By the MVI Bridge Educational Foundation and its donor, U.S. Steel, donated $618,000 in scholarships to help families residing near U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley operations.   School officials, scholarship ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Community Foundation of Fayette County is accepting new applicants for its Catalyst of Change grant.   Awarded for the first time in 2023, each y...

By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Washington County and its internet service provider, Comcast, were awarded a $9.4 million grant to provide speedy internet access. Pennsylvania Broadband Develo...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com In sharp tuxedos and dazzling gowns, Charleroi Area upperclassmen danced the night away Friday at Stratigos Banquet Center in North Huntingdon fo...

By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media The search for a leader who can quell enrollment and financial woes at Western Pennsylvania’s largest state-owned university has narrowed to three individuals. To re...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler will face a write-in challenger in Tuesday’s primary, while two Democrats compete for the chance to contest him in Nove...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com A fresh face will take over the 45th Senatorial District seat next year as Sen. Jim Brewster retires after 14 years in the role at the end of 2024. Makenzie Whi...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The South Allegheny school board didn’t have to look far to find a new middle school principal. During Wednesday’s meeting, the school board hired Marissa Bragg, effective Mon...

More than 100 men at PennWest California wore high-heeled shoes and paraded across campus Thursday for the annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes: The international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Wednesday’s storms caused power outages and brought more flooding and road closures to the Mon Valley.   A power outage in Perryopolis affected hundreds of West...

By the MVI UPMC Health Plan’s Freedom House Foundations recently took over Community LIFE McKeesport’s activities room to celebrate the program’s first 12 McKeesport graduates. Ranging in age from 18-...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area middle and high school students will have a flex period starting next school year.   Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich said the flex peri...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The future of the Vina March Senior Citizens Center is uncertain amid construction for a new Glassport municipal building. This week’s council meeting was held at the senior c...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent PennWest California first-year student Mya Kerlicker of Belle Vernon rides a mechanical bull during the university’s “Registration Roundup” in the Natali Student C...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Parents, who said their children sustained concussions from brutal attacks on school grounds, called upon Ringgold School District administration to make a conc...

By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI The 50th Legislative District has only been part of the Mon Valley since redistricting moved most former 49th District municipalities into the newly created 50th. Along w...

By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI As the 2024 primary election draws near, there are two races for the state House that are uncontested this month but the incumbents will face challengers in November. 39t...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com The man accused of setting a fire that damaged a downtown Monongahela tavern was ordered held for trial on arson and other criminal charges. Hunter McMahon, 29, of ...

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment bu...

Charleroi Area High School senior javelin thrower Emma Clish took a quick break to see her dog, Joey, during Tuesday’s track meet. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to ...