By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport residents will see a property tax increase in 2020. In a 6-1 vote at Wednesday’s meeting, council passed the 2020 budget, which is balanced at $22,675,901. ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Resistance from a resident and failure to make motions from the Rostraver Board of Commissioners resulted in the rejection of the transfer of two separate...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Two new board members and three incumbents were sworn into office Wednesday at the start of the Elizabeth Forward School Board meeting. Magisterial District Jud...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board welcomed in a new member and appointed a former member to fill an empty seat during its meeting Wednesday. Harley Bobnar, who was elected to...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Everyone dreams of a white Christmas, but plenty of holidays go by without a speckle of snow to be seen. While the ushering in of the Christmas and holida...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Community service organization volunteers, church parishioners, elected officials, students and business leaders from across the Mon Valley have been busy in recent da...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board will look very similar heading into 2020. The board reappointed its directors to the same positions during a reorganization meeting T...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Property owners in Versailles don’t need to worry about a municipal property tax increase in 2020, according to council President Lisa Fleckenstein. Although council d...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The lawyer for a Monongahela man who was granted a new trial two years ago that vacated his rape and torture conviction asked a judge this week to dismiss all cha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Like many other districts in the Mon Valley, South Allegheny has announced it will participate in the Flexible Instruction Day program offered by the state Department ...

By BETH HOPE-CUSHEY For the MVI Two new South Allegheny School District board members and three current board members were sworn into office Monday night by Magisterial District Judge Armand Martin of...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board welcomed its two newest directors and four re-elected directors during last night’s reorganization meeting. Robert Harhai a...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents in Jefferson Hills, Pleasant Hills and West Elizabeth hoping to soon have access to a community recreation center at the former site of the Thomas ...

Angelo’s II — the Mon Valley’s home for viral holiday decorations — has come back with an extra special season’s greeting. Last year, Angelo’s II in Monongahela kicked off its penchant for over-the-to...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fire heavily damaged a vacant duplex at the corner of Sixth and Ella streets in Donora Monday evening, drawing fire companies from three counties to battle the ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The season of giving is upon us and area teens are already getting into the holiday spirit. On Saturday, a dozen teens got together for a gift wrapping party at the ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Over the past year, Monessen’s schools received $50,000 from ArcelorMittal to assist the district’s STEM programming and development.   The conventional c...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com World AIDS Day 2019 was Sunday, but the Turtle Creek-based Human Services Center Corporation is holding its McKeesport World AIDS Day event a few days later. The HSCC ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School District has received approval from the state Department of Education to offer flexible instructional days in place of some snow da...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent On the first day of her classes, California University of Pennsylvania professor Lynne Langley likes to put on the pop song “Best Day Of My Life,” dance around an...