By TAYLOR Brown tbrown@yourmv.com The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new look this week.   The chamber revealed its new logo and website at a rebrand launch party Tuesday at Off th...

For the MV Independent Protect Elizabeth Township, a community organization focused on advocating for the protection of resident rights while striving to help build a better community, is collaboratin...

By TAYLOR Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Charleroi Area Elementary Center’s parent-teacher association will be receiving help from Google to provide a digital education workshop for area families.   Last wee...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of 11 “Angels” who have created their own community at The Oaks Retirement Residence in White Oak say making hats for babies and cancer and dialysis patients a...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A shuttered Mon Valley steel mill site may soon serve a new purpose.   Thanks to a $4 million state grant, Allenport’s former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. site is...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Residents packed the meeting room at Elizabeth Learning Center Tuesday night to welcome the new leader of the Elizabeth Borough Police Department. Council voted 6-0 ...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County car dealership claims a local competitor conspired with a group of employees to steal part of its business. According to a 15-count lawsuit, North Huntingdon-...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Sara Foster has two goals: allowing her 9-year-old daughter Olivia “to be a kid first” and finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Olivia was diagnosed March 14, 2016, wh...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two men and a teenage girl were arrested Monday after allegedly robbing a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint in McKeesport. Randy Lamont Johnson, 24, of Pleasant Road, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monongahela police filed charges Tuesday against a Donora man accused of crashing into a 7-Eleven store earlier this month. Robert L. Cucchiorini, 49, of Brokaw Ave. a...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A North Belle Vernon woman had a new batch of charges filed against her after allegedly making dozens of harassing phone calls to and stalking her ex-boyfriend.   Pa...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley Sewage Authority Board member has pleaded guilty to defrauding a retired teacher.   Yancey Taylor, 47, of Fifth Street, Donora, appeared Friday before P...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak police are searching for a man who allegedly committed an armed robbery with three family members Friday at a Wendy’s restaurant in Rainbow Shopping Center. ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com After almost a year of uncertainty, Dr. Michele Dowell is officially Belle Vernon Area School District’s superintendent.   On Monday, the school board unanimously ap...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com A McKeesport man accused of crashing through a Carroll Township yard and landing in a ditch while driving under the influence Saturday also allegedly tried to fight p...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Area fire departments and ambulance companies throughout the area will be receiving funding this year thanks to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Offic...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Health Department’s continuous air quality monitoring data shows that there may have been a potential exceedance for the 24-hour “Particulate Matter 2...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Brian Charlton lives in Cement City and has taught history and social studies for the Belle Vernon Area School District for decades. He loves history, so ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After a fire destroyed a Monessen home Saturday morning, a family of eight is now starting over with help from the Mon Valley community. Municipal Fire Chief Chris R...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District Education Foundation is preparing for the sixth volume of the group’s biggest fundraiser. A Blast from the Past Volume VI, schedul...