By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington County Coroner’s Office has identified a woman who was struck and killed by a train Tuesday night in Charleroi. The Washington County Coroner’s Office...

Fire and EMS crews, police and a hazmat crew were dispatched to the 2300 block of Douglas Run Road in Elizabeth Township shortly after 9:30 p.m. Thursday after a tractor-trailer rolled over a hillside...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent This weekend, the annual California Riverfest will return to the borough, bringing with it family friendly entertainment, live music, more than 50 food an...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent For more than a year, South Allegheny School District officials have been working on a “Portrait of a Graduate,” a district vision to improve student...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport City Administrator Tom Maglicco, joined by Mayor’s Assistant Jennifer Vertullo and Finance Director Tasha Phelps, appeared before the Allegheny Regional Ass...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Township resident is accused of harassing a township commissioner. Clinton D. Taylor, 36, of Smithdale Road, was charged with harassment against Eliz...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Gary Dunn is always focused on the present. He never chooses to discuss future games and very rarely dwells on the past.   That’s part of the reason why he’s had so ...

By Ashley Chase For the MV Independent Before last season began, the South Allegheny boys soccer program was in danger of not having enough members to field a team when a crop of brand new players cam...

Robert “Doc” Gallagher, 81, formerly of Monongahela, passed away on Aug. 15, 2019, in Lakeland, Fla. He was born on Jan. 13, 1938, to Joseph & Ruth Gallagher in West Newton. He was a veteran of the U....

James Michael Parilak, 66, of Williamsburg, Va., died Friday, April 12, 2019. Born in Charleroi on Jan. 15, 1953, he was the son of the late Leonard Regis and Annie Kermes Parilak. James worked in New...

Hope Lucille Steen, 96, of Struthers, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Salem North Healthcare Center, Salem, Ohio. A daughter of the late William and Eva Young Williamson, she was bor...

Robert A. “Bob” Villenave, 89, of Williamsburg, and formerly Chesapeake, Va., and Rostraver passed away on August 9, 2019, in Williamsburg, Va. One day later, Mildred I. Villenave, 85, his wife of 65 ...

By JEREMY TEPPER For the MV Independent As the season nears, Mike Kulish has offered a challenge to his forwards: step up and fill A.J. Meshanko’s shoes. No, Kulish isn’t expecting anyone to truly rep...

By ASHLEY CHASE For the MV Independent There’s a changing of the guard this season at South Allegheny. The girls soccer program is under new but familiar leadership as Andrew Dyson takes over as head ...

By Tom Davidson Trib Total Media News Wire Services The former Elizabeth borough police chief pleaded guilty to theft and other charges after he was accused of emptying the department’s evidence room ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A last ditch effort is underway to save the Coyle Theater, despite a demolition permit being issued last week to the contractor in charge of razing the site. Charler...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Despite an outcry on social media this week, relatively few concerned residents chose to confront Elizabeth Forward School District officials Wednesday in the wake of ...

By Stephen Huba Trib Total Media News Wire Services A consent order signed by a Fayette County judge on Wednesday prohibits the discharge of harmful effluent into the Monongahela River by a landfill a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District is using Lifetouch photography for its school portraits for the first time this year. The topic came up at Wednesday’s school board meeti...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nathanael Stevens, an area youth pastor, is one step closer to bringing a first-of-its kind sports team to the area — the Mon Valley Rowing Club. In September, Steve...