By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Leaves are falling and Halloween is approaching, which means witches from around the country will descend upon Monongahela today. The sixth annual Witch Festiva...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When Ringgold’s football team celebrates its senior recognition night prior to today’s game against Laurel Highlands, the 11 seniors on the team will honor special tea...

By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media The board overseeing Pennsylvania’s 10 state-owned universities said Thursday it aims to freeze tuition for a sixth consecutive year in 2024-2025, provided the state...

By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Members of the Horror Writers Association’s Pittsburgh chapter regaled an audience of more than a dozen people with bizarre and macabre tales Thursday night at ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council met Thursday night to vote on a series of motions that were tabled during last week’s regular meeting. Council tabled votes last week to pay seve...

Shayla Miller and Emily Bunn of Houston took their dog, Mac, for a walk Thursday afternoon in Mingo Creek Park. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our website at www....

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent The California Area Elementary School K-6 chorus sings “Jingle Bell Rock” during an after-school practice session Wednesday. Performing in the front row, from left...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com An hour before his death, Boyke Budiarachman, 49, spoke to his sister via FaceTime and said he was about to have dinner with Keven Van Lam, 56. It was the last ti...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School Board approved the proposed contract with McLean Architects for the first phase of additions and site improvements at the high school as w...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District students are getting into trouble substantially less so far this year than they did last year. Superintendent Randall Skrinjorich annou...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com With several tantalizing booths to choose from there will be something for everyone to sink their teeth into at the first-ever International Food Festival at Mary, Mot...

Darrek Harshberger, a Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) fraternity member from Duncansville, reacts after getting “pied in the face” Tuesday afternoon by Courtney Kiesling, a junior from Bethel Park, during the ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board held some initial discussions about a district tax assessment during Tuesday night’s work session.   The talks, which will be contin...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Mayor Gerald Jackson announced at Tuesday’s council meeting that a borough truck with tools inside was stolen Monday night outside the municipal bu...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Following the devastating Dravosburg car crash that claimed the life of Serra Catholic sophomore Samantha Kalkbrenner Sept. 20, changes have been made to the area’s tr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Germaine Sickles’ famous apple dumplings will be available in Monongahela while supplies last. For the past three years, St. Andrew the Apostle Parish has sponsored ...

Breslin Trubiani, Davinci Weible and Nathan Speicher were at Monessen Memorial Stadium Monday evening to cheer on the Greyhounds’ girls soccer team against Charleroi. To purchase this photo and more f...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Several grant applications were approved during White Oak’s council meeting Monday night and the borough received two proclamations from local legislators to commemora...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com As it has for the last several years, Main Street in Monongahela will soon be illuminated by dozens of hanging jack-o’-lanterns for the city’s Halloween festivi...

Cancer survivors Joyce Hill of Finleyville and Sheila Dillon of Brownsville led the participants in Saturday’s Penn Highlands Mon Valley Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk on the first lap around ...