By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A total of 2,355 students — an enrollment increase of 62 — in the Elizabeth Forward School District will head back to the classroom Thursday to begin the 2018-19 sch...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon borough council took steps Tuesday to address newly discovered issues with tax documents. Several residents, including borough Councilman Cliff Gorski, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Five Fallowfield Township residents are interested in filling the vacancy created by the sudden death of Ronald Large last month. Large, 65, was seven months into hi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Change has come to Century 21 Frontier Realty, and on Tuesday the staff and owners threw a meet-and-greet party to get to know new staff members and neighbors. Rostrav...

By Bob Pajich Glassport Borough councilman Angelo Norelli began his report on delinquent tax collections by asking, “Can I get a drumroll?” His good news was that more back taxes have been collected s...

SEVERAL AREA SCHOOLS are about to reopen, and all will be in session by the end of the month. That means much more activity in the mornings as thousands of children around the Valley head off to schoo...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Patients at a troubled Donora personal care home were forced to begin evacuating Saturday. Last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services issued multiple ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen officials have failed to comply with a request made by the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General regarding the city’s new pension fund manager, and...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Parents in the McKeesport Area School District will be spend tomorrow morning waking their kids up, helping them load their backpacks and begging them not to miss thei...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton man is accused of causing an accident that resulted in the amputation of his girlfriend’s arm. State police at the Uniontown barracks on Saturday charg...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the third time, the starting date of construction scheduled on a bridge connecting Speers and Charleroi has been postponed. Construction on the Route 88 bridge o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport was among nine Allegheny County-based municipalities, organizations or programs that made presentations Monday to the Regional Asset District bo...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man accused last week of accepting payment for carpet installation services that he never performed faces new accusations. Last week, Charles D. Sleit...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Council held a lengthy public hearing prior to Monday’s council meeting to consider adding six homes to this year’s demolition list. The homes are located at...

Pennsylvania is near the top of another list that it would rather not be on. A recent report from the financial website 24/7 Wall Street with the provocative title of “States That Are Falling Apart” r...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Dark clouds loomed above North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park before Saturday’s event honoring the lives of 61 young people who recently died. However, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The transformation of a lot at the corner of Meadow Avenue and Fifth Street in Charleroi is nearly complete thanks to a labor of love and collaboration of community ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Students in the California Area School District head back to the classroom Wednesday, and new programs await them across all grade levels. According to Superinten...

By BOB PAJICH For The MV Independent The floors are polished, rule sheets laminated and the buses are gassed up and ready to deliver South Allegheny School District students for the first day of schoo...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Fans of the mysterious, unexplained and downright strange are invited to a one-of-a-kind program at Monessen Public Library. World-renowned Bigfoot and UFO expert St...