By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Last week, a Monessen high school junior with a passion for music was one of several students from throughout the region to use her talent to heal a hurting communit...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com While the rest of the Eastern time zone was watching the ball drop in Times Square, thousands of southwestern Pennsylvanians, including some Mon Valley residents, were...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Mailing services could see a hike in prices this year. The United States Postal Service filed a notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission several weeks ago of cha...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Sewage Authority’s year-end meeting last week ended in a shouting match over allegations that some board members had a private meeting with the solicit...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Homicide detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred Sunday in McKeesport. A woman was shot in the 400 block of 31st Street in McKeesport  j...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Ric Frantz, 68, suffered a stroke two years ago. That means no heavy lifting for the mechanic, and being able to sit while working always helps. Filling i...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent The Monongahela Area Library will be getting a little help from its friends. The newly launched Friends of the Monongahela Area Library has made it their mis...

By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor From heartbreaking tragedies to feuding elected officials, this year has been unlike any other in the Mon Valley. As 2018 draws to a close, the Mon Valley Independent’...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners on Thursday approved a final 2019 general fund budget, which does not include a tax increase. During a special meeting, commissioner...

By Ron Paglia There must be some truth to that time-honored adage about time flying when you’re having fun. That certainly has been the case here as we prepare to welcome 2019 with a journey down Memo...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s Aquatorium Innovations, the nonprofit that operates the outdoor venue, will end this year with a deficit. The group, which has produced the highly s...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Firefighters aren’t sure what caused a fire that broke out at the Monongahela Iron and Metal Company on East Main Street in the city just before 10 a.m. Friday.  ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A new 500,000-gallon water storage tank will soon be operational in Carroll Township.   Pennsylvania American Water announced the $3.2 million project in July and it...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Following a tumultuous series of meetings this month, Donora borough council ended 2018 on a high note Friday.   In a special meeting, council unanimously approved i...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man who lives two doors down from the frequently flooded Koontz family home in Donora told the Mon Valley Sewage Authority board Friday morning he’s concerned a...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon borough man accused of assaulting his girlfriend at the Belle Vernon Apartments is in jail.   David Wayne Inman, 57, was charged this week with aggrav...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com During a special meeting Thursday, Charleroi Council unanimously approved a 2019 budget that will require a small tax increase. It is the first time in at least 20 y...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen council ended 2018 in tumultuous fashion Thursday, with a double authority appointment, hazardous materials storage and a hefty tax increase causing controv...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com McKeesport police are searching for a man involved in a shooting around 1 p.m. Thursday. Police and emergency personnel were called to the 2700 block of Palmgreen St...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In a special meeting Thursday morning, Monongahela city council discussed the sale of the former National Guard Armory on Second Street. The sale is finalized, bu...