By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak property owners who were given a chance to avoid having their homes added to the borough’s 2019 demolition list have less than one month to bring the houses ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Despite early reports calling for Winter Storm Harper to pummel the region, Mid-Mon Valley residents woke up to little snow on Sunday. The National Weather Service i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In an effort to reduce the backlog in failure-to-appear bench warrants, two Allegheny County law enforcement agencies are joining forces. Together, the Allegheny Count...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport-based lawmaker will be taking on extra responsibilities again this year in Harrisburg.   State Sen. Jim Brewster, a Democrat, will serve as Democratic Cha...

By RON PAGLIA It’s not unusual for athletes of the past to get together to relive their glory days at California University of Pennsylvania.   Myriad special events for the former Vulcans are coordina...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A state agency letter provided after Friday’s special meeting of Monessen City Council responds to some of Mayor Matt Shorraw’s concerns and offers to help him retur...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s time to bust out the shovels, rock salt, calcium chloride and ice scrapers because an intense winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, high winds, sleet and ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On Monday people across the nation, including residents of the Mon Valley, will come together for events to commemorating the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luthe...

By Jacob Tierney and Tom Davidson People who depend on food stamps to feed their families face uncertainty as the federal government’s partial shutdown drags on. About 1.8 million Pennsylvanians on th...

By the Mon Valley Independent A pre-release screening of a documentary following a Pennsylvania community’s fight against oil and gas corporations and state government will be shown at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com South Allegheny is among 764 Pennsylvania school districts that will be receiving a newly established grant aimed at making students more technologically advanced. Bui...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Health Department reported Friday that the county has had its first flu death in this year’s season. “We have been notified that a female resident of ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen police received some unexpected gratitude last week, as a group of sixth-graders stopped by for a visit.   Monessen Middle School English language arts teac...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County judge on Thursday cut short the attempted murder and conspiracy trial of two Monessen men, saying damaging evidence against the defense was turned over too la...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Only three Mid-Mon Valley residents attended an ArcelorMittal Monessen community meeting Thursday, and two of them work at the coke plant. ArcelorMittal division manag...

By Megan Guza and Brian Rittmeyer A man on probation for assaulting a Penn Hills teenager broke into the girl’s home Wednesday and forced her into his car, prompting a statewide Amber Alert and search...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Following a successful inaugural event last year, North Belle Vernon’s Jazzy Boutique will host its second Glitter & Gold Gala next week.   With prom season approach...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania kicked off 2019 by acquiring or renewing accreditations for 21 academic degree programs.   Program accreditation is a quality-a...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Dedicated. Whether it be to his family, fellow firefighters or neighbors, that is how the Mon Valley will remember Carroll Township “Chief 63” Robert Greenlee, 65, w...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man was arrested after being caught with drugs by an off-duty Rostraver Township cop. Lance Elliot Robinson, 41, of Soles Street was arraigned Monday be...