By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com PennDOT will be open bids next month for a contract which includes drainage repairs on Tyrol Boulevard. The work is designed to replace a collapsed and clogged ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Most birthday surprises aren’t life changing for either the giver or the recipient; but some are life-changing for both. Dave Lenik, owner of Lenik Greenhouse i...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com ArcelorMittal has submitted its official WARN Act notification to the state regarding layoffs at the coke plant in Monessen. According to the notice submitted t...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel in Monessen teamed up with the Pasta Shoppe in Monessen, Perked Up Cafe in Charleroi and Galiffa Productions of Donora t...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Like the hit song by Simon and Garfunkel, the summer of 2020 looks like it will be filled with the sounds of silence. While schools and businesses have felt ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board unanimously approved a preliminary 2020-21 spending plan Tuesday that includes a tax increase which would give the district Washingto...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The new majority on Monessen council — which includes Mayor Matt Shorraw and Councilman Gil Coles — voted Tuesday to repeal an ordinance approved last year in hop...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County leaders are preparing business owners and employees for the yellow phase of reopening on Friday. “We have been successful in our efforts to date ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley communities are not alone during the COVID-19 pandemic. Food drives, donations and programs have been rolled out to help families in need since the corona...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Sewage Authority isn’t making any major changes as the region moves from red to yellow under the COVID-19 state of emergency. The board decided M...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board approved several contracts as part of its capital improvements plan during a special meeting Tuesday. The largest contract wa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon council unanimously voted during Tuesday night’s virtual meeting to extend its state of emergency declaration through June 30. Mayor Craig Ambrose a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club will spend at least 20 years in jail for the assault of a former Pagan in Charleroi last year.   Matthew Vasquez, 31, of...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, said Monday that Republican Senate leaders have called on Gov. Tom Wolf to stop name-calling and instead engage ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Brownsville Drive-In has been poised to open for the past several weeks, and got the legal go-ahead for Friday when Gov. Tom Wolf announced most of southwes...

Showing its continued commitment to the Mon Valley and surrounding counties during this COVID-19 pandemic that continues to wreak havoc on the local business community, the Mon Valley Independent is l...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Members of Jefferson Hills Council continued to butt heads Monday night as plans for reopening the borough’s Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company raise many unan...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Legislation that would exempt federal coronavirus funds from state and local taxation cleared the Senate Finance Committee Monday. Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport residents on Saturday were treated to an unconventional pizza party that allowed them to practice social distancing and have a hot and fresh meal. About 40 ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This will be a week of anticipation for Mon Valley residents as Gov. Tom Wolf announced last week that the area will be among the 13 counties to move to the yello...