By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com “The people on the river are happy to give.”   Those nine words make up the theme for the essay and poetry contests for this year’s Monongahela River Community Fe...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A state legislator is continuing his efforts to audit a grant organization in Washington County. Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, said state Auditor Gener...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After going back to the drawing board on last month’s preliminary budget proposal, the Charleroi Area School Board unanimously approved a 2019-20 spending plan Tuesd...

By Jim Busch For the MV Independent Some of Cecelia Sciortino’s favorite childhood memories took place in the kitchen, so she didn’t mind spending her 100th birthday there. The Charleroi resident reac...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The K-9 fund in Elizabeth borough has been suspended. Police Chief William Sombo made the recommendation to suspend the fund during Tuesday’s council meeting. Boroug...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Statistics released Tuesday show Allegheny County saw a 41% reduction in overdose deaths in 2018. With just a handful of cases remaining to be cleared, the Allegheny C...

By Tayor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Community Foundation of Fayette County and the Chevron Community Fund are now accepting applications for the Fall 2019 Grant Cycle. Non-profit organizations locat...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Western Pennsylvania health care behemoths UPMC and Highmark struck a deal announced Monday that averts the looming breakup of their business relationship and prevents disruptio...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area trimmed more than $10,000 from a preliminary budget introduced last month, but Westmoreland County residents in the school district will still see ...

By Megan Guza A bench trial began Monday for a man accused in a double shooting that left one woman dead and another man injured on the steps of a McKeesport bar in 2017. Daniel Bizzelle, 27, is charg...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Acting Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar joined state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Pennsylvania General Asse...

By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Even though Roscoe’s annual Riverfest Weekend fell on two of the hottest days of last year, there was still a generous turnout by the community, according to Sand...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Dari Durigon, who describes herself as a picky vegetarian, wasn’t sure she could find something to her liking at Pho Valley, a new Vietnamese restaurant i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man is accused of aggravated assault after allegedly punching a Charleroi volunteer firefighter during a call the department assisted with on Sunday.   T...

By TAYLor brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Donora man charged following a string of burglaries at local businesses last year is facing new charges after allegedly retaliating against a victim involved in th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One McKeesport man is dead and another is in Allegheny County Jail following a Friday night shooting in the city and a police chase that followed. Allegheny County 911...

By tAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A long-standing tradition in the Magic City will be a little more old school this year. In past years, Charleroi Community Days — a weekend long festival — was a reg...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students and families from the McKeesport Area School District had the chance to tour Tube City Center last week. The visit was one of the stops on the MASD Roaring Re...

By Rich Cholodofsky   Westmoreland County commissioners will vote today on a proposal to allow the county transit authority to serve as its own bus operator. Authority board members endorsed the move ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A unique show is being staged at the McKeesport Little Theater this week, and it isn’t costing the theater a dime to put it on for audiences. “Love, Loss and What I Wo...