By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After police Chief Eugene Lipari called the parking situation at the corner of Speer and Baltimore streets “a hazard,” North Belle Vernon Council gave permission to pa...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Leenie Grant is introduced as Monessen High School honored alumni at Monday’s girls basketball game. Grant, a Monessen resident and a 1985 graduate, scored 1,62...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday that it has finalized the settlement agreement and order with U.S. Steel that was issued in June 2019. The agre...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent A new Fifth Avenue exhibit was unveiled Saturday at the McKeesport History and Heritage Center. Museum Manager Dave Moore, who is originally from the Pocono...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Business owners in Jefferson Hills may soon feel the effects of zoning ordinance changes. At Monday’s meeting, council heard from John Trant, the borough’s p...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Forward Township residents want to know when PennDOT will reopen Bunola River Road, which had been limited to one lane, but was closed entirely Jan. 23. Residen...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Sewage Authority board held its reorganization Monday prior to conducting regular business. Board member Lewis Marraccini was elected as chairman. Brook...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After learning via Flexible Instruction Days on Friday and Monday as a result of school being closed due to threats of violence, Ringgold students will head back to sc...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A team of students at Elizabeth Forward Middle School is looking for public support to propel them to the front of a competition. The students produced a video ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District will be closed and will operate on a Flexible Instruction Day again today while administrators and district police investigate threats of ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Have you or someone you know been touched by dementia or one of its many offshoots? If so, mark you calendars for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27 to attend the Dementia Fr...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Dr. Clarissa Confer, a Cal U historian, believes Native American history doesn’t receive the recognition it deserves. Native people played an important ro...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Three state lawmakers, two of whom are from the Mon Valley, were recognized during the National Rifle Association’s 2020 Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg last...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Winter weather sent a chill throughout the Mon Valley on Friday, bringing the first major snow storm of the winter season.   Slippery road conditions caus...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two members of the Pagans were found not guilty of attempted homicide Friday, but were convicted on charges of aggravated assault, conspiracy and simple assault i...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The “We Can Do It! World War II” traveling exhibit from the Heinz History Center had its official opening Friday evening in the Donora Public Library Community ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School in Belle Vernon will host an open house at 12:30 p.m. Sunday for prospective students and their families.   The eve...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Landlords in Donora may soon have to pay additional fees if their properties don’t pass the borough’s inspection. At its work session Thursday, Donora counci...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Elementary Center third-graders celebrated the 100th day of the school year Thursday. Students Armani Staub, Caleigh Solidai, Naomi Snyder, Alexandria...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It will be more than a month before the Fallowfield Township Zoning Hearing Board makes a decision about whether a halfway house for addicts will be permitted i...