By Kristie Linden For the MVI Miscommunication and misunderstanding between Donora council members led the borough to rescind a vote that was made last month and withdraw its approval of paying a $30,...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent UPMC McKeesport celebrated Donate Life Month with a flag raising ceremony on Wednesday. Recognized each April, the event is an annual commemoration of organ donors...

By Tawnya Panizzi Trib Total Media McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski will be memorialized this month in Washington, D.C., with a bittersweet honor for fallen officers. Sluganski is one of 282 f...

By the MVI Several Charleroi Area High School art students received recognition in the 2023-24 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of Southwestern Pennsylvania. High School Art teacher Patrick Camut sai...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough’s fulltime code enforcement officer has only been on the job for more than a month, but said he is already noticing a difference in...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monongahela will continue to provide police coverage for Union Township for another four years. Monongahela council and the Union Township Board of Supervisors ...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com The Washington Township Board of Supervisors addressed residents’ concerns about their new garbage collection company, Fayette Waste, during Wednesday’s monthly mee...

Aubrey Woods, 14, of Fallowfield Township, Tristyn Woods, 13, of Fallowfield Township, and Ryleigh Phillips, 10, of Monongahela took   Miller for a walk after practice Tuesday at the Charleroi Bronco ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Garbage and pet waste continue to create headaches for North Belle Vernon residents who say they are tired of picking up after their neighbors.   A...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Funeral arrangements have been announced for a man killed in a traffic accident Monday night in Rostraver Township. Camden Ellin, 24, of Belle Vern...

By Sarah Pellis   spellis@yourmvi.com John “Bill” Bunardzya remained dedicated to firefighting up to the end of his life.   The 73-year-old died around 8 a.m. Sunday at his Washington Township, Fayett...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com The body of a missing Beaver County man was found Tuesday during a search of the Monongahela River in Elizabeth Borough. Elizabeth Township Police ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monessen City School District will hold an informational meeting April 17 at the high school about its new cyber school program.   Superintendent Dr. Robert Mot...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport got a look at the near-total solar eclipse Monday afternoon despite cloudy conditions. A couple dozen spectators sat in lawn chairs or sprawled out o...

By Sarah Pellis   spellis@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward school district officials answered more questions from residents Monday about possible consolidation of district elementary schools. In February...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Forward Township residents received updates Monday on a handful of township roads that remained closed or damaged from landslides — and learned the...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monongahela is looking to continue providing police coverage for Union Township, and the municipalities are close to agreeing on a four-year deal. Police Chief ...

PennWest California cheerleader Ashlyn Cummings, a freshman from Elizabeth Forward, rakes leaves at The Center in the Woods community center for older adults in California for Saturday’s “Big Event,” ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Skies will briefly will go dark today as a total solar eclipse sweeps across the Keystone State and other parts of North America.   While Erie prep...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Various new renovations and projects are popping up in Elizabeth Township. A “diverse range” of new homes called Mt. Vernon Estates will be built on the land previo...