By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Lisa Snow drove the Westmoreland County Transit Authority’s 4F bus to and from Pittsburgh on Thursday, the same route she’s operated over the past few years. There...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Children will have an opportunity to take the controls of five different model train displays — starting and stopping trains, emptying hopper cars and blowing t...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent About 25 people gathered in Glassport Wednesday to start the new year by jumping in the Monongahela River. Ranging in age from 6 to 65, they challenged the e...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com For more than 10 hours Tuesday, Monessen police and a Pennsylvania State Special Emergency Response Team team attempted to coax a Monessen resident from h...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As Magisterial District Judge Larry Hopkins nears retirement, he has a few things planned: fishing with his grandson, joining the YMCA and getting back to work. His ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Being the caretaker for another human being, whether it be a child, a spouse, a parent, another relative, a friend or a neighbor, is a big responsibility. Caring for s...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township may be spread out over 23 square miles, but to outgoing commissioner Don Similo it has always had a small town feel. After serving 40 years a...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela Valley Hospital has been chosen to participate in a new program to test the financial viability of hospitals in rural areas across Pennsylvania. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The state Department of Community and Economic Development has approved more than $5 million in revitalization projects, including two in the Mon Valley. The DCED...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Year of the Rat will be recognized by the Chinese Zodiac in 2020, but 2019 was its Year of the Pig, and the closing week of 2019 certainly ended up being prosperou...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors Monday closed out the year by adopting a balanced 2020 budget with no tax increase and purchasing a building. Vice Chairman David M...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An annual program held for Charleroi Area Middle School students last week will have children in the Christmas spirit all year long. The 12 Days of Christmas program...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Donora’s newly elected council members will have to pass the borough’s 2020 budget as only one member showed up at Monday’s scheduled meeting ready to vote. Council ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township property owners will see another year with no tax increase, making 2020 the 16th consecutive year the budget featured no tax hikes. Mon...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent These Fallowfield Township girls were at Charleroi Area High School Saturday night for the final game of the CFSBank Holiday Classic. From left are Emma Skobel,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Rep. Austin Davis   recently delivered good news for homeowners in Clairton on behalf of the state Department of Community and Economic Development. “I’m happy t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A popular volunteer program that provided tiny hats to area newborns has come to an end. More than 350 people and groups in western Pennsylvania had participate...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Maple Creek Distributors in Charleroi is again hoping to wrap up the holidays with a gift for area veterans. Each year, the business decorates a Christmas tree with ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald was one of four elected officials to win the inaugural Moe Coleman “Let’s Work Together” award recently in Pittsbu...

Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent From left, Anthony, Amy, Alyssa and Bre Brinson turned out to cheer on Elizabeth Forward’s Bailie Brinson in Friday night’s game against South Park in the ...