By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A 16-year-old student from Belle Vernon Area School District was recognized by the school board and administrators last week for doing “exceptionally well” on a mandat...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pleasant Hills residents will soon see a new Amish furniture maker as a tenant in a building on Route 51 that’s been vacant for years. Pleasant Hills borough...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One year after the Christmas Eve fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works that led to higher sulfur dioxide emissions than what is permitted, days of heavy fogs h...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Statue of Liberty may ask for “your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” but all a group of Mon Valley women have asked for over...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Steps are being taken to make a dangerous intersection in Elizabeth Township a bit safer.   After two separate traffic studies a year apart, the Pennsylvania De...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Diane Raible of Paws Across Pittsburgh animal rescue is on a mission to prove that dogs with disabilities and/or specialized medical conditions “deserve to be loved on...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley community has stepped up and proven their Christmas spirit through its generosity and support of a local toy initiative. Thanks to a collaboration of ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It’s no secret specialty coffee drinks are popular among high school students and teachers alike. Now, at Ringgold there’s no reason to leave campus for a treat. ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com You know what they say: if you want to be a good chef, you have to work with other great chefs.   That’s exactly what’s on Belle Vernon native and profess...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Four-year-old Chloe Durbiano walked the halls of Jefferson Hospital Friday morning and was greeted with smiles by everyone who saw her. They bent down to pat...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It started with a simple Facebook post, one that has been making the rounds in community groups, but it really seemed to take off in the “All About Elizabeth Fo...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A woman will spend Christmas with her family this year thanks in part to the quick thinking and action of two Monongahela police officers. On Oct. 17, Renee Seife...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com You check your email. You check your text messages. You check your Facebook, along with additional social media accounts. But how often do you check your ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A lifelong Donora resident has been displaced from her home two days before Christmas after a fire broke out there Monday afternoon. Ida Jean Godfrey said she has li...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Putting together a puzzle is not always an easy task. It can be stressful and time consuming, but for George and Marge Jonas, it is one of their favorite past times....

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Alexis Sage and Danika Evans, members of the Ringgold High School Interact Club, help 4-year-old Jaxson Pearson of Monongahela pick out his gifts.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Businesses are returning to Donora and a new chamber of commerce may not be far behind. Over the last year or so, Tech Met has reinvested in its MIDA Park site an...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com For Perryopolis resident Tonya Joseph, Christmas arrived almost two months early this year. And instead of riding in a red sleigh, Santa Claus arrived in a r...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough police officers joined forces Friday with departments from across the region to make a difference at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. T...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Melody Gazdick will be the first to admit she’s a little shy.   Even after the school bus driver quietly made sure that the entire student population of C...