By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough officials have gone to efforts to ensure no citizen in the borough or surrounding communities spend Thanksgiving alone. The borough’s police and fi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A main thoroughfare that connects Glassport to Liberty borough by way of Port Vue is down to one lane because of a partial road collapse. The cause of a sinkhole on Wa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As the old holiday song by Al Stillman and Robert Allen says “there’s no place like home for the holidays.” And this Thanksgiving, whether you are the man who lives in...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For first-year coach Danny Sancomb, the California University men’s basketball team season hasn’t tipped off quite the way he would like. A plethora of injuries ha...

By the Mon Valley Independent The California University women’s basketball team will host Central State (Ohio) tonight before entering a short break over the Thanksgiving holiday. Tip-off between the ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Parishioners of the McKeesport Shared Ministerium are making sure none of their neighbors and fellow worshipers are going without a meal on Thanksgiving. More than 200...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Some Elizabeth Township residents who don’t want to include a rezoning hearing as part of their pre-Christmas plans made an unsuccessful plea Monday to have the proc...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board is “deadlocked” on how to permanently fill its superintendent position before next school year. Acting Superintendent Dr. Michele Dowe...

By LES HARVATH For the Mon Valley Independent He is a member of California Area High School’s “The Future is Mine” club, and soon, Nathan Todd will have his shirt tail cut off. It’s a tradition that d...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On the heels of the Allegheny County Health Department advising the public of an outbreak of hepatitis A in the Greater Pittsburgh area, the state Secretary of Health ...

IT WAS BAD ENOUGH the Mon Valley got blasted by an early taste of winter last week with a nasty storm, but it was an especially tough day for the rural community of Fallowfield Township. An early-morn...

By the Mon Valley Independent California University cross country runner Alicia Belko became the second runner in program history to become a regional champion as she claimed the individual crown at t...

By JOSE´NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com When I began working as a freelance writer with the Mon Valley Independent in May 2016, I knew there was a lot I needed to learn about sports in the area. As someone...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A community tradition for more than 30 years, Sunday’s annual Rostraver Township Christmas Celebration drew hundreds of guests from across the Mid-Mon Valley. Sponso...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Three local businesses are “banding together” to host a benefit for all five Elizabeth Township fire departments. Sandy Sanderson, owner of Court Time Sports Center...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Three local businesses are “banding together” to host a benefit for all five Elizabeth Township fire departments. Sandy Sanderson, owner of Court Time Sports Center...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In all its years perched along the hillside on Evans Avenue, UPMC Mc-Keesport has never had a main entrance, according to administrators. From the time the hospital wa...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Eighth-seeded South Side Beaver overwhelmed No. 4 Charleroi with its potent running attack as the Rams posted a 26-21 upset in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinal at Canon-...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There may not have been a game all season that captured the spirit of the game of football more than Friday night’s Class 2A semifinal between Charleroi and South ...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com “Thank your volunteer firefighters.” That’s the simple message from Fallowfield Township supervisors after learning they lost three snow plow trucks in a municipal ...