By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department was busier in 2018 than ever before. During a Charleroi council meeting on Thursday, Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said the de...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For one Penn State Greater Allegheny student who graduated Friday — and for his service dog — the road to commencement wasn’t an easy one. But lifelong McKeesport resi...

By RON PAGLIA  Please don’t tell me it’s been that long. Not 61 years ago. The year was 1957. A chilly night in December. A small “Special Notice” advertisement on Page One of The Charleroi Mail that ...

DEAR SANTA, if it’s not too much trouble, can you please add to your wish list our request that Monessen’s so-called Mayor Matt Shorraw step off his high horse and head down to City Hall? And while yo...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Township group that gives back all year round received a present of its own this holiday. Elizabeth’s Guardian Angels, a group that helps residents of E...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Rostraver man serving a life sentence for killing his sister’s boyfriend in 2015 contends he was coerced into pleading guilty to first-degree murder to avoid a potential death se...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com  A Monessen woman who was scheduled to appear in court yesterday for alleged crimes at a city cemetery was found dead Thursday. Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner Jo...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com The staff at McKeesport- based Auberle is calling on Mon Valley residents to help them spread some Christmas cheer. “Each winter holiday season, Auberle provides the S...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As part of Stop Overdoses in PA: Get Help Now Week, state police have released information about opioids they have seized this year. Lt. Col. Robert Evanchick, Acting ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Frazier head coach Zach Keefer preached to his team about communicating defensively and picking up the intensity on that end of the floor prior to the Commodores’ ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic scored nearly 60 points by halftime and cruised past Bentworth, 85-27, in Section 2-2A play Friday night at Bentworth High School. The Eagles (2-2, 1-...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. For the MV Independent Overcoming a slow start on the road is hard enough without the opponent being Wash High. It comes even harder when you combine it with a sluggish finish. ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It was obvious as Belle Vernon Area girls basketball coach Ronnie Drennen exited the locker room soaking wet, there was a quick shower that took place. Drennen pic...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. For the MV Independent It looked as if the Belle Vernon boys basketball team had righted the ship just in time for their home opener. The Leopards jumped on visiting Carrick in ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward’s girls basketball team was able to overcome foul trouble in the first half and roll past host Mt. Pleasant, 54-39, Thursday and move to 2-0 in S...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen officials objected Thursday to Mayor Matt Shorraw’s appointee to the city’s redevelopment authority, but an expert on the state Sunshine Act said the move a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council is ending the year in the same way it began — with fighting, yelling and insinuations. The bickering overshadowed the fact that council made progre...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi is getting close to the deadline to advertise a 2019 budget, but council is still crunching numbers. The budget has to be posted for 10 days before council...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel in Monessen is looking for cheerful Mid-Mon Valley residents to help raise money during the remaining days of its 2018 Red Kett...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Students who participate in McKeesport Area School District’s Amp’D Robotics MilliAmps FIRST LEGO League team are celebrating after placing among the top three teams i...