By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The White Oak Police Department, in partnership with Mayor Ina Jean Marton, will hold two of its annual community outreach programs again this year. Marton announced a...

By JEFF OLIVER For MV Independent One of the fastest rising occupations these days is that of Doordash driver. The drivers pick up customers’ orders at participating restaurants and sandwich shops mad...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Brenda Jamison, second from left, celebrates with Clairton girls basketball players, from left, Taylor Jackson, Iyauna Chapman and Mya Norman after the Bears de...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Carroll Township police Chief Paul Brand said it is hard to find the right words to describe how disturbed he is that someone burglarized the homes of Craven Plan resi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Judith L. Fisher is being remembered as a “perennial candidate,” most recently running for office last year when she sought to become the Washington County Regi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Boy Scouts of America Laurel Highlands Council announced this week it does not anticipate the national organization’s bankruptcy filing to “have any direct impact ...

y ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com West Jefferson Hills Historical Society will celebrate “Happy Birthday, George & Abe!” at 1 p.m. today.   The society will commemorate the birthdays of presid...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Heinz History Center’s We Can Do It! WWII traveling exhibit is in its fourth weekend at Donora Public Library with two speaking events on the schedule for tod...

MIke Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent South Allegheny’s Antonio Epps celebrates with his younger brother, Reese, after the Gladiators won Thursday’s playoff game on a last-second shot.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A more than 100-year-old brick sewer line on the ArcelorMittal Mill property in Monessen collapsed this week and opened a sinkhole 35 feet deep and 60 feet long. ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Art lovers, wine connoisseurs and the just plain curious were on hand at Off the Wall Art Studio Thursday night to show their support for local charity. The ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Communities that jumped on the anti-smoking bandwagon for their parks and playgrounds several years ago are now expanding the ban to vaping. Rostraver Township ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent After working for years at Duke of Oil in Carroll Township, Gary Koteles has become the owner.   “I’m a lot happier when cars show up,” said Koteles, who began at...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The pieces are still being put together from Wednesday evening’s manhunt in Monessen, which resulted in a suspect being picked up on outstanding warrants. Charg...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Walking through a “telephone booth” on Broad Avenue in North Belle Vernon will take you back in time to 1933. We’re not talking time travel, but it might seem like i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A portion of Bunola River Road in Forward Township that has been closed for nearly a month as a result of safety concerns was reopened for single-lane traffic on Wedne...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A part-time Elizabeth borough police officer is accused of forging a psychological report for another officer. Criminal charges of forgery, unsworn falsificatio...

BY JEFF OLIVER For the Mon Valley Independent Almost 12 years ago, Gina Lynn was named the executive director of the Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce. Under her leadership, the chamber expanded a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board voted Wednesday to offer early retirement incentives for the district’s professional and non-professional employees. The district’s non-prof...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen’s Zykavia Hairston, left, and Kendelle Weston react after Tuesday’s 34-30 loss to Aquinas Academy in the WPIAL playoffs.