By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council hired a new borough administrator Thursday night.   Jerad Cypher of East Washington was approved for the $44,000-per-year position in a unanimous d...

By Stephen Huba Jack Bergstein was there when the light went out. A lifelong member of Temple Beth Am in Monessen, the 79-year-old recently attended the deconsecration service for the Reform synagogue...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough, which paid off its 2019 tax anticipation note last week, took action Thursday that could mean not needing a TAN for the next 10 years, but th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Washington County Court of Common Pleas welcomed its first African-American female judge when Traci McDonald Kemp was sworn in last week. She took her seat an...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Port Vue council said goodbye to longtime police Chief Bryan Myers this week.   For more than 40 years, Myers has been part of the borough in some capacity. ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled his three-part plan to address issues with the state’s 22-year-old charter school law Wednesday at the Twin Rivers Elementary School in M...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Anyone with a dream of starting a small business but can’t quite figure out how can turn to the newly formed Mon Valley Launchbox. Several area elected officials, Penn...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent With enrollment dropping and budgets tightening, some in the Mon Valley have discussed the possibility of district mergers, but it’s a contentious issue t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Different sides of the “same team” — and dozens of North Charleroi and Fallowfield Township residents — packed the township municipal building Tuesday night during a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Police Chief William Sombo is in his sixth month of rebuilding community trust in the Elizabeth borough police department. “I’m trying to restructure the police...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Faced with declining enrollment across most Mon Valley school districts and evolving expectations from students and parents, administrators are forced to ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills can add another accomplishment to its list of achievements. The borough was named among the top 10 safest cities in the state in the 2019 “Sa...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com The Ringgold Boosters are working to prepare for the organization’s annual Hall of Fame Banquet this fall. The banquet, the organization’s major fundraiser, will ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Stan Gordon has been investigating Bigfoot and UFO sightings ever since getting a transistor radio from his parents when he was 10 years old and hearing about u...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Florida company has stepped forward with a plan to save Charleroi’s Coyle Theater weeks after a demolition permit was issued. Mike McCarty, owner of MTI, a technol...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The 300 block of McKean Avenue was bustling Monday afternoon with residents who want to save — and demolish — the Coyle Theater. The push to save the Coyle was rekin...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Many Mon Valley-area districts have experienced a double-digits decrease in enrollment from the 1993-94 school year to 2018-19, and some are having issues...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department will hold two “Allegheny County Narcan Giveaway Days” this month. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 18, ACHD staff members will be in...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Starting on Jan. 1, Real ID will be needed for domestic flights and to enter federal buildings that require identification. However, that doesn’t mean state res...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It’s now easier for visitors to Mingo Cemetery in Finleyville to find some of the more famous names in the cemetery. Thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Washi...