By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh is monitoring an incoming winter weather system that will bring snow and a chance for a wintry mix to the area. But don’t wo...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com In 30 years of teaching, Belle Vernon Area vocal music teacher Michael Rozell has had only three students qualify for the All-Eastern Choir Festival. Emma Belli...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The search continues for a Donora man wanted in the fatal shooting of a man in the city of Washington Tuesday and the wounding of another man in Donora a short ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners are getting an early start on their goal of tackling blight in 2021. One of the dilapidated properties on the township’s top 10...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf outlined his 2021 agenda Thursday, which includes using taxes on the natural gas industry to fund workforce development and employment assistance. W...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With pandemic restrictions preventing large gatherings, nonprofit organizations have had to get clever about the way fundraisers and outreach events are held. And anim...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents had their COVID-19 vaccination questions answered Thursday as state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, held a virtual town hall...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel for Fallowfield Township residents who live along Fox Stop Road.   For the past two years, those who lived along th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board officially approved a contract Wednesday to ensure athletic and other district events will continue to be livestreamed during the coronavi...

By Emma-Jane Batey For the Mon Valley Independent Moving across the Atlantic Ocean from Lithuania to Pittsburgh in December 2019 to become general manager of global plastic packaging manufacturer RETA...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Coal Center mother who faces the death penalty for allegedly killing her infant son is now accused of drugging the child. Symantha Sullivan, 25, of Grange Road ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela Valley Hospital’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic received a boost late last year when the Washington County Commissioners provided more than...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Washington County Commissioners surprised the Monongahela Police Department in December with an $84,304 CARES Act grant. On Wednesday, commissioners were the...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com After nearly three months of remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students in the Ringgold School District returned to classes this week. The decisi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Local Mon Valley senators have signed on to support legislation that could offer nearly $1 billion in relief to restaurants, schools, employers, tenants and landlord...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Food trucks could have a stronger presence in Rostraver Township under a proposed revision to the transient food vendor ordinance. The commissioners discussed t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Retired Charleroi police Chief Armand J. “Cack” Costantino was extremely dedicated to his city. Costantino passed away Monday at age 71 from complications of COVID-1...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com This first week back on campus for California University of Pennsylvania students is the last week as president for Geraldine Jones, who ends a 46-year career o...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Archery Club is on target to start its new season in a new training facility. The club, which involves about 70 students from elementary t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For many, a typical Valentine’s Day includes dinner at a fancy or favorite restaurant and going to see a show or a movie.   But mitigation efforts to slow the spread o...