By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council is taking steps to minimize the financial impact of unauthorized loans taken out in 2018 that were then used to purchase police vehicl...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners are concerned about an outcropping of outdoor shipping containers in residents’ yards. Township Building Ordinance and Zo...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports The Mon Valley, and California University in particular, lost an icon with the passing of Chuck Gismondi this week. Gismondi, an Elco resident, died Saturday at age 77. He co...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Santa Claus is coming to the Tube City. On Saturday, to ring in the winter holiday season, the City of McKeesport and its recreation board will host the 55th annual Sa...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com “Who goes to a Blue Ribbon School?” “We do!” That question and answer rang through the Elizabeth Forward Middle School Auditorium several times Wednesday aftern...

By EMILY BENNETT DiLULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough’s former police chief will not spend any time behind bars for stealing heroin from the police department’s evidence room. Timothy Butler...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Rostraver residents can expect another year with no tax increase in 2020, marking 16 years since the township last saw an increase. Last night’s special m...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Mon Valley Association for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities hosted a traditional Thanksgiving dinner at its meeting Tuesday night at R...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The holidays will kick off in Elizabeth Thursday evening as the borough celebrates Light Up Night. The streets in the downtown area will be closed off to vehicu...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A third member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club charged in connection with a brutal attack in Charleroi in April has accepted a plea agreement. Josh Pagliei, 43, of ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com The John DiVirgilio Sports Complex, a Rostraver Township staple since its construction in 2001, will undergo extensive renovations thanks to nearly half a...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The West Jefferson Hills School Board is moving forward with construction of a new Thomas Jefferson High School multipurpose field and athletic facility, and...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Pittsburgh-based “residential improvement initiative” will focus some of its efforts on McKeesport thanks to a state grant and a tax credit. Mayor Michael Cherepko r...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent At Tuesday’s meeting, Glassport council remembered two borough fixtures who died in the past week. Former Councilman Angelo Schinosi died Monday at age 88 an...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen Police Officer Rebekah Shrader shares cookies with Madison Pidich, 6, of Bentleyville and Paige Schneider, 5, of North Belle Vernon during the Cookies ...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com Even though the Mon Valley Sewage Authority Board had to cancel its meeting Monday morning, Yancey Taylor still submitted his letter of resignation. Last Thursday...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A portable skating rink that had been set up in front of the Elizabeth Township building in past years is getting community support. Former township Commissione...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com While Monday’s Belle Vernon Area School Board meeting wasn’t an official changing of the guard, it felt that way as board members on the way out delivered...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents in Pleasant Hills may have to wait a bit longer for project at the Pleasant Hills Authority to be completed. At Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Wil...

By Mary Pickels Trib Total Media The Mon Valley is rich with stories to tell, and storytellers will share their personal tales at “Tube City Writers Live: An Evening of Stories from the Mon Valley.” T...