By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Audience members at Tuesday’s Belle Vernon Area school board meeting were stunned as board President Lou Rood announced that three directors had submitted letters of r...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A landslide on Route 906 between Belle Vernon and Fayette City is still on the move.   A portion of the road has been shut down since May 15 following a rockslide. A...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Police are searching for a Mc-Keesport man who was allegedly in possession of a gun that was owned by a man who failed to report it stolen. Zackary Everett Goodwin, 31...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Carroll Township police posted a message to their new Facebook account asking for help in finding a wanted man, and the tips led officers to three other wanted pe...

By Natasha Lindstrom A car crashed over a hillside and into a creek in Mc-Keesport Tuesday night, spurring a rescue operation in an attempt to pull at least two people to safety, initial reports indic...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A longtime Donora mayor is being honored as the library kicks its $1.5 million fundraising campaign into full gear.   Relatives of former Mayor Albert P. Delsandr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A New Eagle man accused of striking his neighbor with a baseball bat over the weekend has been released from the Washington County Correctional Facility after postin...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County judge Tuesday rejected a defense bid to have the case dismissed against a Monessen man charged with conspiracy in connection with a 2017 shooting. Defense att...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In its first month, a threat-reporting system required for all Pennsylvania schools has fielded nearly 5,000 tips. About a third of the tips submitted via the Saf...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s condemnation list was once again the main topic at the borough’s council meeting on Monday. At its August meeting, council gave six people who own homes in...

For the Mon Valley Independent When Sam Crawford arrived at the Monongahela Senior Center on a recent Friday he was greeted with a surprise — a homemade, two-layer Valentine’s Day cake with red hearts...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com When #1 Cochran purchased Bob Massie Toyota, CEO Rob Cochran vowed to carry on the legacy of the dealership’s late former owner, Robert “Bob” Massie Jr., by being a be...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent The McKeesport History and Heritage Center invited the public to its Renziehausen Park museum for a special Black History Month presentation. More than 50 l...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area High School students may have an advantage in an upcoming robotics competition, thanks to a visit last week from U.S. Army soldiers.   BVA STEM tea...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Anything goes around the card table, except gossip. For the past 68 years, every other Wednesday a group of Roscoe women have gathered for their bi-monthly euchre ga...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Gray Paws Sanctuary of White Oak co-founder Darla Poole Brescia isn’t much of a gambler, but said she will “gladly facilitate it for the old dogs.” That’s why Gray Paw...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council had the first reading of amendments to several ordinances to implement a municipal recycling program and to prohibit leaf waste disposal....

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent The McKeesport History and Heritage Center is marking Presidents Day with a month-long celebration of the Tube City’s ties to our country’s leaders.   This ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An old house that sat on the property of Equipment Connection & Party Rental Co. on Tyrol Boulevard in Rostraver Township was demolished following a fire early Friday ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen Councilman Anthony Orzechowski came under fire Thursday for his denial of an alleged gender pay gap in Monessen.   Resident Donald Gregor took issue with Or...