By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The New Year’s holiday weekend is a popular time for partaking in celebrations and parties, but state troopers are reminding motorists that the consequences of getting...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Glassport-based company focused on creating environmentally safe solutions for steel mills has announced that it is opening a facility overseas that will allow for g...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Two big 3-pointers by Cam Nusser allowed Belle Vernon Area to recover from blowing a 12-point lead with 4:45 left in regulation as the Leopards survived for an 84-...

By JOE SABOLEK For the MV Independent As Phil Pergola exited the Ringgold locker room after his teams 69-53 win over Yough, he was fairly pleased with the play of his big man Luke Wyvratt. “From last ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council has scheduled a special meeting for Friday to pass its final 2019 budget, which is expected to hold the line on taxes. Initially there was a projec...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monongahela Democrat Steve Toprani has officially conceded to state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township. They were competing for the 49th District seat in the stat...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Wolf signed a fourth renewal of his 90-day opioid disaster declaration last week and noted recent successes in the ongoing battle against the e...

By Natasha Lindstrom The death of a 23-year-old McKeesport man who was shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood early Sunday has been ruled a homicide. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Earlier this year, the women of Altrusa International of McKeesport learned there are several students in the McKeesport Area School District who worry about whether t...

By Rich Cholodofsky Westmoreland County Transit Authority bus riders will soon be able to pay fares through their telephones. Authority board members Thursday authorized the use of a mobile app that w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Parks department is   offering its annual Christmas tree recycling program this year.   County residents may drop off Christmas trees through Jan....

Pennsylvania’s pets are a little safer today because of the “hot car bill” that took effect this week.   The new law gives law enforcement, animal control and humane officers greater freedom to rescue...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward offensive lineman A.J. Ackerman has always dreamed of playing Division I football at a local college.   His dream became a reality Dec. 19 when the...

By Ray Fisher For the MV Independent At 6-foot-9, he is one of the tallest players in the WPIAL. And he’s one of the most talented. Jimmy Moon, an athletic 240-pound senior forward, has led the Serra ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the first time in 16 years, Thomas Nutting will be rockin’ around his own Christmas tree. Trimming the tree used to be a job held by his younger sister, Patty, u...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Amid the darkest season of their lives, the Anders family is embracing the spirit of Christmas by announcing the creation of a gift in their daughter’s memory. Saman...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Citadel of the Salvation Army Capt. Sue Thwaite said she and the organization’s volunteers had three goals on Sunday: • Make sure no one at their annual Chr...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com While home for the holidays, soldier Carly Rock paid a surprise visit to her pint-sized pen pals at Monessen Elementary Center. A 2018 Monessen High School graduate,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several Allegheny County residents who have been victims of various crimes and are struggling with the trauma of their experiences got a little Christmas cheer this pa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After opening up presents on Christmas morning, Heidi Ondorff and her son, Caisen, throw on their flip-flops and take a short drive through the El Yunque rainforest ...