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By KRISTIE LINDEN [email protected] Donora council President Jane Ackerman told residents at Thursday’s meeting that Councilman John Conger warned her to either resign her presidency or be voted out. Ackerman and Conger largely seemed to […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] PennDOT crews will be perform core boring drilling work along Interstate 70, Route 51 and around the Interstate 70 Exit 46 interchange in Rostraver Township later this month. Beginning Aug. 21 […]

By KRISTIE LINDEN [email protected] California University of Pennsylvania has filed suit against the contractor that built a $10.5 million parking garage that has been closed for two years due to structural deficiencies. The Vulcan Garage, […]

START MAKING PLANS NOW to attend McKeesport’s largest festival of the summer — the 59th annual International Village ethnic festival. In today’s Mon Valley Independent, you’ll find our annual full-color, 32-page International Village program, which […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] About 30 volunteers from the Mon Valley, members of several area labor unions and the McKeesport High School Tigers football team were hard at work in McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park Wednesday as […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] The former McKeesport Daily News building was once again on the agenda at a special city council meeting Wednesday night. Mayor Michael Cherepko announced the first official tenant’s goal will be […]

By Kaylie Moore [email protected] Monongahela City Council on Wednesday narrowly approved a new rental property inspection ordinance. Introduced by Councilwoman Claudia Williams, the ordinance will allow the city to strictly enforce property inspections and hold […]

Many communities throughout the Mon Valley rely on security cameras to help fight crime in their neighborhoods. Charleroi Borough Council is hoping such communities will join together to send a letter to West Penn Power […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Work set to begin on a bridge connecting Speers and Charleroi has been postponed for a second time. Construction on the Route 88 bridge on McKean Avenue, which spans Maple Creek, […]

By Kaylie Moore [email protected] Master Daniel Obusek’s students will kick for a cause Friday during a Kick-a-thon fundraiser benefiting the Naomi Outreach women’s group. The group, comprised of Mid-Mon Valley widows, sponsors a veterans’ luncheon […]