By Bob Pajich Versailles Borough Council voted Monday to dispose of a litany of records, most of which date back decades. Council provided a comprehensive list of which records will be shredded. They ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Forward Township residents will again have access to free flu shots this year. During a business meeting Monday, supervisors announced that the vaccines will be offe...

By Bob Pajich For the MV Independent The South Allegheny Community Fitness Center’s sign hanging from the side of the high school declares it’s “open to all district residents,” and coordinator Jason ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Scott Mingus remembers receiving Civil War army men for Christmas when he was little, a gift from his World War II- veteran father who loved military history. Oth...

IN HONOR OF NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION Week, we commend the many area fire departments that will host open house events, school appearances and other activities designed to promote fire safety. This wee...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Zombies will invade the Mon Valley this weekend — but there’s no reason to worry, it’s just a game. A series of four zombie-themed events will begin in Brownsville t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Amedisys Hospice in Monongahela is hoping the community will come together to remember and honor people whom they have lost in the past year. A memorial event will b...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With Halloween just around the corner, the staff and volunteers of the McKeesport Regional History and Heritage Center are calling on local residentss to help remember...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko handed out the city’s quarterly Message Awards at last week’s council meeting. Six recipients were honored for “displaying the charac...

WE CHRONICLE MANY celebrations throughout the year, so we’d like to take a moment to enjoy one that involves us. National Newspaper Week is marked annually in early October to honor the vital and long...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Three Mid-Mon Valley school districts are among hundreds in the state that will be receiving “safe schools” grants. McKeesport Area School District will get a $20,000 ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A plan is in the works to move Magisterial District Judge Larry Hopkins’ office to the third floor of the Charleroi Municipal Building. Hopkins has been at his curre...

A Massachusetts man died after jumping off the Joe Montana Bridge Friday night. Around 10:30 p.m., Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco confirmed that Joseph T. Woods, 51, of Chicopee, Mass., died ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport-based Democratic state Rep. Austin Davis was joined by five other state representatives in the city Wednesday to discuss how to better prepare area students...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After resigning from Charleroi Borough Council last month with a simple letter stating “I quit,” Randy  DiPiazza had a few things to say to his colleagues Thursday b...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The “power of women” was celebrated Thursday night when the Mon River Fleet recognized 10 women who committee members feel have made an “unequivocal” impact on Mon Val...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Members of a Fallowfield Township family accused of selling drugs to confidential informants on several occasions face trial in Washington County Court. In the first...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The Mid-Mon Valley’s resident Viking, James Saul, will channel his ancestors this weekend as he gears up for a new season of his favorite sport — ax throwing. Saul, ...

SCHOOL-AGE BULLYING IS A SERIOUS societal concern that affects the lives of all children — those getting bullied, those doing it and those standing nearby. Going to school can be fun, but it can be st...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com In the wake of the tragic loss of their daughter to suicide on Tuesday, Gregg and Joyce Anders of Fallowfield Township have simple advice to offer: choose love. Thei...