REORGANIZATION MEETINGS RECENTLY took place in numerous municipalities, and with the second week of the new year under way we are calling for calm and cooperation. Too often, that has not been the cas...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department is warning Mon Valley residents — especially those with asthma, bronchitis or emphysema, as well as children and the elderly — t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The house that was heavily damaged on Second Street in Monongahela after a landslide in September has been demolished, but not before causing the property owner a...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com More than a year after a local nonprofit organization announced it would be revitalizing the Mid Mon Valley Council of Governments, the group will meet for the first...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Liberty borough residents will see a slight increase in sewage fees this year. Council unanimously voted to pass an ordinance increasing the sewage charge from $10.10 ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township officials are working with Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill representatives to address drainage issues on Tyrol Boulevard. Commissioners met with la...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi borough council unanimously agreed Wednesday to pursue grant money to demolish a crumbling house on Sixth Street. Council President Jerry Jericho brought u...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com After hearing President Donald Trump’s first national address from the White House Oval Office Tuesday, Mon Valley-based state and federal legislators have mixed fee...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora officials are still working to stop slippage on the hillside at the former illegal Pine Alley dump site. The Department of Environmental Protection reached...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Versailles Borough Police Department now has a full-time sergeant. Mayor Jim Fleckenstein swore in Sgt. Timothy J. Walker at Tuesday’s council meeting. Walker, a McKee...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen School Board may vote next week to adopt the state Act 1 resolution for the fiscal year 2019-20. Adopted in 2006, Act 1 requires school districts to seek vo...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent No changes were made Monday at Carroll Township’s annual reorganization meeting. Thomas Rapp was re-elected as chairman of the board of supervisors, James Ha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The new legislative session has brought more duties for two Mon Valley-based legislators. State Sen. Pat Stefano, R-Bullskin Township, was appointed as the chairman of...

By RICH CHOLODOFSKY The Tribune-Review on Tuesday filed an appeal of a judge’s order delaying the public release of the names of jurors who served in last month’s public corruption trial of Westmorela...

HOME FIRES SEEM to peak during winter months, according to the National Fire Protection Association. That’s certainly been the case in our region, with numerous house fires in the early days of 2019. ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com “Sweet,” “funny,” “artistic,” “passionate” — those were some of the words Simone Dobosh’s friends used to describe her while waiting to be part of a surprise that co...

By Taylor Brown   tbrown@yourmvi.com Road problems continue to plague Fallowfield Township supervisors.   One day into the new year, Supervisor and Road Master Earl Sadler decided to close Fox Stop Ro...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors say the prospect of PennDOT taking time and money this year to repair state-owned roads in the township appear bleak. Supervisors Thomas D...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela City Council will ask PennDOT how to fix an ongoing parking problem on Fourth Street. During a workshop meeting Monday morning, Mayor Bob Kepics and C...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Smithton woman who attempted to evade police by hiding in a suitcase has been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court.   Terri Lynn Downs-Hayes, 43, ap...