By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen faces the “daunting task” of overcoming a $345,000 deficit from 2017 which continues to grow, council learned Thursday. Accounting firm Cypher & Cypher stop...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com New programs and security upgrades await Monessen School District students as they prepare to return to classrooms Monday. Superintendent Dr. Leanne Spazak said the ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As many Mon Valley students headed back to school this week, buses are also back on the roadways. PennDOT, local school and public safety officials are urging driver...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Donora Council discussed the future of a recently shuttered borough personal care home at a special meeting Wednesday. Miller’s Corner Cottage owner Charles Miller and...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Employees at Rostraver Township Hallmark are working to save the store before its closure Oct. 1. Store manager Helen Tretinik, who also serves as regional superviso...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Facility renovations and security upgrades await Belle Vernon Area School District students as they prepare to return to classrooms Monday. Enrollment for the 2018-1...

By Hannah Hutter For the Mon Valley Independent With summer coming to an end and fall quickly approaching, farmers markets are getting ready to finish selling their produce for the season. Among the m...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents suffering from chronic pain and other ailments will have easy access to natural medical treatment options thanks to a partnership through a cann...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Elliott Group’s Donora Service Center is preparing to move the largest steam turbine the site has every manufactured with the help of remote control. Friday and S...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Despite her years-long battle with the owner of a dilapidated house neighboring her property, Maya Patch said it was still a sad moment to see the home demolished...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Many unanswered questions remain for Mon Valley municipalities that have been combating crime using security cameras, and a local technology company is working to as...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area school board unanimously voted to approve a three-year school resource officer contract for two police officers from the Charleroi Regional Police Depar...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A total of 2,355 students — an enrollment increase of 62 — in the Elizabeth Forward School District will head back to the classroom Thursday to begin the 2018-19 sch...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon borough council took steps Tuesday to address newly discovered issues with tax documents. Several residents, including borough Councilman Cliff Gorski, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Five Fallowfield Township residents are interested in filling the vacancy created by the sudden death of Ronald Large last month. Large, 65, was seven months into hi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Change has come to Century 21 Frontier Realty, and on Tuesday the staff and owners threw a meet-and-greet party to get to know new staff members and neighbors. Rostrav...

By Bob Pajich Glassport Borough councilman Angelo Norelli began his report on delinquent tax collections by asking, “Can I get a drumroll?” His good news was that more back taxes have been collected s...

SEVERAL AREA SCHOOLS are about to reopen, and all will be in session by the end of the month. That means much more activity in the mornings as thousands of children around the Valley head off to schoo...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Patients at a troubled Donora personal care home were forced to begin evacuating Saturday. Last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services issued multiple ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen officials have failed to comply with a request made by the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General regarding the city’s new pension fund manager, and...