For the MV Independent Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce and Mon Valley Initiative celebrated the completion of the initiative’s Mid-Mon Office with a ribbon cutting and Flag Day celebration Fri...

By Megan Tomasic Sergio Bell would FaceTime every night with his best friend Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel, who he nicknamed Bubba and took to prom. Everyone else referred to her as Moe. With his other best f...

By JOE NAPSHA An online fundraising tool created to help cover the funeral expenses of one of two lightning strike victims killed Thursday at Mammoth Park lake in Mt. Pleasant Township topped its $10,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Yough Community Services Development Manager Nancy Shelton is desperately seeking donations from the community to help keep an annual summer program running. On Fr...

For the MVI “Inadequate infant and toddler child care imposes substantial and long-lasting consequences in Pennsylvania.” That’s the take-away message from a new report issued by Pennsylvania’s Early ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “We’re just out here meeting our neighbors and having a good time.” That’s how McKeesport Recreation Board member Cheryl Cotter described the atmosphere of Good Neighb...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Traffic deaths in Pennsylvania increased to 1,900 last year after a record low of 1,137 in 2017, according to PennDOT.   Last year was the third-lowest number of highw...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com A Ringgold High School soccer player who graduated last week was one of two teens killed by a lightning strike Thursday in Westmoreland County’s Mammoth Park. Kai...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There is officially a new career training program in McKeesport, and its board members say people who sign-up will “rapidly” learn a trade and be able to compete in th...

By tAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Clairton man charged in the shooting of a woman in Jefferson Hills last month is now accused of drug law violations by Charleroi Regional Police.   Andrew Roberts,...

By kristie linden klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council was short three members and held two executive sessions during its meeting Thursday.   Council, minus councilmen Mike McDowell, Dennis Gutierrez an...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Dogs and their owners who visit McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park will soon have a new place to roam and make a few four-legged friends. Mayor Michael Cherepko and state ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As participants of a 5K in McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park made their journey to the finish line Saturday, they were reminded by name placards why they were running or ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A crowd of around three dozen “Justice for Otto” protesters flooded the Washington Township supervisors meeting room Wednesday. And, another two dozen people were left...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough is kicking off Flag Day with the launch of a flag sponsorship program. Committee Co-Chairwoman Nancy Ellis said all Mon Valley residents are encour...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi council unanimously agreed Wednesday to leave the newly formed Mid Mon Valley Council of Governments. Council passed a resolution rescinding an ordinance a...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monongahela will consider changing a residentially zoned area along Dry Run Road into a mixed-use zone. During a Wednesday meeting, city council held ...

By the Mon Valley Independent It’s unlikely anyone passing the symbolic tank memorial at City Park in Monessen at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow will realize the significance of the Flag Day moment. But it was at...

By tAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After unanimously voting to remove longtime emergency management coordinator Michael Parzynski from his position last month, North Belle Vernon council appointed a r...

By tAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several local legislators are throwing their support behind a plan to impose per-capita based fees on municipalities without police departments.   Gov. Tom Wolf was ...