By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent Gregory Nemchick will never forget saying goodbye to his brother as he left for Vietnam in 1965.   He asked Michael Nemchick, “When will you be coming back?...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce hopes guests will bring their appetites to the fifth annual Taste of the Town. Designed to promote area businesses, the eve...

By Renatta Signorini Poll workers are becoming hard to find, both locally and statewide. It’s important work, checking in voters and delivering results, that takes more than 40,000 volunteers across P...

By RON PAGLIA You know how it goes. One thing leads to another. So it was with a Pages of the Past history item the other day regarding a destructive fire 60 years ago at the Phillipsburg School in Ca...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Steel has confirmed that it will be able to comply with a revised Allegheny County Health Department enforcement order issued Tuesday for the Mon Valley Works. In...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Hearings for two people charged in a pre-dawn drug bust March 1 in Monessen have been postponed. Eric Emerson, 30, and Kim Jackson, 45, both of Summit Avenue in M...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s solicitor believes the problem of continued slippage on Second Street after a landslide in September is a private issue. In the months since the ini...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Friday was the “best day ever” for Louden Stanko thanks to a sweet gesture by one of his classmates at Ringgold Middle School.   Eighth grader Karley Kray had been pl...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Area students were recognized for their hard work and dedication during the 29th annual Charleroi Academic League Awards Day Ceremony this week. The league is open to...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Parents of students who attend McKeesport Area School District were fearful that their children were in danger Friday morning when a rumor spread via word of mouth and...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw and Councilman Gil Coles will be the first elected officials to receive a fine after missing an agenda meeting Thursday night.   If a writ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora borough council approved a three-year contract with its police union Thursday night. Donora police officers have been working without a contract for more t...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent What does White Oak have in common with Audubon, Iowa, Goodwater, Ala., and Fossil, Ore.?   According to the lifestyle website, GoodLife, these communities ...

For the Mon Valley Independent The Belle Vernon Area Charitable Fund is introducing a unique logo to promote the identity of the nonprofit organization. It represents the work of three students in the...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Charleroi Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to begin looking for a new code enforcement agency.   The decision comes after a fire March 2 at a Fallowfield Avenue h...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela residents can no longer dispose of leaves or yard waste by putting the materials out for garbage pickup.   The city’s leaf and yard waste recycling pr...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com The Finleyville Food Pantry is hoping its “family” will rally together to help find a new permanent home.   The food pantry is currently located at First Presbyterian...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A new plan to use revenue generated from an energy extraction tax to provide school funding, safety investments and environmental protection initiatives will soon be i...

By the Mon Valley Independent When an Elizabeth Township resident and business owner learned a police officer in a neighboring community was in need of a ballistic vest, he immediately took action. Ri...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton man is accused of assaulting a woman inside the Rostraver Township Pizza Hut.   Damiyan Vincent Davis, 22, of Bells Mills Road was charged with indecen...