By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Donora man allegedly under influence of a controlled substance led police on a chase westbound on Interstate 70 early Tuesday morning. Wade John Boyd, 52, is charg...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Township man is accused of communicating online with an undercover police officer, whom he thought was a 14-year-old girl from Massachusetts, for unlawf...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The 78th annual Mon Valley Home Show opens Friday at Rostraver Ice Garden in Rostraver Township. The show is designed for homeowners in all stages of remodeling, lan...

By Beth Hope-Cushey Carroll Township Supervisors approved a resolution supporting the 2020 Census, Complete Count Program. “It is very important to participate,” said board Chairman Tom Rapp. “So when...

By Beth Hope-Cushey New Eagle will increase its police presence, especially during weekends and nights. Councilman Archie Caseber said Tuesday that the borough wants to keep ahead of any trouble. In r...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny is hosting an exclusive exhibit at its McKeesport campus featuring the artwork of an artist from the Mon Valley. The gallery opened Tuesda...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen School Board on Tuesday received two requests from the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit. As part of his annual district visit, WIU Executive Director Jason Co...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Voters who live in Versailles borough were alerted at Tuesday’s council meeting that their polling place has changed. Council President Lisa Fleckenstein announced tha...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department has levied a $707,568 fine against U.S. Steel for continued emissions problems at the Mon Valley Works Clairton Coke Works Facil...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com “If the leadership does not operate well, the organization and the broader community will suffer,” according to a management and operational review report prepare...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton couple accused of failing to take their newborn daughter to the hospital at the recommendation of a pediatrician have been ordered to stand trial.   Ro...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Soon, folks from the North Belle Vernon Recreation Commission will take to Community Bank Park and “egg the place up,” as commission member Lynn Sokol put...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Members of the Volunteer Fireman’s Association of Liberty borough canvassed the town a few weeks ago “sounding the alarm” about the importance of fire safety and the u...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, and his wife, Linda Brewster, joined biologists from the Pennsylvania Game Commission this month to check on the health of black...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There certainly is a lion, albeit a cowardly one, but don’t look forward to any tigers or bears at Serra Catholic High School’s musical production of “The Wizard of Oz...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A main street in North Belle Vernon will be soon become more safe and accessible thanks to a $150,000 grant from the Commonwealth Financing Authority. The Broad Aven...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen is expected to finally receive its share of a recent settlement with ArcelorMittal. During a council meeting Thursday, councilmen Dave Feehan and Anthony Or...

By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor It has been several months in the making, but the Mon Valley Independent is proud to announce we will be officially opening our second office at the new Tube City Cent...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen Hilltop firefighter whose social media activity sparked a heated debate at Thursday’s council meeting denies her comments were racially motivated.   Volun...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The U.S. Census Bureau is searching for people who live in the Mon Valley to help conduct the 2020 census. On Monday, the bureau will celebrate Census Day 2019 in reco...