By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Jeffrey Scales, a member of the Mon Valley Jeepers board, believes owning a Jeep is an extraordinary experience.   “When you own a Jeep, you enter into this frate...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several students in Ross Farmer’s history classes at Belle Vernon Area Middle School will compete in the Pittsburgh leg of the National History Day next month. With th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Valley 1st Community Federal Credit Union officials will research the possibility of opening a branch office in Donora. Valley 1st CEO Jim Ritter told Donora coun...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County is “where it’s happening.” What does “it” mean? According to county officials, a little bit of everything. More than 400 business leaders gathered ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Roses aren’t exactly a unique Valentine’s Day gift, unless you’re looking for more of a sculptural bloom, in which case a Monongahela artist has just the thing. M...

By PAUL PIERCE Trib Total Media Although Monessen voters elected a new district judge last November, it could be at least March — or longer — before he is finally sworn in. Wayne P. Vlasic, 63, confir...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With more than 8,000 fire calls under his belt, Charleroi firefighter Robert Whiten Sr. does not plan to slow down anytime soon. On Wednesday, he was begrudgingly br...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Friday is Valentine’s Day, but students from Belle Vernon Area School District and nearly a dozen other schools felt the love Wednesday when BVA hosted its a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen will either be looking for a new city controller or, as one councilman fears, talking to a judge about council’s move to oust the sworn-in official this ...

By TAYLOR BROWN and JEFF STITT Staff Writers Love is in the air throughout the Mon Valley. With only one day left until Valentine’s Day, area business owners are gearing up to help sweeten plans for t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monongahela is keeping its solicitor but switching law firms. City Solicitor Todd Pappasergi, who had been a lawyer with Bassi, Vreeland and Associate...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charles Keller Sr. was honored Tuesday by the Monessen #1 Volunteer Fire Department for his 50 years of service. Keller is a third-generation firefighter and ha...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen will try again to get a tax anticipation loan when it meets with other banks next week, and this month’s bills will be paid upon receipt of funds. During...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Councilman Gil Coles seemed to threaten a Monessen resident during Tuesday’s council meeting, asking the man if he wanted to “take it outside.” Resident Pino Cian...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A White Oak woman is fighting a citation from the borough for allegedly having a colony of feral cats on her property. Jomarie Piccini was notified Feb. 5 by borough...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Performing arts students at California University of Pennsylvania will get the opportunity to show off their creativity this month as the university’s spring music and...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Elections Division on Tuesday launched the “Ready, Set, Vote” initiative’s   one-stop website for residents seeking information on the elections. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After police Chief Eugene Lipari called the parking situation at the corner of Speer and Baltimore streets “a hazard,” North Belle Vernon Council gave permission to pa...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Leenie Grant is introduced as Monessen High School honored alumni at Monday’s girls basketball game. Grant, a Monessen resident and a 1985 graduate, scored 1,62...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday that it has finalized the settlement agreement and order with U.S. Steel that was issued in June 2019. The agre...