By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When Magisterial District Judge Larry Hopkins of Charleroi is not in the courtroom or on his daily walk through the Magic City, you might find him cheering on the si...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Walking down the basement steps of homes in Smithdale, Boston, Buena Vista or Industry in Elizabeth Township on Wednesday could be described as sad, but residents in t...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Our Communities of Elizabeth Pa. returned from its summer break on a high note Wednesday. Local business owner Norm Candelore said Our Communities was founded for re...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi resident and former Mayor Nancy Ellis is heading back to “jail” for a good cause. To benefit the Charleroi Regional Police Department and the K-9 unit, a T...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela council decided not to support the city’s Main Street Program’s attempts to secure a grant that would fund investors looking to occupy downtown buildi...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The all-out assault on Section 3-2A continues for the Charleroi boys soccer team. The Cougars extended their winning streak to three with a dominating 10-0 win ove...

By Zack Zeigler For the MV Independent The McKeesport boys soccer team took a tough luck loss against West Mifflin, 2-0, in Section 4-3A play Tuesday. Despite the loss, Mc-Keesport head coach Steven P...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The wait is over for Belle Vernon Area’s JoJo Schwerha. The soccer standout’s transfer from Greensburg Central Catholic was approved Monday by the WPIAL. Under the...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A video taken by a Buena Vista resident of a firefighter riding an inflatable whale through floodwaters on Monday has become an internet sensation. Hundreds of thous...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen School District has completed a corrective action plan in response to state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s recent performance audit. In a statement rel...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi is known around the world for its history of making Pyrex glass products. So much so, that in 2015 the borough changed its name for one day to celebrate its ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport K-9 Unit is a tight-knit bunch, and when one of their own is suffering the whole unit bands together in support, according to Officer Nick Matthews. On ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela council will consider lending its support to the city’s Main Street Program tonight as it applies for grant funding for a project that could attract i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several first responders from the Mid-Mon Valley were given certificates and statues of appreciation during Belle Vernon’s First Responder Appreciation Dinner on Tuesd...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Kenneth Serfass, 52, has an uncommon full-time job. He travels portraying President Ulysses S. Grant, doing it all on his own without an agent. “I use a lot of th...

RESIDENTS IN THE REGION are suffering through another round of flooding, something that has been going on as long as people have inhabited the areas along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and t...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Charleroi boys soccer team didn’t lack offensive firepower in its first two games of the new season. The Cougars, who advanced to the WPIAL playoffs after finish...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Last season, Belle Vernon Area’s Izzy Laurita scored 15 goals and finished with 13 assists in her freshman soccer season for the Leopards. Head coach Tom Cameron k...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com On the heels of Tropical Storm Gordon, heavy rains and widespread flooding devastated parts of the Mid-Mon Valley Monday. After issuing a hazardous weather warning t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Just when Ruth Koontz thought it was safe to store her belongings in her basement again, the latest in a string of “100-year storms” hit the Mid-Mon Valley. Nearl...