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By The Mon Valley Independent When the Monongahela-based Wedding Cookie Table Community decided to band together to send gifts of love to Uvalde, Texas in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting, it gave […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Emergency medical services coverage has recently become a hot topic in several Mon Valley communities. On Tuesday, Charleroi officials announced they would immediately cut ties with Mon Valley EMS and opted […]

By Max Robinette [email protected] St. John’s Episcopal Church in Donora was deconsecrated Wednesday after operating in the community for 97 years. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh Ketlan Solak led the service along with […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] Monessen property owners will see a higher amount due when their school tax bills come in for 2022-23. The school board, with all members present, unanimously voted Tuesday to approve the […]

By John Rectenwald [email protected] Rostraver Township will look to modify a minimum lot size ordinance that — if left unchanged — could impede the progress of real estate development in the area. Revising the “zero […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] Sweeney’s Steakhouse in Rostraver has closed its doors. Owner Debra Hardy made the announcement Wednesday evening via social media, saying that after 26 years in business, the Rostraver Road establishment was […]

Kara Austin, Justin Austin, Scarlette Austin, 5, and Trinity Palmer of Latrobe ride kayaks and an inflatable raft Tuesday afternoon on the Youghiogheny River at Cedar Creek Park. 

By JEFF STITT [email protected] Over a series of votes Tuesday, the Monessen School Board accepted the retirement of Superintendent Dr. Leanne Spazak, hired an acting superintendent and entered into an agreement with a company to […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Joe Grata’s legacy as an old-school journalist, steadfast community leader and the patriarch of his family will live on through the many hats he wore over the years. Grata, 78, of Lynnwood […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mon Valley Emergency Medical Services was no longer the EMS provider in Charleroi. Borough Manager Matt Staniszewski made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. To read the rest of […]