Monessen News

'Tis the season for festive music, holiday cheer, sparkling lights and tradition as the countdown to Christmas is officially under way at The Valley Independent.

At one point, it looked to Chris Patterson like her 4-year-old grandson, Jacob, who suffers from asthma, would never receive an H1N1 influenza inoculation.

Robert "D.J." Dojonovic can't talk about this weekend's Light Up Night at the Giant Pumpkin Patch without getting giddy with excitement.

Christmas could come a little early for city taxpayers. Council unanimously approved a preliminary 2010 budget which calls for a reduction in property taxes.

Libraries in Pennsylvania might suddenly seem a lot smaller if people can no longer order hard-to-find books or popular movies and music from public collections nationwide.

Faced with delays from one bridge closure and major construction on a second span, the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority announced revisions to the bus line that services the Rostraver Township shopping district.

Share + Nov 13, 2009 4:48 pm US/Eastern The Pennsylvania Department of Health is holding H1N 1 vaccine clinics across the state.

Two Washington County men were acquitted Thursday of wounding a rival during a daring daytime shooting on a Monessen street.

Longtime Monessen School District Dean of Students Marlon Wheeler often warns students about the dangers of drug use.

For the first time in nearly 20 years, Mid-Mon Valley veterans marched through the streets of Monessen over the weekend as the city proudly hosted the Veterans Day parade.

The WPIAL announced sites today for the quarterfinals of the football playoffs and Springdale won't have to travel far for its rematch with Class A Eastern Conference foe North Catholic.

Two Western Pennsylvania women were among the victims in Thursday's shooting rampage in Fort Hood, including a 55-year-old lieutenant colonel who was one of 13 people who died in the attack.

Westmoreland County Commissioner Charles W. Anderson will bring a legacy of service to the United States when he participates in the traditional Veterans Day program in Monessen.

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With a state budget in place, Karen Brinker can go about getting Westmoreland County's Head Start program back up to speed.

During the spring of 1943, two rather timid little boys walked up the steps of the building that housed Janosik's Drug Store on Donner Avenue in Monessen.

With demand for food up because of the recession, the Westmoreland County Food Bank is facing the holiday season uncertain whether it will be able to purchase 6,500 turkey vouchers or 7,000. The vouchers are distributed to needy households several weeks before Thanksgiving every year.

Until a couple of weeks ago, the days often were quiet in the Delmont Public Library.

Bernie Fertall went in to The Pasta Shoppe for lunch and came out with a new restaurant.

Serving their country is a tradition in Travis Micjan's family and nowhere is this more prevalent than at the American Legion in Charleroi.