By EMILY BENNETT  DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A media law counsel with the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association believes there may have been multiple breaches of the Sunshine Act during Monessen’s firs...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport doesn’t technically have a road named “Main Street,” but it’s a common thing when talking to someone 40 or older from the area to hear tales from yesteryear...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent Dorothy Urbanowicz has deep roots in the Mon Valley.   Her Slovak ancestors came to Monessen at the end of the 19th century to work in the region’s fast-gro...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Avid golfers and novices alike will have the chance to golf on some of the top courses in the world without ever leaving Elizabeth Township. Butler’s Golf Cours...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley NAACP is sponsoring a food drive in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The food drive, benefiting the Greater Washington County and Westm...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Clairton man is in Allegheny County Jail for allegedly being involved in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Mon Valley. Allegheny County Police Narcoti...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth borough man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to sabotaging local railroad signal operations. William Curry Brown, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts o...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Children at Rostraver Public Library got to experience Chinese ribbon dancing Saturday afternoon. From left are Natalie Weightman, 6, of Belle Vernon, Anastasia...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport council recently approved a new contract with the city’s firefighters. The four-year pact requires firefighters to pay a deductible for their health coverag...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Joined by more than 30 people Saturday, Rev. John Parker held a cross made of frozen holy water and tossed it into the Monongahela River to dissolve.   This act c...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It may be hard to believe today with players swearing, spitting and serving suspensions, but baseball was once called “a gentlemen’s sport.” Monongahela nati...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com To help offset any financial stressors for the family of Tyler Garrity, a family friend has organized a restaurant benefit in honor of the Monongahela tee...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Line painting will take place this week along Route 48 (Scenery Drive) in Elizabeth Township.   The work will take place between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. today through...

By Paul Peirce Trib Total Media More than 300 emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters and police officers gathered under a steady rain Friday in Monongahela to honor Matthew C. Smelser...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen Councilman Anthony Orzechowski plans to ask council member Don Gregor and City Administrator John Harhai to step down from their positions in lig...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Representatives from U.S. Steel joined state Sen. Jim Brewster, state Rep. Bill Kortz, leaders of the West Mifflin Community Foundation and local officials on Friday t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After receiving several complaints from McKeesport residents earlier this week that their garbage hadn’t been picked up, County Hauling has increased its number of res...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two men have been charged in connection with a bar fight in McKeesport last month that nearly turned fatal. Brock Juwan Cochran, 29, of McKeesport, was arrested by All...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Grabbing some food during halftime of Thursday’s girls basketball game at Belle Vernon Area, from left, are Andrew Pacak of North Belle Vernon, Zade Zadrozny of...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com After a tumultuous reorganization meeting Monday, some members of Monessen city council and new city employees are working to restructure the city, while ...