By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a three-month hiatus, Little Things for Little People made a comeback Monday in Belle Vernon, handing out bags of clothing, diapers and toiletries for a r...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Council took another step Monday night toward reinstating a former borough police officer who was fired in 2018 after being accused of assaulting his wife. A...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania has announced a plan to welcome students back to campus this fall.   A reopening guide published on the university’s website hi...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Tamir Pone, 8, Tai’lyn Pone, 7, and Gio DeSefano, 13, all of Monessen, enjoyed the warm weather this week at City Park.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After Donora council voted Thursday to repeal the ordinance that would have forced longtime borough police Superintendent Jim Brice — and any other police officer...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of demonstrators marched peacefully through the streets of McKeesport Friday — and at one point even laid down on a city street in silence. The group is deman...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A Jefferson Hills police officer injured in a crash earlier this month has died.   According to a release posted on the Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department Fac...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An annual fundraising event for Westmoreland County trails will take a do-it-yourself approach this year.   Residents can choose to bike, walk, jog or run in the 21s...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents and teams hoping to use fields in Jefferson Hills will soon have to sign a waiver to be able to step onto the recreational facilities. And it’s due...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Zykavia Hairston, Qitarah Hardison and Malaya Harcom were among the members of the Class of 2020 at Monessen High School who received their diplomas Friday. A p...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A special committee has come up with options designed to allow Belle Vernon Area High School’s Class of 2020 to graduate as a group. The committee was formed at...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington County Agricultural Fair has been canceled.   Despite restrictions being lifted in western Pennsylvania, the Washington County Fair Board voted to can...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park was bustling on Friday.   The park closed for several months during the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened Monday with several up...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts will continue its virtual concert season Sunday. The MVAA is a nonprofit organization that provides arts and cultural programs th...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The grounds at Fallingwater will reopen today for the first time since its closure for the COVID-19 pandemic March 15. The home designed by architect Frank Lloy...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Historical Society went to council this week in hopes of finding a safe place for extra money raised for the city’s veterans banners. Laura M...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Cousins Nolan Carson, 5, of Eighty Four and Charlee Carson, 5, of Fallowfield Township enjoy looking at the horses at Round Hill Park in Elizabeth Township.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora residents turned out Thursday night and filled every seat in a socially distanced banquet room meeting to support police Superintendent Jim Brice. They wer...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com The video speaks for itself. That’s the consensus of attorneys representing the Mon Valley Independent and a Monessen resident in a lawsuit claiming Mayor Matt Sh...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Family and friends of the late Aaliyah Denise Johnson are planning a peaceful vigil and demonstration in McKeesport today to remember her life and to demand answers fr...