By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists who travel along Walnut Street in McKeesport will notice that the traffic flow during morning and evening rush hour has been improved, according to city elec...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Dr. Michele Dowell will not be leaving Belle Vernon Area School District after all. Dowell has accepted the position of BVA superintendent and has turned down the...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, will soon have two new office locations in the Mon Valley. Starting April 1, Cook will open a new district office in Be...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com As the May 21 primary draws near, the Mon Valley Independent will let voters know who is running for county and local races. In the race for Washington County Com...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Mayor Ina Jean Marton commended two White Oak police officers and other first responders at this week’s borough council meeting for their role in preventing ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com About 50 community members filled the Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel in Monessen Wednesday for the city’s first comprehensive plan meeting. As part of the imple...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough’s former police chief, who is accused of abusing his role to steal countless stamp bags of heroin from the evidence room and mishandling coins collec...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While the demolition of two buildings next to the Coyle Theater in Charleroi will soon be complete, the fate of the iconic building is uncertain. The buildings at 33...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The paraprofessionals of Ringgold School District are asking for a better compensation package and the administration said it must wait until the 2019-20 budget i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “One a penny. Two a penny. Hot cross buns.”   Those are some of the lyrics the children at Christy Park United Methodist Church sang Tuesday while they made hot cross ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com An investigation led by the Washington County District Attorney’s Office could soon begin at Mon Valley Sewage Authority.   During a meeting last week, board member Y...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council voted to purchase new Tasers for the police department, but a motion to buy a used car died for lack of a second. In a work session last ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Two more area communities have thrown their hats in the ring for the fourth annual America’s Main Streets Contest.   Downtown Elizabeth and downtown Washington, Pa.,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Patrons who visit Grand Theatre in Elizabeth this weekend will be taking a journey to a far away swamp that is home to a big green ogre. Mon River Art’s production of ...

Long-term lane restrictions on the Elizabeth Bridge on Route 51 in Elizabeth, Jefferson Hills and West Elizabeth boroughs began Monday. Restrictions are implemented in each direction on Route 51 and t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A preliminary hearing for a Braddock police officer accused of being under the influence of fentanyl while on duty will be held in McKeesport. Renee Christine Jones, 2...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com The Washington County Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists Tuesday for the Washington County ATHENA Leadership Award and the recipient of the Washington County...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Donora police department contract may be settled, but there is still discord between the officers and borough council. Police union steward and senior Officer...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen citizens, business owners and other community members are invited to weigh in on the city’s future.   As part of the implementation of the Early Interventio...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Pennsylvania counties are making the transition to more secure and accessible voting systems with paper records. According to a release Monday from the Department of ...