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By CHASITY M. CAPASSO For the MVI Howe Cemetery in Long Branch is in need of volunteers and donations to help upkeep the grounds. New board members were recently appointed and have some plans, but […]

By CHRISTINE HAINES [email protected] Rostraver Township Commissioner John Lorenzo will be permitted to participate in voting sessions but not workshop meetings, under the revised terms of his bond. Lorenzo was barred from having contact with […]

By KRISTIE LINDEN [email protected] Monessen police and Westmoreland County detectives are investigating after a man was shot at least six times Tuesday night. Just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Monessen police got a call for shots […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] A White Oak man escaped injury after a fast-moving blaze ripped through his house Wednesday afternoon. The blaze quickly traveled through the upper floor of the home on the White Oak […]

Natalie Ondulick of Monessen and Emma Valla of North Charleroi dropped off presents to Santa (junior firefighter Josh Arnold) and his elf Buddy (junior firefighter Brayden Speck) Tuesday evening for a stuff-a-fire-truck event at the […]

By KRISTIE LINDEN [email protected] Monessen Redevelopment Authority members plan to drive past about half of the properties LaTrina Hall’s nonprofit has gotten from the city to see where they are before voting to transfer the […]

By Taylor Brown-Herman [email protected] With a new variant of COVID-19 beginning to surge, a controversial topic has been rekindled. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] Bird lovers in the Mon Valley have a new chance to see a family of bald eagles up close. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of […]

By CHRISTINE HAINES [email protected] The Belle Vernon Area School Board is up to full strength, at least for the moment. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley […]