By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A seminar will be held in McKeesport to help residents obtain information about the state’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP. On the heels of...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The U.S. National Guard has approved Monessen’s request for assistance with the emergency demolition of a former firemen’s club. Councilman Dave Feehan said Friday t...

By Les Harvath For the Mon Valley Independent Long before their respective scholastic tennis and volleyball seasons began this school year, a trio of California Area High School seniors were on their ...

By Bob Pajich  For the Mon Valley Independent Liberty Borough Mayor Larry Sikorski is encouraging the South Allegheny School Board to fix what he sees as a gap in security at the district’s Early Chil...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Maryland woman accused of harassing a Monessen woman by posting fake Internet ads seeking a sperm donor has been sentenced to three years probation. Fantazzia Tish...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Despite the fact the Charleroi football team has put itself in a once-in-a-lifetime situation, head coach Lance Getsy and the Cougars are keeping things status quo...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Justin Day and Bradley Bujdos each had a goal and two assists, and Noah Schroeder finished with a goal and assist as the Ringgold hockey team pounded Knoch, 6-1, T...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com While there are still a few steps to go before a winner is officially announced in the race for the state House’s 49th Legislative District, it appears incumbent ...

By KAYLIE MOORE and TAYLOR BROWN kmoore@yourmvi.com, tbrown@yourmvi.com A mix of wintry weather swept through the Mid-Mon Valley Thursday night, causing a handful of accidents as motorists tried to na...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners on Thursday introduced a tentative 2019 general fund budget that does not include a tax increase. As it stands, the balanced budget ...

By Rich Cholodofsky Melvin Knight will be returned to death row after a Westmoreland County jury Thursday night condemned him to die by lethal injection. The Westmoreland County jury of six men and si...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen man is in prison after allegedly being captured on surveillance video sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy. Monessen police charged Michael Robert Christ...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com A Fallowfield township man broke the hand of a state trooper and injured several others who were attempting to take him into custody, after he allegedly chocked and...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A 28-year-old Charleroi man who was found sleeping inside his vehicle with his finger on the trigger of a gun on his lap over the summer has had all charges dismisse...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com A growing online retailer and home-delivery provider will be constructing two new warehouses in Allegheny county. The company, goPuff, is a digital convenience reta...

If you haven’t noticed any improvement in Pennsylvania’s infrastructure over the past four years, you’re not alone. A report by the American Society of Civil Engineers gives our state a C-minus grade ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward infielder Taylor Ludwick couldn’t hide the joy clearly displayed by the smile on her face. Wednesday was a long time coming. “I’m just speechless. ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The smile was evident as Seairra Barrett rose off the bench hearing her named called as a member of the California University women’s basketball team starting line...

For the MV Independent Junior defensive back Lamont McPhatter II was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Defensive Athlete of the Year and quarterback Noah Mitchell was tabbed...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com It’s not often generations of military veterans from various branches get to sit in the same room to share their stories, but Belle Vernon Area Middle School studen...