alan Roberts of Monessen rang the Salvation Army red-kettle bell Wednesday evening in front of Monessen Foodland. Each year, volunteers with seasonal bells stan...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District alerted parents Wednesday night that a decision to transition to full remote instruction due to the region’s rise in COVID-19 ca...

By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media An Allegheny County judge on Wednesday denied two petitions by Republican state Senate candidate Nicole Ziccarelli to throw out both provisional and faulty mail-in ...

Drivers dealt with snowflakes Tuesday afternoon as bands of snow moved through the Mon Valley. Another cold day is forecast today, with higher temperatures returning Thursday.