By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After a special meeting last week to approve a preliminary 2020-21 spending plan and virtual learning coming to a close, Charleroi Area School board directors approv...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent California Area High School seniors stopped by the school Monday to receive their caps and gowns. They were also given ballots to vote on graduation and opted t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After about two years of negotiations, both the Belle Vernon Area Education Association and the Belle Vernon Area School Board ratified a new five-year contract...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania will soon be in the market for a new leader.   The seventh president in university history, Geraldine M. Jones, plans to step d...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The California Area High School Marching Band was one week away from performing in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on March 20. But those plans ...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Westmoreland County’s top elected officials are pleased with having been moved into the yellow phase of coronavirus reopening. They would just prefer a more robust...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Could a change to Pleasant Hills’ food truck ordinance be in the near future? That was the topic of discussion at the borough’s council meeting Monday night,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man has been denied bail after allegedly breaking into another man’s apartment, stabbing him multiple times and stealing $400, which police said he later ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Among counties that encompass the Mon Valley, only Westmoreland County reported new deaths Monday.   There were six new deaths reported on the same day the state ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak borough still isn’t ready to make a call about whether Heritage Hill Pool will open this summer. Borough Manager John Palyo explained during Monday’s virtual...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic may have shut down schools, businesses, parks and playgrounds, but it didn’t stop the annual Avenue of Flags in West Newton. It did,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After the counties that encompass the Mon Valley joined the yellow phase Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced another dozen counties will make the move this Friday. Be...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There is no tax increase in the 2020-21 proposed budget, which the Belle Vernon Area School Board is expected to approve tonight. Once it receives board approva...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Former Pleasant Hills resident and stained glass mosaic artist Lisa Valentino is taking her work to the streets. Literally. Valentino, a 1983 Thomas Jefferso...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Leadership Washington County is “feeding the fight” during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based in Canonsburg, LWC is a nonprofit organization designed to identify, educate ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Area Development Corporation will host a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony May 22 for the Moose Building demolition project, its first major undert...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two state lawmakers, including one from the Mon Valley, plan to introduce legislation that would offer health care workers and first responders working on the front li...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley was open for business Friday after a long period of COVID-19 lockdown. Tara Bottino, who owns Just 4 You Gift Shop in Monongahela, said she had a f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of McKeesport in three locations Friday to bid farewell to a beloved teacher and McKeesport councilwoman. Jamie Brewster-Filotei...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi Regional police officer under investigation for drug-related crimes has resigned from his position as K-9 officer. William M. Gardner, 39, is charged wit...