By Paul Peirce Trib Total Media News Wire Services A Monessen man pulled over Tuesday near Smithton for equipment violations apparently tried to hide crack cocaine and a powerful firecracker from two ...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com Pennsylvanians previously convicted of lower-level criminal convictions will have their court records sealed to the public, under a new state law. The bill arrive...

Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent Chas Mrlack and Luke Santo of Union Cleaners celebrate after defeating Tri-County Realty in the Grebb League playoffs Tuesday night

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Health Department heard a mixed bag of sentiments Tuesday about its draft settlement agreement with U.S. Steel. The draft was released June 28 and com...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man who faces drug charges stemming from an alleged underage drinking party on Memorial Day in Rostraver Township waived his right to a preliminary hearing Mond...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A task force web portal to address landslides was launched Tuesday in Allegheny County. The landslide task force created a landslide portal to provide practical a...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com “Work smarter, not harder” is a workplace philosophy Monessen Police chief Jim Smith likes to employ. That’s why he decided to merge efforts with the Southwestern...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A woman who allegedly impersonated a personal care aide to gain access to a McKeesport man’s apartment and then rob him is in jail. McKeeba L. Sifford, 43, is listed i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A man arrested in Mc-Keesport earlier this month after more than a month of being on the run waived his right to a preliminary hearing for a charge of possession of fi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com P3R, the group that organizes the Pittsburgh Marathon each year, announced in February that the Great Allegheny Passage Relay will return this year, and on Monday rele...

By the MV Independent West Jefferson Hills School District will officially open the doors of the new Thomas Jefferson High School Aug. 18 with a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony. The event for e...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com If there’s anything Mon Valley residents can get behind, it’s a good, old-fashioned yard sale.   The Roscoe and Dunlevy boroughs’ annual “flea-tique” offers lots ...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, is targeting grass clippings because of the dangers they can present on area roads.   Bartolotta recently propos...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen’s Comprehensive Plan is moving full speed ahead. As part of the implementation of the Early Intervention Program, which was completed in 2017, the city was ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Kevin Lust, a longtime McKeesport firefighter who served a 10-year stint as chief, is retiring. Lust was promoted to fire chief in 2005 and stepped down from the posit...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department reminds Mon Valley residents of a public hearing being held at 6 p.m. today regarding the department’s draft settlement agreemen...

For the Mon Valley Independent A timeline of vintage clothing will offer a look at Monongahela’s 250 years of history during a whiskey pairing at Rippel’s on the Creek at 12:30 p.m. Aug. 11. Sharon an...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Rabies exposure is declining in Allegheny County thanks to a partnership between the United States Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services and the Allegheny Co...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two state agencies recently announced available funding for local farmers.   On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced $1 million ...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com When Penn State Greater Allegheny Chancellor Jacqueline Edmondson took over the post a few years ago, she vowed to make sure the McKeesport-based campus played a role ...