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...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s police department will soon have three new police Interceptor SUVs thanks to the long-awaited funds from a settlement paid by ArcelorMittal over air po...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After a four-month hiatus, the Our Communities of Elizabeth group met Thursday night at Rock Run Inn to talk about happenings within the communities that comprise the ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area students will sing, twirl and dance the night away tonight during the annual Spring Talent Show. The show will begin at 6:15 p.m. with a performance f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists who frequently travel along state Route 148 in McKeesport near the city’s border with Versailles borough will soon see a new traffic light go up. Under the d...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lawsuit settlement talks between the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and McKeesport Area School District’s special counsel are looking bleak, according ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Roscoe American Legion Post 801 will host a 100th anniversary celebration Saturday, featuring a parade filled with veterans.   “I think it’s impressive that the L...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District police are investigating after a bullet was found by a group of young students at a school playground. Ringgold Elementary School North Princi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth borough man accused of illegally possessing two guns and several concoctions of drugs was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh. He is ch...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Mon Valley students will once again enter the arena as California University of Pennsylvania hosts the 14th annual BotsIQ Robotics Competition.   A gladiator-style r...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Auberle of McKeesport has been selected as Comcast and NBC Universal’s 2019 Comcast Cares Day honoree. Local Comcast and NBC Universal employees and their families, fr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District administrators claimed during a press conference Tuesday that they didn’t stand in the way of creating a black student union on the hig...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Plum Street in Elizabeth Borough will officially become a temporary town square this summer.   Borough council members voted unanimously Tuesday to close the roadway...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “The Merchant Marines aboard that ship brought aid to millions of people during World War II and thereafter.” That’s what U.S. Army veteran Frank Tarli of Glassport ha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Lincoln Borough Police Department took delivery last week on an all-terrain side-by-side vehicle. The 2019 Polaris Ranger XP 1000 will be used as a patrol and resc...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Residents of an apartment building at 400 Donner Ave. in Monessen were evacuated just after 7 p.m. Monday after a portion of the brick facade along the top of the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A hearing on a lawsuit against McKeesport Area School District filed by 11 high school students was continued Monday by a federal judge. The students claim the distric...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Washington County judge will soon hear the first ALS football-related injury trial in the country.   Judge Michael J. Lucas is slated to preside over the case agai...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton man accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl has been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court.   David L. Hresko, 32, of Greensbur...

For the Mon Valley Independent Old and new activities will be part of BVA Derby Day 2019. The event will be held May 4 at Amulet Farms in conjunction with the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby. “The...