By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Health Department heard a mixed bag of sentiments Tuesday about its draft settlement agreement with U.S. Steel. The draft was released June 28 and com...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man who faces drug charges stemming from an alleged underage drinking party on Memorial Day in Rostraver Township waived his right to a preliminary hearing Mond...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A task force web portal to address landslides was launched Tuesday in Allegheny County. The landslide task force created a landslide portal to provide practical a...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com “Work smarter, not harder” is a workplace philosophy Monessen Police chief Jim Smith likes to employ. That’s why he decided to merge efforts with the Southwestern...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A woman who allegedly impersonated a personal care aide to gain access to a McKeesport man’s apartment and then rob him is in jail. McKeeba L. Sifford, 43, is listed i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A man arrested in Mc-Keesport earlier this month after more than a month of being on the run waived his right to a preliminary hearing for a charge of possession of fi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com P3R, the group that organizes the Pittsburgh Marathon each year, announced in February that the Great Allegheny Passage Relay will return this year, and on Monday rele...

By the MV Independent West Jefferson Hills School District will officially open the doors of the new Thomas Jefferson High School Aug. 18 with a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony. The event for e...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com If there’s anything Mon Valley residents can get behind, it’s a good, old-fashioned yard sale.   The Roscoe and Dunlevy boroughs’ annual “flea-tique” offers lots ...

Eric L. Allison, 72, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Friday, July 26, 2019, at Excela Health, Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg. Born Feb. 27, 1947, in North Charleroi, he was the so...

Tina Marie Smith-Bleich, a resident of Monessen, died Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in Pittsburgh after a lengthy illness. Ms. Bleich was born Nov. 1, 1957, in Charle- roi. She graduated from Monessen Hig...

Robert S. DeBranski, 90, of Finleyville, died Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Mt. Vernon of South Park. He was born Jan. 11, 1929, in McKees Rocks, son of the late John and Elizabeth Yuhas DeBranski. Rober...

Karen Ann Hodge, 73, of Monongahela, died Sunday, July 28, 2019, with her family at her side. Born in North Charleroi on Jan. 5, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. and Grace L. Ruecroft...

Mary Elizabeth Everly, 84, of Charleroi, passed away on July 25, 2019 at the Jefferson Hospital. Mary was born in Crescent Heights on Dec. 1, 1934, the daughter of the late James and Olive Evans Payto...

Yvonne Young, 87, of North Charleroi, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019. A memorial service will be held at Grace United Methodist Church in Coal Center at noon Aug. 3, 2019. Arrangements were entru...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Dax Thomas State Farm head coach Tom Rodriguez wasn’t necessarily pleased with his team’s offensive output in the first half of Monday’s J. Budd Grebb Memorial Summe...

By Joe Sabolek For the MV Independent For the third time this summer, AMD Industries handled its business against Belle Vernon Dairy Queen, securing a berth in Wednesday night’s championship game with...

By Jeff Oliver For the MV Independent Ever since the inception of the J. Budd Grebb Summer Basketball League, scholastic cagers have used the outdoor circuit to hone their games for the upcoming high ...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, is targeting grass clippings because of the dangers they can present on area roads.   Bartolotta recently propos...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen’s Comprehensive Plan is moving full speed ahead. As part of the implementation of the Early Intervention Program, which was completed in 2017, the city was ...