By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township commissioners had a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday for a new $1.6 million Boston ballfield. Expected to be completed in September by PDDM Solut...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Two local school districts will benefit from the most recent round of funding to enhance school safety.   Last week, more than $150 million in scho...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Eighty-one years after a German torpedo sent her to a watery grave, a group of veterans, local dignitaries and others gathered Monday along the Youghiogheny River to remember ...

Emma Hoffman of Elizabeth brought Harlo to the borough’s annual Pooch Parade, which was hosted Saturday by the Elizabeth Area Development Corporation. To purchase this photo and more from our online p...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Arson is suspected in a fire early Sunday morning that brought a building to the ground along Rostraver Street in Monessen. Municipal Fire Chief Delm...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Two men have turned themselves in on homicide charges related to the death of an 18-year-old Monongahela teen earlier this month. Annalaya Wilkerson ...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI About 200 people gathered Sunday morning at Glassport’s Honor Roll Park to hear evangelist Sam Childers.   Also known as the “Machine Gun Preacher,” Childers was there as a gu...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com After further discussion among administrators, Charleroi Area leaders have decided to suspend the implementation of a flex period for the 2024-25 sch...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com State Senate Republicans leaders are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s new power plant emission rules aimed to reduce pollution in a joint state...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A special event took center stage in Charleroi Friday night, and students were encouraged to get a bit wild. Students in life skills classes from fou...

By Anna Lisa Haughwout McKeesport Community Newsroom For half a century, volunteers with McKeesport Area Meals on Wheels have delivered delicious meals to thousands of local people who would otherwise...

By the MVI A tradition that has spanned decades continued Friday as Ringgold High School senior girls were treated to a special tea in their honor. The Monongahela Woman’s Club hosted the event at Mon...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Ringgold seniors gathered Friday at Penn Highlands Mon Valley for an annual luncheon organized by the Monongahela Rotary Club to celebrate their high school car...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Charleroi Area School District celebrated Earth Day this week with help from a corporation that wants to make sure they can appreciat...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monessen proposed 20 properties for demolition at Thursday night’s council meeting, another step toward tackling the city’s hundreds of blighted structures.   O...

As part of National Take Your Child to Work Day on Thursday, Eli and Zoey Russell of Belle Vernon joined their mom, Brittany Russell, at the Mon Valley Independent office where she works in customer s...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Starting May 1, Allegheny County library card holders will be eligible to participate in the   Allegheny Regional Asset District’s RAD Summer Staycation program. Of...

By the MVI   This spring, volunteers and members of the American Red Cross will team up with community partners to install free smoke alarms for local families vulnerable to home fires during Sound th...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Home sweet home took on more of a meaning for residents of Char House thanks to a $4.5 million renovation project. On Wednesday, local and county lea...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Township family devasted over the suicide of their son is turning their grief into something positive and creating awareness in hopes of helping others...