By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The cast of this year’s Charleroi Area High School musical is getting ready to go on an adventure — to Neverland.   When the curtain rises at 7 p.m. Friday for the o...

By RON PAGLIA Thanks to the magic of e-mail and the reliability of the U.S. Postal Service, our journeys down Memory Lane remain rather smooth.   That, of course, is another way of saying readers have...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Over the past few school years, Betsy Bacon, a first-grade teacher at McKeesport Area School District’s Twin Rivers Elementary, noticed that some of the 6- and 7-year-...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen man who allegedly attempted “suicide by cop” earlier this month will stand trial on multiple charges relating to the incident after waiving a preliminary ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela 250 is kicking into high gear planning the city’s anniversary events for this summer. Carol Frye, the nonprofit’s treasurer, visited Ringgold School B...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Aiden Fisher, a second grader at Ringgold Elementary South, has an application waiting for him at the Monongahela Police Department — even though he has a few years ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Alta Vista Business Park in Fallowfield Township is one step closer to being fully developed. The Mon Valley Alliance and Frontier Railroad Services, LLC, announced ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi woman wanted for her alleged involvement in a violent home invasion in Penn Hills last month has been arrested.   Lauren E. Dumm, 30, of Crest Avenue was...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com California borough officially has a new police chief, who says the people of the borough will get used to seeing his face. Chief Timothy Sheehan, who was sworn in last...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com An alleged thief who was tackled by an off-duty police chief last week has been charged in connection with a retail theft that happened earlier that week. Gregory...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny announced Wednesday night that the McKeesport campus’ THON dance team raised $10,000 to help fight pediatric cancer. THON is a student-run...

“Edges” is the first show on the spring calendar for California University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Music and Theatre.   Showtimes are 7 p.m. tonight and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday in Steele Hall’s ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak borough engineer Ken Hillman provided an update on two ongoing projects at the borough-owned Heritage Hill Pool complex. Council unanimously voted to make a ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward Superintendent Dr. Todd Keruskin beamed with pride Wednesday night as he acknowledged the school board for being named a 2018-19 D. Richard Wynn Sc...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent Glassport Council president Elaina Skiba urged residents to defer complaints concerning the condition of West Fifth Avenue to the City of McKeesport....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One day after three Belle Vernon Area School Board members resigned, the acting superintendent accepted a job at Ringgold. Dr. Michele Dowell has served as acting...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com South Allegheny’s administration is officially searching for a new chief for the district-run police force. School board president Shawn DeVerse and directors Pete Mil...

A group of Mon Valley student performers will take the stage — among some of the best musicians in Pittsburgh — this weekend at Heinz Hall. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will be performing “A Nigh...

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...