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By Max Robinette [email protected] Donora hired a full-time police officer at Thursday’s council meeting. In a 4-2 vote, council brought Carl Talbert onto the police force. Talbert currently works in Monongahela and has previously worked in […]

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen High School seniors Olivia Cooper and Madison Popovich help on the sidelines of the Monessen High School girls soccer game as they hosted the Charleroi Area HIgh School […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Members of the Lock No. 4 Volunteer Fire Co. — and residents and neighboring departments across the Valley — are mourning the loss of a rescue K-9 puppy that was struck […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Leaders in North Belle Vernon plan to crack down on speeding. During a rescheduled voting meeting Wednesday, several residents complained about people driving over the speed limit, specifically on Fayette Street. […]

By Max Robinette [email protected] Ringgold High School’s senior class vice president urged district board members to revise parts of the new student cellphone ban during Wednesday’s board meeting. The board voted to enact the policy […]

By John Rectenwald [email protected] The show must go on at Elizabeth Forward School District. The school board agreed Wednesday to expand the musical theater program at the middle school by opening up two new positions […]

By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent If you’re a fan of the board game, “Clue,” then Howling Hills Corn Maze Adventures will be fun for the whole family to partake in this fall […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] McKeesport Area School District continues to deal with a bus driver shortage that is impacting charter school students who live within its boundaries. But the school board on Wednesday approved creative […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] Elizabeth Forward’s gridiron was alive with activity Tuesday as high school life skills students from around the Greater Pittsburgh region — and a couple of Steelers Super Bowl champions — were […]

By JOHN RECTENWALD [email protected] The opposition camp in Elizabeth Township’s contentious fracking debate will have another week to prepare its cross-examinations of Olympus Energy witnesses. The third hearing regarding the conditional use application for the Hera […]