By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Financial discrepancies led to Monessen being denied a tax anticipation note earlier this month, City Administrator John Harhai explained at Wednesday’s c...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It’s Catholic Schools Week, with a variety of activities planned at Madonna Catholic Regional School, but principal Kathy Miller said there is always a lot goin...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Thursday was the deadline for objections to be filed regarding candidates for the special election in the 58th Legislative District, with no objections filed. T...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com With half the police presence and double the resident turnout, Monessen city council reunited Wednesday night to get to work at a business meeting that ex...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors plan to make a big announcement next month. During Wednesday’s business meeting, Chairman Bruce Smith took a few minutes to explain ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A report released by the nonprofit group EdBuild paints two Mon Valley school districts in a negative light, and the districts’ superintendents are looking t...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Monessen woman accused of harboring hundreds of animals in her Donora and Monessen homes was ordered to stand trial on animal cruelty charges. Christie Dee...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An Allenport man believed to be in his 70s was transported to a Pittsburgh area hospital on Wednesday after being pinned underneath a tree stump on his property. Sto...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two nonprofit organizations that call Charleroi home received a combined $55,000 in grant funding Tuesday. Club Serenity, a substance abuse disorder recovery organiz...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com With the rambunctious Jan. 6 meeting in the rear-view mirror, Monessen council has finally reached an agreement –– everyone wants things to go a little sm...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Nearly four dozen people attended an informational session presented by U.S. Steel on Tuesday to hear details of a $1.2 billion investment that is expected to make the...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Fallowfield Township woman was jailed Tuesday after allegedly hitting a man in the face with a wrench, fleeing the scene and subsequently causing a lockdown of the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The state Secretary of Transportation is being asked for emergency funding to repair the Bunola River Road landslide near Lock 3 after residents petitioned loca...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the second time in less than two months, South Allegheny middle and high school students were dismissed from school early Tuesday after a bedbug was found in SA ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Aiden Kotecki, 9, of Monongahela controls a robot by using an iPad as Elliott Kuch, 3, of Speers watches Monday night at Rostraver Public Library.

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A coalition of concerned Monessen citizens put their heads together Monday night to organize efforts against the mayor and members of council.   Led by se...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charlotte Heyward, the mother of Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Cam Heyward, said her family understands that men’s suits are expensive, which is why they are expan...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Service to 55 customers was fully restored Monday night after a water main break in a section of Elizabeth Township along Route 48. Pennsylvania American Water ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi and surrounding communities have a new chief of police.   Chad Zelinsky was unanimously appointed to the position by the Charleroi Regional Police board on...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board had the first reading of a nepotism policy Monday that would open the door for the relatives of supervisory personnel to appl...