For the MVI Over 34 million Americans have diabetes and face its devastating and serious complications, which include heart disease, stroke, amputation, end-stage kidney disease, blindness and death. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Community collaboration is key for a local Catholic parish’s summer festival. After taking a year off due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the Saints Joachim and ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Rowing Club is looking for new recruits. The club was brought to the Mon Valley by Nathanael Stevens nearly three years ago, but it took awhile to get...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It may have been much smaller in scale last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but attendees to this year’s Washington County Agricultural Fair will be happy...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners tonight are expected to take up the issue of banning parking on Municipal Drive and Beazell Road. The commissioners are als...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club Fort Pitt Chapter is hosting its first motorcycle run this Saturday to raise funds for the Forward Township Volunt...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two men are charged with homicide in cases that remain under seal, but will be made public in preliminary hearings set for Monday in Washington County Court. The ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A young girl who ran away from a summer youth program at the Mon Valley YMCA was only missing for a short time Monday thanks to the efforts of area first responders. M...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The 2019 audit of Monessen’s finances is complete and it doesn’t point to the type of widespread financial mismanagement that has been alleged by some council mem...

By JULIA FELTON Trib Total Media Nine Western Pennsylvania counties are experiencing “substantial” levels of COVID-19 transmission that fall under federal recommendations calling for people to wear ma...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com After a two-year wait, the Monongahela Police Department has received its new tactical vests. The vests recently arrived, and police Chief Kevin Harris joine...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township comprehensive plan is entering the public comment phase prior to final adoption by the commissioners, which is anticipated in October. Ca...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The 2021-22 school year will start in the Elizabeth Forward School District with the assurance that there won’t be a teachers’ strike for at least five more yea...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s proposed animal regulation ordinance will likely be passed during council’s Aug. 10 meeting. It was initially introduced in June, but was tabled after ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent The Mon Valley Fun Fest, sponsored by the Salvation Army in Monessen, was filled with food, vendors and live entertainment and was the first of its kind for the o...

By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Leaders in the Charleroi Area School District are excited to keep students in the Cougar learning community.   After a tumultuous year, the district will welcome s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Carrying on an annual effort of trying to eliminate the raccoon variant of rabies, Allegheny County and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the 2021 raccoon b...

Gio Mytrysak, 2, of Elizabeth Township holds a ball he won Friday at the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Company’s Riverfest. The event continues today from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Move-in day usually means students have returned to the California University of Pennsylvania campus, but this year it came a bit early as a new president took ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Opioid Coalition hopes to bring in new members to work toward its mission of ensuring the long-term health, safety and well being of Valley residen...