By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Borough Council plans to accept a preliminary budget that will hold the line on taxes at its voting meeting next Thursday. Borough Administrator Terri Petr...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors announced Thursday they will retain the services of a new engineering firm. Greentree-based Gannett Fleming is slated to be the ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Samantha Feld and Shannon Anthony of Monessen took advantage of the beautiful weather to take fall photos of Shannon’s daughter, nine-month-old Skylar Koschalk,...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the Rostraver Township commissioners Wednesday did not adopt an emergency declaration at their monthly meeti...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon native Helena Barch-Kuchta took an interest in law and politics as early as the seventh grade. Just ask her teachers and classmates who were in ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mayor Michael Cherepko confirmed McKeesport will have a Festival of Trees celebration this year. He said officials plans for the Christmastime event are still being de...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Parking will remain free in Charleroi throughout the new year. In August, Councilwoman Jeannine Motycki proposed not collecting change from borough parking meters be...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several voters in Washington Township say they waited in line four to five hours to vote Tuesday. With their teeth chattering and their fingers numb from the cold, som...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Incumbent Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run, looked to hold onto his seat as state Representative from the 49th District, fending off challenger Randi Barli, D-Coal ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com According to unofficial election results from Westmoreland County, incumbent state Rep. Eric Davanzo, R-South Huntingdon, appears headed to his first full term as re...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com State Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Union Township, held a healthy lead over Democratic challenger Sara-Summer Oliphant of South Park in the 39th Legislative District l...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Incumbent Democrat Jim Brewster was leading in Allegheny County Tuesday night in his race to retain the state’s 45th District senate seat against Republican challenger...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Monessen resident has organized a trap, neuter and release program for feral cats in the city and has a GoFundMe page to get it off the ground.   Carissa Barcus...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler appears to have won his bid for re-election to the state’s 14th District according to unofficial results. Just after midnight, Republi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, Democrat Mike Doyle was holding onto his seat as election night drew to a close with nearly 85% of the votes.   Doy...

By JEFF STITT and   TAYLOR BROWN jstitt@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com A deeply contentious, divided election season has led to this point: Election Day 2020. The national conversation has voters wond...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com If California University of Pennsylvania students are ready to come back to class, they will have that option this spring. On Monday, the university announced it wil...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts is getting ready for a milestone event this weekend when it debuts “A Night At The Coaches V.” The dinner-dance style show ends t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen might establish its own Human Relations Commission. But first, city council plans to pass an ordinance that updates its existing laws regardi...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s second surge, volunteer-based Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful says it’s still possible to help pick up litter in the region. The ...