By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District Police Department has been honored by the National Association of School Resource Officers. In June, the NASRO recognized nine law enfor...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com After a week of heat acclimation camp and the start of training camp, local high school football teams will get their first opportunity to see in-game competition wi...

For the Mon Valley Independent With his broad smile, easy laugh and willingness to help family, friends and strangers, Steve Noble has been called a “gentle giant.” To football opponents, not so much....

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport celebrated the final night of its 59th annual three-day ethnic food and entertainment festival Thursday night, and just like every other year at Internation...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A multi-state “career criminal” is in Westmoreland County Prison after Monessen police recovered more than 20 stolen bins full of merchandise from city stores in his...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man is accused of assaulting a Washington County sheriff’s deputy who attempted to serve him with a protection from abuse order on Tuesday. John R. Walla...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man charged by two different municipalities with making threats to burn down the home of his daughter, her mother and grandmother was ordered to stand tr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Duquesne man charged with drug and firearm violations, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday on a new set of illegal drug charges stemming from his ar...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com  In preparation for the new school year, McKeesport Area School District leaders have been focusing on campus and classroom safety. This week, they took an extra step ...

The Vatican issued a strongly worded statement yesterday denouncing terrible abuse by priests that was detailed in a Pennsylvania grand jury report made public this week. While calling the abuse “crim...

For the Mon Valley Independent Tom Gobbie was never the biggest player on the field for the Leopards. But he played with one of the biggest hearts and motors. Gobbie was considered a dual threat with ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com “Shocking,” “terrible,” “disgusting.” Those are a few of the words Mid-Mon Valley parishioners used Wednesday when reacting to a grand jury report revealing more tha...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Forward Township will host its annual Community Days event Saturday and Sunday at Gallatin-Sunnyside Park. The event, which will take place 1 to 10 p.m. each day, at...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A pair of local parents spoke up during Wednesday’s school board meeting regarding recent security upgrades in the Elizabeth Forward School District. During a specia...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com While McKeesport’s International Village is a place for family, friends, church parishioners, neighbors and strangers to come together for laughs, good food and dancin...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com All it takes is $2 and a trip to McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park and you’ll be transported to a world of culture, zest and flare. McKeesport’s 59th annual International...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A grand jury report revealing more than 300 “predator priests” was released Tuesday and 24 priests who served in the Mid-Mon Valley are on the list. “Today, the m...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi family is accused of selling drugs to a confidential informant on two separate occasions. Drug law violations were filed against Donald Franks, 49 and Me...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man who has two preliminary hearings scheduled for today is now also slated for an arraignment in a third case. Charles D. Sleith Jr., 51, of Craven S...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In one of her first initiatives since taking on the role of executive director of the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, Leanna Spada is hoping residents and b...