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By JEFF STITT [email protected] A group of senior citizens who graduated from Elizabeth Forward in the late 1950s and early ‘60s have made it a point to stay friends through the decades. And recently, the […]

By JEFF STITT [email protected] White Oak Borough didn’t miss a chance to celebrate the holidays this year. Early in the holiday shopping season, the borough partnered with Rainbow Volunteer Fire Company to bring back its […]

Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent Jimmy Knapton, a South Allegheny senior who dressed up as “The Grinch,” watches as the Gladiators took on Valley for the school’s home opener earlier this week […]

By CHRISTINE HAINES [email protected] When South Brownsville Fire Chief Ron Barry saw the news reports of the devastation from tornadoes in Kentucky, he reached out to his fellow firefighters to see how they could help. […]

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 […]