The iSH Company at Elizabeth Forward High School is working with March Fourth. The iSH Company, an Elizabeth Forward T-shirt and sign printing student business, has partnered with March Fourth to crea...

Ringgold High School held its Boys Senior Social at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital on Friday. Nicole Porter, a PNC branch manager, spoke with Jimmy Nash, Ryland Wasak, Chaz Kelly, Finn Mansmann an...

The annual event was hosted by the Women’s Club of Elizabeth. Pizza, cupcakes, drinks, art and companionship came together this week in Elizabeth. The Women’s Club of Elizabeth held its annual art con...

The message at the New Kensington branch is the decisions are “too fast, too final.” Meredith Carter, a senior at Penn State New Kensington, strongly believes there’s a disconnect between Penn State d...

Many of them made one last visit Thursday to the Rostraver Township store. Long-time employees of Joann Fabrics in Rostraver Township are more than co-workers — they are a tight-knit family. The bonds...

Council voted unanimously to hire Joseph Volpe, who previously held the same position in Donora. Monessen hired another part-time code enforcement officer during Thursday’s council meeting. In a unani...

District officials say students were quickly evacuated from the area. A video posted to Facebook Thursday afternoon showed sparks coming from the ceiling of an Elizabeth Forward High School classroom ...

Nancy Walker visited the Boys & Girls Club’s teen center Thursday in McKeesport. Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy Walker toured the Boys & Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania...

Lee Carpenter of Pittsburgh brought his 2-year-old rescue dog Sky for a walk at Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver Township on a sunny and warm Wednesday afternoon. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent

American Lung Association’s “2025 State of the Air” lands the 13-county southwestern Pa. region back in the top 25 worst places to breathe in the U.S. By Staff and Wire reports The Pittsburgh region’s...

Registrants of each major party will go to the polls to choose nominees in closed primaries on May 20. The primary election is less than a month away as voters registered as Democrats and Republicans ...

Among the ideas on the new comprehensive plan are a splash pad, indoor sports facility and walking trail expansion. Rostraver’s board of commissioners approved a new Comprehensive Recreation, Park and...

The grand prize went to Amanda Altamare of 1837 Botanicals in Monongahela. Amanda Altamare’s flower shop along W. Main Street in Monongahela has blossomed during its first year in businesses. Now, tha...

Officials hosted an open house Tuesday in Rostraver Township. PennDOT held an open house Tuesday at Rostraver Central fire hall to provide an update on the Arnold City Interchange project, as construc...

Officials and residents say they got little advance notice that the bridge would be shut down. Elizabeth officials discussed the closure of a bridge that connects the borough with Forward Township at ...

Dave Yuhasz said the officer responded correctly after being told that someone was in distress. Monessen police Chief Dave Yuhasz is defending an officer in his department after a social media post ci...

The Vatican reported his death Monday morning, sparking glowing tributes from Catholics and those of other faiths. Bells echoed at Catholic churches around the world Monday to honor the memory of Pope...

It’s the first time Marsh Tire has been outside the Mollis family since 1951. BY JEFF OLIVER For the MVI For the first time in nearly 75 years, a member of the Mollis family will not be the owner/oper...

Jeremy Zuber was sworn in at Monday’s council meeting. White Oak swore in a new police officer at Monday night’s council meeting. Jeremy Zuber, who previously worked for the McKeesport Police Departme...

Ky’len Thomas, 6, and Ciara Williams, 8, of Donora posed with the Easter Bunny at an Easter egg hunt in the borough. See more photos from on Page A2 and in our online gallery at www. monvalleyindepend...