By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents won’t have to walk along Tyrol Boulevard in Monessen to catch a bus by the end of summer. The Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority board voted Thurs...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Christ’s directive to “Feed my sheep” is something Bishop Karl Jackson takes literally as well as spiritually. The pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Mon...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com During this month’s board meeting, McKeesport Area School District Superintendent Dr. Mark Holtzman predicted many area districts will be forced to consider raising pr...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One half of a pair of McKeesport men who pleaded guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. Leonard Wygant, 38,...

Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA and Brad Bumsted of The Caucus HARRISBURG — Despite intense lobbying in recent days, prospects are dimming for top Republican senators to push through a controversial...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Area High School graduates celebrate with the traditional cap tossing during Wednesday night’s Class of 2020 commencement ceremony at James Weir St...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Halloween may be months away, but don’t tell that to the kids who helped plant pumpkins Wednesday on Donner Avenue next to the Monessen Public Library. Kids ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The state House of Representatives made moves Wednesday to give police departments information about an applicant’s disciplinary past and to train officers on how to i...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board approved a 2020-21 district budget that includes a 4/10th of a mill tax increase despite the objection of some board members Wednesday. The ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Courtney Berdar, 17, and Jesse Sala, 17, both of New Eagle, took a break during a recent tennis game at Palmer Park in Donora.

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The show will go on in Charleroi. The Fourth of July and Community Day fireworks shows, at least. At a special meeting Tuesday, council members gave the gree...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It will likely cost about $3.5 million to build a necessary sewage equalization holding tank in Monessen, but the city doesn’t intend to raise any fees for reside...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Summer activities will return to the streets of Elizabeth with the start of the Sound of Summer on Plum concert series July 9. Plum Street will be turned into a...

By RON PAGLIA For the MV Independent As a teenager growing up in Gallatin in the 1960s, Tony Vasques spent considerable time listening to the music of such popular radio disc jockeys as Porky Chedwick...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Twelve defendants from Allegheny, Lawrence and Westmoreland counties, including a Monessen man, have been charged with drug trafficking following a months-long wiretap...

Cousins Dylan Klinger, 13, of Fallowfield Township and Jaxson Klinger, 9, of Carroll Township enjoy a sunny day at Fallowfield Elementary Park.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department is concerned after the number of new coronavirus cases doubled over the last two weeks. The number of new positive tests is...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Before the Belle Vernon Area School District tackles plans to reopen schools for 2020-21, it will be dealing with the issue of how to reopen school board meetin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Although COVID-19 continues to linger, the 50th annual Covered Bridge Festival will go on as scheduled this fall. The EQT Washington & Greene Counties’ Covered Bridg...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area has finalized its plans for the Class of 2020 commencement ceremony. Seniors who are planning to attend the ceremony, which will be held at 5 p.m. June...