By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new recovery house will soon open in Monessen. An open house is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the McKee Avenue facility, which is open to the public. From 1 to 3 p.m....

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent These Ringgold High School students were serious about supporting their boys basketball team Tuesday night. In front, from left, are John Warren, Jackson Walney...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com In a devastating financial blow, the city of Monessen has been denied a Tax Anticipation Note, and a council member is concerned the city won’t make payro...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com New stop signs were installed Tuesday at the intersection of Route 48 and Round Hill Road in Elizabeth Township in an effort to improve safety at what has been ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council appointed a new member to the Mon Valley Sewage Authority last night and some expressed concern about Monessen council’s choice to remove an appoin...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com After a week of collaboration and research, a Monessen resident has filed a civil complaint against Mayor Matt Shorraw for alleged Sunshine Act violations...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Post-holiday electric bills have some people scrambling for alternatives, but state officials say shop wisely when seeking an energy provider. State Rep. Mike P...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Arson is suspected in a two-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon on Evans Avenue in McKeesport. The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office cited an “incendiary cause” for the ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Attorney Matthew Dugan has been appointed as Allegheny County’s new chief public defender, County Manager William D. McKain announced Tuesday.   Having served as actin...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents who utilize the services of the Port Authority of Allegheny County are being encouraged to attend one of many   community meetings where upcoming ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Donora man jailed on homicide charges last year is facing new charges from Elizabeth borough police stemming from an alleged crime spree across two states....

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Despite discussions and steps being taken to begin the process of building a community center in Jefferson Hills, the development plan of a center in the bor...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There were restrictions on both Interstate 70 and the Mon-Fayette Expressway Monday night after a tractor trailer overturned on I-70.   According to Fallowfield...

By EMILY BENNETT  DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A media law counsel with the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association believes there may have been multiple breaches of the Sunshine Act during Monessen’s firs...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport doesn’t technically have a road named “Main Street,” but it’s a common thing when talking to someone 40 or older from the area to hear tales from yesteryear...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent Dorothy Urbanowicz has deep roots in the Mon Valley.   Her Slovak ancestors came to Monessen at the end of the 19th century to work in the region’s fast-gro...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Avid golfers and novices alike will have the chance to golf on some of the top courses in the world without ever leaving Elizabeth Township. Butler’s Golf Cours...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley NAACP is sponsoring a food drive in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The food drive, benefiting the Greater Washington County and Westm...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Clairton man is in Allegheny County Jail for allegedly being involved in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Mon Valley. Allegheny County Police Narcoti...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth borough man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to sabotaging local railroad signal operations. William Curry Brown, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts o...