By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Monessen Greek food festival has once again shown that food and music can unite the generations, benefit a house of worship and give the Mon Valley a chance to “savo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Firefighters from several Mon/Yough Valley fire departments were called to McKeesport Friday evening for a major blaze at an auto body shop. The three-alarm fire was r...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A community garden in Monessen is thriving.   The garden, maintained by the Salvation Army, is located in a lot owned by the Monessen Redevelopment Authority next to...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com After the COVID-19 pandemic forced its 2020 concerts to be performed online, this is shaping up to be the biggest year yet for the Mon Valley Academy for the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Some Mon Valley residents have been experiencing what they believe are longer-than-usual delays in the annual track maintenance by Norfolk Southern Railroad. A ...

Steven Campbell of the Allison 2 Volunteer Fire Department heads for the finish line during the gear scramble Thursday at the Fayette County Firefighters Convention in Brownsville. Convention activiti...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Club Serenity bought a house on Nash Avenue in Monessen for use as a recovery home for addicts who are sober, but some city residents have spoken out against havi...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The St. Andrew Summer Fest, which invites area residents, families and children to Monongahela, will take place this weekend.   The event, which was scaled back last...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Washington County residents may soon have a say in how county government is run. County commissioners announced Thursday they will hold a virtual meeting Jul...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Washington Township’s board of supervisors had another discussion Wednesday about the possibility of a dollar store being built on Fayette Avenue (Route 201). The boar...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Washington County Department of Public Safety is getting input from emergency responders regarding the communication system in the county. There are current...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi has once again taken ownership of the community’s boat launch and new parking area. The site, which was recently redeveloped through a project and partners...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth is suing a former police officer over missing funds and equipment that hasn’t been returned to the borough. Garrett Kimmell had been the borough’s K-9...

Photos by Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent This week marks the 82nd and 83rd annual conventions for the Fayette County Firefighters Association, the first time ever the association combined con...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An integration plan to combine six state-owned universities, including California University of Pennsylvania, into two institutions was unanimously approved Wed...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the city’s emergency declaration and keep it in effect indefinitely until revoked by council. The d...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services will begin covering Donora Borough officially on Aug. 1. Mike Stangroom, RWNES director of operations, met with council W...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Washington Township supervisors are once again urging residents to buy mine subsidence insurance. Supervisors Jan Amoroso, Scott Hileman and Chuck Yusko said three tow...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Monessen Public Library Director Dave Zilka has decades of history with the library. “I came to this library for storytime when I was 3 years old, 4 years...

Briella Wells, 10, of Charleroi jumped in a small puddle after a quick storm pushed through the area Tuesday evening.