By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When Lori “Lulu” Kendall finds a fur-ever home for one of her “babies” it is always bittersweet. Kendall, of Charleroi, who has always had a passion for rescuing cat...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon will host its second annual Community Fest Sept. 15 at Community Bank Park. Cody Ambrose, a North Belle Vernon resident and California University ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It will all be about man’s four-legged best friend when Cedar Creek Park unveils its newest attraction later this month. At 11:30 a.m. Sept. 26 a grand opening cerem...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com One week after her family’s Rostraver Township business was destroyed by a fire, Lee Gilmore is dealing with a new problem – looters. Hours before its usual Thursday...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Charleroi councilman abruptly resigned from his elected post Thursday by leaving a letter that simply stated, “I quit.” During Thursday’s business meeting, council u...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi woman who accused her boyfriend of striking her toddler with a baby gate told a judge Thursday she fabricated the entire story because she was blackma...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Members of a Fallowfield Township family already facing charges of selling drugs to confidential informants have been charged again. Last month, Donald Franks, 49...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rumors surrounding the sale of the Rostraver Township Sewage Authority were seemingly put to rest Wednesday. During their monthly meeting, Rostraver commissioners un...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man is wanted by Donora police in connection with an alleged armed robbery on Murray Avenue just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Lawrence Martin, 56, whose last known ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com While votes and talk of renovations of city-owned or maintained facilities largely dominated the McKeesport council agenda meeting Wednesday, there was also talk of de...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts will wrap up its second annual summer concert series at Chess Park in Monongahela this Sunday. MVAA President Mark Smith said the...

CONTRABAND HAS ALWAYS been a problem in prisons, but with the substances getting more dangerous, Pennsylvania is responding with tougher policies. State prisons were put on lockdown last week after a ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area girls soccer coach Tom Cameron was looking for his team to bounce back from a tough loss to North Catholic over the weekend. The Leopards provide...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic overcame a late surge by Riverview to claim a 6-4 victory in Section 1-A play Wednesday night at Eagles Stadium. Trailing 5-0 with 21:29 left in the s...

By the Mon Valley Independent Paige Marshalek, Jocelyn Timlin and Rori Schreiber combined to score 12 goals as Bentworth cruised to a 13-0 victory over Geibel Catholic in Section 2-A play Wednesday. M...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Despite being the defending section champion, Ringgold boys coach Steve Persaud’s team still has a few questions entering the season. For one, the Rams must replac...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Ringgold boys soccer coach Steve Persaud said his team has a simple motto this season: Play fast and score first. The Rams did both in their Section 3-3A opener Tues...

By the Mon Valley Independent Cullin Woytovich and Nick Laskey combined to score eight goals as the Charleroi boys soccer team cruised past Southmoreland, 9-0, in Section 3-2A play Tuesday at Myron Po...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Monessen graduate Tyler Caterino will forever look back on his 19th birthday with fond memories. The former Greyhounds’ soccer star will remember it as the day he ma...

By Dan Palm For the MV Independent Coming off of a year in which his team went 1-14 overall and 1-11 in Section 3-AA, it’s not a stretch for Yough boys soccer coach Chris Duda to expect the Cougars to...