By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Republican Mike Puskaric and Democrat Rob Rhoderick, both of Elizabeth Township, will face off for the 39th Legislative District seat in Tuesday’s election. The dist...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A New Eagle woman is accused of attacking a family member on a party bus over the weekend and fighting with police officers who attempted to arrest her. Madison L. C...

By KAYLIE MOORE kmoore@yourmvi.com In an effort to strengthen relationships with its municipalities, the Belle Vernon Area School District hosted the first in a series of joint meetings Tuesday. Rostr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A former resident of Mc-Keesport and Munhall has been sentenced in federal court to five years in prison and six years of supervision on his conviction of distributing...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com What can you learn from a cheeseburger? You can find out when the Belle Vernon Area Middle School debuts its production of “Life is Like a Double Cheesburger” this w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of Mon Valley-based nonprofit organizations are eligible to benefit from purchases made through a special program from a major internet retailer. The AmazonSm...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of senior citizens from the Mon Valley crowded the Sunset Room in Elizabeth Township last week for a free luncheon and information fair to discuss mental heal...

IT’S HALLOWEEN, and many local communities have scheduled trick-or-treat for this evening. That means certain safety measures need to be employed by all those involved. To read the rest of this story,...

By JEREMY SELLEW and JOSE NEGRON jsellew@yourmvi.com, jnegron@yourmvi.com Before the WPIAL could compile its annual football championship brackets, the organization had to wait for several coin flips....

By ASHLEY CHASE For the MV Independent MOON TOWNSHIP — The first goal swung the pendulum one way and it never swung back. Charleroi’s hopes for a Class 2A WPIAL boys soccer championship were cut short...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Two local soccer players were named as WPIAL representatives on this year’s all-state team. Belle Vernon Area’s Markello Apodiakos and Cullin Woytovich picked up the...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Dozens of people filled the Monongahela Fire Hall Monday afternoon to say their goodbyes to their favorite dog, K-9 Officer Beny. Beny was honored during a memorial ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents are rallying to “Give for Gage.” Gage Benjamin Peters, a 2-year-old from Beaver Falls, was diagnosed with an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor Au...

By the Mon Valley Independent  The Mon Valley Independent has officially launched its newest initiative to enhance readers’ overall news experience. “MVI Live,” a series of interactive webcasts stream...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Christian Wahrenberger, 25, of Charleroi, decided he’d check out the open house at the Masonic Lodge in Monongahela, part of a national men’s fraternal or...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert Whiten Jr. is advising Mon Valley residents to be cautious when receiving mail or phone solicitation calls seeking f...

Monongahela said good-bye to a 10-year veteran of the police force Monday at a memorial service for K-9 Officer Beny. The city’s first K-9 officer when he joined the force in 2008, Beny died Friday at...

By Jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Coming off a 206-yard performance on the ground last weekend against Clarion, Slippery Rock University running back Wes Hills was certainly on California University’...

By William Whalen For the MV Independent The end of the road in Greensburg Central Catholic girl’s soccer team’s quest for a back-to-back WPIAL Class A championships came at 1000 Weigles Hill Road Sat...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Charleroi boys soccer team heads into tonight’s WPIAL Class 2A semifinal matchup with top-seeded Quaker Valley with a confident and loose attitude. The fourth-se...