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...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board is offering early retirement incentives to the district’s non-professional and professional employees. During this month’s board meeting, th...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A local nonprofit group is hoping to raise enough money to give a park in the Magic City a much needed update. The Charleroi Community Park Board of Trustees has lau...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Another round of mini-grants have been awarded by the Mon Valley Alliance.   The newest recipients are the Rostraver Township Historical Society and the Mon City Com...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several Mon Valley projects were addressed Thursday as Washington County Chamber of Commerce held its seventh annual State of The Economy event. Commissioners Larry Ma...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Tensions rose as a debate over racism and free speech became the focus of a Monessen council meeting Thursday.   Councilman Dave Feehan invited Monessen resident Cal...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 26-year-old homeless man is accused of attacking a man on Meldon Avenue in Donora Monday and assaulting a police officer who tried to restrain him. Antwane Cunn...