By Matt Petras For the MV Independent The need to make an unexpected career change prompted Mon Valley native Gina Geffert Beck to start an animal sanctuary. She learned in 2015 that she has Guillain-...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Mon Valley drug overdose deaths declined 59 percent from 2017 to 2018 after a 21 percent increase the previous year, the Mon Valley Opioid Coalition revealed at i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Lyrics from the hit song “Unwritten” bring home the theme of “Emma! A Pop Musical,” set to debut at Belle Vernon Area Middle School this week. Performances are set f...

The United Way of Mon Valley celebrated those who made contributions in 2018 during its 58th annual awards presentation reception at Off the Wall Arts in Charleroi. The Guttman Group was honored with ...

By Joe Grata Saturday’s BVA Derby Day 2019 at Amulet Farm in Rostraver promises to be as much about fashion as the party atmosphere coinciding with the world-famous Kentucky Derby. Last year, sponsors...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District has reached a settlement agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and 11 high school students who filed a fede...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Westmoreland County detective said the floor of a North Belle Vernon bar looked like “it had been mopped with blood” following a triple stabbing in March. Durin...

By Jamie Martines Environmental groups are moving forward with a lawsuit against U.S. Steel over alleged federal Clean Air Act violations. PennEnvironment and the Clean Air Council announced Monday th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two Merchant Marines from World War II shed tears and said thanks Monday as the City of McKeesport held a memorial commemorating a ship named after the city — the S.S....

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com “Something old is new again.”   That’s what Executive Director Gina Lynn said of the Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce’s new identity — the Twin Rivers Chamber o...

By TAYLOR BROWN Mon Valley students are once again preparing to change the lives of those fighting cancer, and this year they have a special message to go along with their theme: Game on!   Relay for ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The A.P. Delsandro Memorial in Donora has gotten an upgrade that includes the reinstallation of large, bronze plaques honoring Donora residents who were lost in s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com By this time next year, the McKeesport Area School District could be calling one of its students a National Merit Scholarship winner. During last week’s school board m...

By RON PAGLIA It’s unlikely any of the hundreds of motorists traveling busy Route 88 in Carroll Township find anything significant about the golfers they see at Monongahela Valley Country Club these d...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley first responders kept busy as wet and windy weather swept through the area Friday. Scattered showers throughout the day made for dreary conditions, but wi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lt. Gov. John Fetterman sought support for Gov. Tom Wolf’s Restore Pennsylvania initiative at Friday’s Legislative Lunch held by the Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com While many Christians commemorated Easter and Good Friday last week, members of the Orthodox Catholic Church are marking Jesus’ journey to the cross, his death and res...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Monessen residents charged following a November drug bust have been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court.   Dimond S. Jackson, 25,   was held for ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Area residents in municipalities dealing with drug problems can do their part to dispose of prescription medication today during the 17th annual National Drug Take B...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Heading into his fifth month as director of operations for the Mon Valley Alliance, Ben Brown will soon begin a new chapter with the organization. The board of direc...