By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A 19-year-old McKeesport woman was killed in a two-car accident early Sunday morning in West Mifflin. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the vic...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania’s Homecoming celebration will be transformed into a regional festival this year. Thanks to a partnership between the university...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley will be exploding with color for a good cause this weekend. Two area school district will be hosting color runs to benefit their middle school student...

This hasn’t been a particularly proud year for Monessen’s city government, but council deserves praise for its swift action to address a dangerous building at 279 Schoonmaker Ave. Council members were...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Following a lopsided loss to Charleroi last week, Frazier head coach Mike Steeber had a lot he wanted to see from his Commodores this week. There was no hiding his...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com California entered Friday night’s nonconference contest against Washington with a simple gameplan in mind. The Trojans wanted to run the ball, control the clock and ...

By ASHLEY CHASE For the MV Independent There was more action in the skies than on the field Friday night at Chuck Knox Stadium in Leetsdale. After 30 minutes of repetitive lightning, a non-conference ...

By ZACK ZEIGLER For the Mon Valley Independent Through the wind and the rain, Serra Catholic found a way to pull out its first Three Rivers Conference win on Friday. The Eagles used all three facets o...

By Jose Negron and Jeremy Sellew jnegron@yourmvi.com, jsellew@yourmvi.com Carmichaels’ Bailey Jones got his team off to a 7-0 lead with a 74-yard run early in the first quarter Friday, but that was al...

By Bill Beckner Jr. For the MV Independent WPIAL rushing leader Dustin Shoaf gets most of the limelight at Yough, but the senior running back is quick to deflect attention to his teammates. The Cougar...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area Elementary Center kindergarten students received an important lunch lesson this week as the Lunch for Life program returned to the school. Robert Lenh...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An ongoing neighbor dispute in Elizabeth Township turned into a bloody brawl involving a hunting knife and garden tools that sent three men to the hospital last week...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Next weekend, Donora’s Palmer Park will once again feature a Fall Festival in the Park. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 29, there will be vendors, children’s activit...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council took steps Friday toward the emergency demolition of a former firemen’s club building, which has been dubbed a nuisance structure. Councilwoman...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There will be plenty of “room to run” during the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation’s second annual 5K Run/Walk next weekend. The On Your MARC Cox Market...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area girls soccer coach Tom Cameron likes to see his team work the ball side to side and find gaps in an opposing defense. On Thursday, though, he swi...

By dan palm For the MV Independent The Monessen boys soccer team had to play Thursday night’s home contest against California without head coach Sam Perry, who was out of town. However, the Greyhounds...

By Jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Charleroi continued to show its offensive firepower Thursday in a 16-0 throttling of Washington in Section 3-2A play. Cullin Woytovich set a new single-game scoring ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Tech Met purchased the former PolyOne Corp. facility on East Eighth Street in Donora almost two years ago and since that time, the business has invested $3 millio...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A former Ringgold School District teacher, whose “resignation for retirement” was approved at Wednesday’s board meeting pleaded guilty in federal court to a narcotics ...