By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Like many organizations that provide public services to residents in their community or region, the Monessen Public Library has experienced financial woes as a result ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com City-owned properties in Monongahela may soon be available for purchase. At Wednesday’s council meeting, city officials discussed the possibility of putting ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Members of North Belle Vernon Borough Council received a surprise Tuesday. At their meeting at the North Belle Vernon VFD Social Hall, long-time councilman R...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley is proving to be the total package for growing — and new — businesses.   On Tuesday, the Mon Valley Alliance announced that six projects in the area h...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township commissioners have posted the tentative 2021 budget with no tax increase. The balanced budget includes anticipated general fund revenue and s...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area Fire Department is hoping residents choose to get in the holiday spirit this year. President Glenn Shipley said the department hosted its first an...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lions Club International believes that “when caring people join together, roll up their sleeves and take action to make their community better, it’s a beautiful thing ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday announced the approval of $36 million in funding through the Neighborhood Assistance Program to support 214 community revitalization projects a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Jeno Moretti loved to smile. And the 15-year-old from the Jefferson Hills area passionately believed that making other people smile was a way to make their lives bette...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf and state health officials warned Monday that rising COVID numbers combined with overworked hospital personnel have put Pennsylvania and its he...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area school board is under the direction of a new president after reorganization took place Monday evening. Board member Dan Engstrom was unani...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Three new low-interest loan approvals through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority will help companies in three counties, including Westmoreland...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Domestic violence takes on new characteristics during the coronavirus pandemic and the Blackburn Center is offering two free Zoom seminars through the Rostraver...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Feral cats have again become a topic of conversation in Charleroi.   The issue has been a problem in the borough for more than a decade, and after helping to clean u...

The Salvation Army in Monessen hosted a Red Kettle Popup Event Saturday at various businesses throughout the Mid-Mon Valley. Participating businesses collected monetary donations for the Salvation Arm...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen students are forming their first BOTS IQ team. The manufacturing workforce development program helps high school students learn the ins and outs of manufact...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Christmas came early Saturday for a pack of rescued dogs in White Oak. Three brothers — Chase and Ty Kretzler and Presley Buttermore, all students of the Quaker Valley...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com If you want to relive Monongahela’s 250th celebration from 2019, the Monongahela Area Historical Society has just the ticket for you. The society is now sell...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Mia Strickler, 6, of Collinsburg handed out treat bags, courtesy of Big’s Sanitation, to Alice Allen, 6, and Freddie Allen, 5, both of Fellsburg, during Rostrav...

Rostraver Elementary School’s PTA held a drive-thru Festival of Trees Friday evening at Lowe’s Home Warehouse in Rostraver Township. It featured decorated trees by the students, along with Santa Claus...