By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fifth-grade students at William Penn Elementary School in the Elizabeth Forward School District are testing their computer programming and engineering skills th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com County Hauling of Rostraver Township began providing trash collection services for McKeesport on Monday, and the mayor’s office is asking residents to be patient as th...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A special election will be held in March in the 58th Legislative District to fill the unexpired term of former state Rep. Justin Walsh, who was sworn in Monday ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Racing and competing against others helped former West Jefferson Hills School District teacher and accomplished marathon runner Marie Bartoletti push her bod...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Donora man has been charged with aggravated assault after police say he slashed the head and neck of another man with a broken bottle after the two men dra...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man already jailed on charges of killing a baby in East Huntingdon Township has been charged with assaulting his own child in Monessen. Derrick Bass Sr., 29, of...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com After more than a year and a half of skipping council meetings, Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw returned with a vengeance Monday night, firing two city employ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A vehicle was pulled from the Monongahela River Monday. Police were called to the Noble J. Dick Aquatorium around 11 p.m. Sunday for a report of an unoccupied vehicl...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered commonwealth flags at all state facilities, public buildings and grounds be flown at half-staff to honor Rostraver West Newton...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Greg Garry was sworn in Monday as the new mayor of Monongahela. A former city treasurer, Garry defeated Councilwoman Claudia Williams in November. Williams remains o...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Three new commissioners were sworn into office Monday in Elizabeth Township along with incumbent Andrew Kuzma. The board then immediately reorganized and held i...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Roger Schneider of the Pittsburgh S-Gaugers shows Cameron Gibson of West Elizabeth, Madison Bindus of Elizabeth Township and Cody Anderson of Rostraver Township...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A local paramedic was killed early Sunday morning while responding to the scene of an accident on I-70. Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services Paramedic Supervi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Eric Porter will officially take the bench as a magisterial district judge in Charleroi today. Elected in November to replace long-time judge Larry Hopkins, Porter w...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council will look — and potentially sound — a little different starting tonight. Edward “Sonny” Lawson, Joseph Greco and Donnie Pavelko will be sworn in as...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Brothers Grimm are hitting the stage over the next two weekends for the McKeesport Little Theater Juniors production of “Into the Woods.” The tale by James Lapine ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon has received permission from the state Department of Community and Economic Development to utilize a $150,000 streetscape grant to give the d...

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....