By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com   Tempers flared Tuesday as Belle Vernon borough council denied responsibility for lack of progress on street projects.   Over the last few years, council met with P...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board on Monday terminated its longstanding agreement with the Fayette City Borough Recreational League.   The sub-lease will remain in effe...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Carmichaels man accused of raping a 9-year-old girl in a Belle Vernon borough residence has been ordered to stand trial.   Donald Ray Huffman II, 29, of Old Waynes...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Glassport council approved an agreement Tuesday with the Allegheny County Intermediate Unit to provide a Head Start program at the Glassport Borough Recreati...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton woman accused of setting a pickup truck on fire has been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court.   Marian L. Warman, 19, appeared Monday b...

By Jeff Stitt   jstitt@yourmvi.com A local fallen hero who was stationed in North Versailles Township, along with the “McKeesport 23,” are being honored through a 5K run this summer. White Oak-based O...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Spring is upon us, and the warms days of summer are just around the corner. White Oak borough council knows Mon Valley residents will be looking for a place to cool of...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Less than a year after an Elizabeth Township resident approached the board of commissioners seeking a solution to a sliding hillside near his home in the Boston sect...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com After sitting vacant for almost five years, a former Westmoreland County Community College branch finally has a buyer. Belle Vernon Area School Board on Monday appro...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Respect our city. Respect our Earth.” That is what McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko is calling on Tube City residents to do during the fifth annual “McKeesport Sprin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A violent two-vehicle crash in Carroll Township early Monday morning claimed the lives of two Mon Valley residents. Julie Nicholas, 51, of New Eagle and her passenge...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent Almost 76 years after he left Monongahela to fight in World War II, U.S. Army Air Force Sgt. Vernon L. Hamilton is finally home.   Though few Monongahela re...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com “My mom needs a kidney!”   That simple message has attracted major attention for one Monongahela family.   Since being diagnosed with stage five chronic kidney disea...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Eli, a K-9 officer with the Elizabeth Township Police Department for three years now, turned four recently.   Over the weekend, he got a lot of attention ...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent   When Jeff Donnelly, 37, music director for St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Monessen, caught wind of a 2,032-piece pipe organ at the now-defunct Mt. Lebano...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania held its 11th annual Conference on Homeland and International Security on Friday with a focus on community relations with police ...

By PAUL PEIRCE Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced that his office’s Bureau of Consumer Protection has filed 35 legal actions statewide involving home improvement contractors, including one in All...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Once a month, a group of Mon Valley women get together to share, learn and train to become better shooters.   The Well Armed Women Monongahela Chapter, a non...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents have the opportunity to bring awareness and support to mental health challenges faced by veterans.   Run as One, sponsored by Team Red, White an...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Central Elementary’s Cooper Weagley outlasted more than 50 students in the Elizabeth Forward third-grade spelling bee on Thursday night.   Sponsored annually by the ...