By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The news industry is celebrating the importance of access to public information during the 14th annual Sunshine Week. The week’s commemoration is led by the Ameri...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Auberle of McKeesport has announced plans for its annual All-Star Banquet.   “Many of the youth Auberle serves are not accustomed to hearing words like ‘Good job’ or ‘...

By LES HARVATH For the MV Independent   Due to an ever-increasing problem of unwanted and stray animals, an Elizabeth Forward School District teacher has made it her mission to support local animal sh...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com An arrest warrant was issued Monday for a Charleroi man accused of assaulting a woman in his home.   Damian James Pearce, 20, of Fallowfield Avenue was charged with ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Over the past year, Penn State Greater Allegheny has been using its Crossing Bridges Summit to challenge its students, faculty and staff to engage with residents from ...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Bob O’Connor has been hooked on Civil War history since he was a child. A Gettysburg trip with his family particularly sticks out in his memory. “It was a...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area School District’s Harvest Bounty Program organizers are preparing to host their third annual craft and vendor show. Set for 10 a.m. March 23 at Charle...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Audiences will travel through time this weekend, as Belle Vernon Area High School presents its annual spring musical, “Big Fish.” A contemporary Broadway musical, “B...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen Councilman Anthony Orzechowski doubled down Friday on his stance against Mayor Matt Shorraw’s recent mail delivery requests.   Shorraw has again been at odd...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Police have not yet identified a suspect in the triple stabbing early Thursday at a North Belle Vernon bar.   North Belle Vernon police Chief Eugene Lipari said Frid...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Three men have been ordered to stand trial in connection with a November shooting in Sutersville.   Aaron DeVaugntae Brown, 26, of Jeannette; Curtis Thomas Everett, ...

By Paul Peirce An expanding sinkhole along a busy stretch of Route 51 in Rostraver Township no longer worries PennDOT, municipal officials and passing motorists, because it no longer exists. The crate...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Steel on Friday gave an updated timeline for repairs to be made for the Clairton Coke Plant’s desulfurization process. Repairs to desulfurization equipment damage...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com When the clock strikes 2 a.m. tomorrow, it will be time to “spring forward” and turn the clocks ahead an hour for Daylight Saving Time. Allegheny Emergency Services Ch...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County’s McKeesport Filtration Plant is being recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for producing consistently high-qua...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Three people were stabbed multiple times following an altercation at Just A Tavern in the 500 block of Broad Avenue early Thursday morning. North Belle Vernon poli...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man who left Mon Valley Hospital’s behavioral health unit without permission Thursday morning was found in a little more than an hour thanks to several emergenc...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent A longtime White Oak police department tradition continued this week with officers and local kids taking to the basketball courts together. White Oak police...

By Natasha Lindstrom Bunola River Road in Forward Township reopened to traffic Thursday after crews finished clearing debris and downed trees spurred by a landslide, PennDOT officials said. Crews had ...

By Jim Busch For the MV Independent Port Vue council heard complaints about its tax collection service during Wednesday night’s meeting. Borough resident Ron Perkosci expressed his dislike for Keyston...