By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport police and Allegheny County homicide detectives struggled to identify the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred in McKeesport early Monday morning. Short...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Washington Township woman has filed a federal lawsuit against The Meadows casino for alleged racial discrimination and retaliation. Attorney Samuel Cordes filed th...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township officials are working to establish an evaluation process for residents with water issues stemming from a summer of excessive rainfall and flooding...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Mon Valley women with green thumbs are hoping a football field at the former Monongahela Elementary Center will be in full bloom next spring. Michelle Branthoove...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport-based Consortium for Public Education is calling on local professionals and community leaders to help mentor Mon Valley-based middle school students thr...

THE MON VALLEY INDEPENDENT IS GOING PINK this month to support an important cause. Through the end of October, we will place a pink ribbon on our masthead to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It was only a matter of time before Lamont McPhatter made his mark in Saturday’s game between California University and No. 2 IUP. Trailing 30-24, the Crimson Hawk...

By the Mon Valley Independent Two more former players will join the Charleroi Soccer Hall of Fame Tuesday at halftime of the Cougars Section 3-2A matchup against Brownsville at Myron Pottios Stadium. ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The Rev. Eileen Smith doesn’t consider herself a hero — but the American Red Cross disagrees. Smith, a Smithton native and vice president of Monessen Communities Tha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In an attempt to encourage high voter turnouts, the elections divisions of several Mon Valley counties announced Thursday that residents who wish to vote in the Nov. 6...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Donora’s newest manufacturing business has received a $1 million grant to fund new technology investment and production expansion. Tech Met purchased the former Poly...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic spent last week celebrating homecoming, and students and faculty capped off the spirit week with a charity walk-a-thon in McKeesport. For the past 31 ye...

It’s an exciting time at Donora Public Library, where huge expansion plans are being discussed. The library board held an open house last week to unveil the plans to the public. A two-story expansion ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Mike Collodi has been saying Zach Benedek is more than just his quarterback. Collodi said he’s the most intelligent player and one of the best overall football pla...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Charleroi nearly overcame a 14-point halftime deficit but fell just short in a 28-27 loss to Beth-Center in Interstate Conference play Friday night. The Cougars (4-1...

By NATHANAEL GABLER For the MV Independent Run, run, and run again. Latrobe knew what was coming, but couldn’t stop the McKeesport Tigers from barreling their way on the ground during a 45-14 road win...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA For the Mon Valley Independent Monessen head coach Mike Blainefield was wondering how his team would react to its first loss of the season last week against West Greene. Early on in...

By PAUL SCHOFIELD For the MV Independent Belle Vernon Area honored the 2018 WPIAL softball championship team before Friday night’s football game at James Weir Stadium. Winning a WPIAL title of its own...

By JERIN STEELE For the Mon Valley Independent Freeport players yelled with delight Friday in the postgame huddle when they heard they had held Yough’s Dustin Shoaf, the WPIAL’s leading rusher, to les...

By the Mon Valley Independent California ran for 456 yards en route to a 54-0 throttling of Jefferson-Morgan in Tri-County South Conference play Friday night. Jelani Stafford led the way for Californi...