By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Police Department announced Thursday it has partnered with multiple law enforcement agencies to create a task force in response to a recent increase of 911 ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Public input on the updated Rostraver Comprehensive Plan is being analyzed as consultant Dennis Puko begins drafting the new document. About 20 residents attend...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County officials Wednesday announced a new COVID-19 testing site will open in McKeesport. The site, located in RIDC’s Industrial Center of McKeesport, 455 In...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Some members of Charleroi council are upset with how information is shared regarding the Charleroi Regional Police. During a business meeting Wednesday, Councilwoman...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Trick or treating is “a go” in Washington Township. Supervisors Jan Amoroso, Scott Hileman and Chuck Yusko during Wednesday’s meeting unanimously passed a motion permi...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School District announced Wednesday that some fans will be allowed in to watch Leopards football games this fall, while home and away fans wi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Some people are born to dance, others to sing. But it seems former Port Vue police Chief Bryan Myers, a man who held numerous other official hats in the borough and wi...

BY JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent Seventeen years ago, Kim Heath sat in a Washington County Courtroom and heard Jason Benner admit to murdering her brother, Jo Jo Heath, over some crack cocaine Be...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Library is feeling the crunch of the coronavirus pandemic. At its regular meeting Wednesday, Monongahela council discussed the possibili...

Albert “Tom” Neidermeyer Jr., 64, of Monessen, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in his home surrounded by his loving family. Surviving are his beloved wife of 38 years, Melissa Milan Neidermeyer; two da...

Bryan R. Myers, 70, of Port Vue, died on Sept. 8, 2020. He was born in McKeesport, on July 8, 1950, and is the son of the late Robert and Ruth Gorman Myers and the husband of Pamela Hetherington Myers...

  John H. Wilson III, 88, of Baden, passed into eternity on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, after living independently at his home “Rocky Oaks” since 1958. John lived a full and interesting life complete with ...

Gian Vero, 6, pushes his little sister Gilda Pryor, 3, both of Monessen, down the sidewalk while they play on a beautiful afternoon.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com When a new Monessen City Council is seated in 2022, the members might be paid by the meeting if an ordinance set to be introduced next week passes. The ordinance ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Valley municipalities such as Glassport, McKeesport and Versailles are urging residents to respond to the 2020 U.S. Census. In March, homes across the country rece...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf delivered a good-news, bad-news situation Tuesday for Pennsylvania restaurants impacted by coronavirus restrictions. Wolf announced that restau...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Some Mon Valley residents have taken their passion for floating and turned it into a mission to help the environment and their second home — the Yough River.   Ryan ...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr.   MVI Sports The Thomas Jefferson girls volleyball had quite the 2019 campaign.   The Jaguars advanced all the way to the WPIAL Class 3A championship game and moved on to the PI...

By michael love Trib Total Media Thomas Jefferson began its 2019 season with a dominant victory over Canon-McMillan and ended it in Hershey with a 46-7 rout of Dallas for the PIAA Class 4A title. In b...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Cal U community is mourning the loss of a member of the university’s football team.   Jamain Stephens, a business administration major and a senior defensive lineman ...