By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The instability of leadership and internal struggles among Monessen city council members cost the town a chance at receiving a tax anticipation loan, according to...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen woman who was already set to stand trial on animal cruelty charges related to a massive animal horde was hit with 1,376 new charges in the case Tuesday.  ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com While the coronavirus has not yet been found in Westmoreland County, the Monessen School District is already making contingency plans. A letter will be sent hom...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon council members and Mayor Craig Ambrose discussed trash billing issues and their concerns with the services of Mon Valley Refuse Authority at Tuesda...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In a 2-1 vote, the Washington Township board of supervisors hired a new police chief at Wednesday’s meeting. Supervisor Jan Amoroso cast the lone no vote, while Superv...

Christopher Horner / For the Mon Valley Independent Ringgold’s Nathan Boulanger celebrates with Justin Day after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime of Monday’s PIHL Class B semifinal game with ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists in Pennsylvania who speed through select work zones could face fines without ever being pulled over by a police officer. PennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpik...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Customers of the Mon Valley Sewage Authority will soon see a new payment fee added to their bills. At its meeting Monday night, the sewage authority board ap...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Westmoreland County Common Pleas judge is scheduled to hear the Sunshine Act case filed by the Mon Valley Independent and a Monessen citizen against Monessen ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com New Century Careers, which operates one of its job-training programs out of McKeesport’s Tube City Center, has announced that its leader, Paul Anselmo, has retired.   ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Forward Township police department was bolstered Monday when township supervisors voted to hire three additional part-time officers. Police Chief Travis Sto...

GOING GREEN IN CHARLEROI Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Delia McCurdy applies the finishing touches to Eric Childs before the final performance of “Seussical the Musical” Sunday afternoon at ...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Robert Prah Jr. has been campaigning for more than a year, and he’s got the Army-green notebook to prove it. Prah, a Democrat from Rostraver Township, will appear ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council does not plan to support a proposed skate park in the borough. Chantal Bey, who founded Strive for a Better Tomorrow and the Strive and Thrive Cent...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Adorned in red awareness ribbons, bracelets and T-shirts, Zion Baptist Church parishioners, members of Mayor Michael Cherepko’s administration and the Partnership for ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Several Mon Valley school districts are among the more than 100 across Pennsylvania that have called on legislature to enact Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed Charter...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Area’s Mitch Pohlot, left, and Devin Whitlock celebrate after beating Clearfield Friday night in the PIAA playoffs. It was the Leopards’ first win ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Until a letter arrived in the mail this week, Monessen was planning to host the Mon Valley Veterans Day parade. However, Mayor Matt Shorraw was informed by Washingto...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A fire in Carroll Township Friday afternoon claimed the life of a 62-year-old disabled woman. According to the Washington County Coroner’s office, Joann Wilson ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com “They came for us at noontime.” Judah Samet is a survivor of the Holocaust who visited Ringgold Middle School Friday afternoon to share his story with seventh- an...