Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Five-year-old Leyla Knox of California poses for a photo with California Area High School senior cheerleaders Macy Dochinez, Erin Sheehan, Jennie Bostich and Ka...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com No matter what 2020 may bring, Monessen council members say they are prepared to face the challenges head on.   Whether they’ll face them with Mayor Matt ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The new year is bringing some changes to Charleroi-based cfsbank, with the retirement of bank president and chief executive officer Neil Bassi effective Jan. 1....

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Jefferson Regional Foundation is doing its part to make sure the upcoming U.S. Census runs smoothly — at least in the South Hills and Mon Valley areas. T...

By the MV Independent More than 100 Mon Valley snowbirds and former residents will bask in the Florida sunshine next month as they come together for their 40th annual reunion. The 2020 Florida Mon Val...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania State Police investigated 460 crashes over the New Year’s holiday enforcement period and 30 of them   involved alcohol. A total of 87 people were injured ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Over the past few weeks, the Allegheny County Health Department has monitored air quality throughout the Mon Valley following heavy fogs that kept some unhealthy ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 47-year-old Monessen man who barricaded himself inside his Westmoreland Drive home for 10 hours on New Year’s Eve was charged with multiple crimes Thursday. Mon...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Bond was modified Thursday for a teen being charged as an adult in the beating of a Monongahela man in December. Judge John DiSalle increased bond for Jamie Wat...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Lisa Snow drove the Westmoreland County Transit Authority’s 4F bus to and from Pittsburgh on Thursday, the same route she’s operated over the past few years. There...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Children will have an opportunity to take the controls of five different model train displays — starting and stopping trains, emptying hopper cars and blowing t...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent About 25 people gathered in Glassport Wednesday to start the new year by jumping in the Monongahela River. Ranging in age from 6 to 65, they challenged the e...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com For more than 10 hours Tuesday, Monessen police and a Pennsylvania State Special Emergency Response Team team attempted to coax a Monessen resident from h...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As Magisterial District Judge Larry Hopkins nears retirement, he has a few things planned: fishing with his grandson, joining the YMCA and getting back to work. His ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Being the caretaker for another human being, whether it be a child, a spouse, a parent, another relative, a friend or a neighbor, is a big responsibility. Caring for s...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township may be spread out over 23 square miles, but to outgoing commissioner Don Similo it has always had a small town feel. After serving 40 years a...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela Valley Hospital has been chosen to participate in a new program to test the financial viability of hospitals in rural areas across Pennsylvania. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The state Department of Community and Economic Development has approved more than $5 million in revitalization projects, including two in the Mon Valley. The DCED...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Year of the Rat will be recognized by the Chinese Zodiac in 2020, but 2019 was its Year of the Pig, and the closing week of 2019 certainly ended up being prosperou...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors Monday closed out the year by adopting a balanced 2020 budget with no tax increase and purchasing a building. Vice Chairman David M...