By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com A fun, interactive and high-energy musical is coming to the swamp of Belle Vernon. Belle Vernon Area High School will present “Shrek: The Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Thur...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania’s highest court refused to hear the appeals of two members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club who were convicted in 2020 in the brutal assault of a former...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents in North Belle Vernon are being asked to be diligent in protecting their homes and property. During a council meeting Tuesday, residents we...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Monongahela Area Library will have 500 free solar eclipse glasses available for Mon Valley area residents starting March 27 in preparation for the total solar eclipse coming...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The man who jumped from his fourth-floor apartment during a March 1 fire at California Manor has been charged with intentionally setting the blaze. C...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com A district teacher conducted a presentation on Yondr pouches Tuesday for the Monessen school board, which will begin implementing the electronic device containe...

By Jim Busch For the MVI Despite the chilly temperatures and an unrelenting rainfall, a crowd of about 40 people gathered Saturday along the Youghiogheny River to rededicate McKeesport’s Richard J. Ge...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Forward Township’s meeting was abruptly cut short Monday before Supervisor Dave Levdansky could address harassment charges filed against him. It was ...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com White Oak council discussed a mutual aid agreement Monday that has been in place “for years” between the borough and McKeesport’s police department.   “From my revi...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Main Street Program conducted a study analyzing the history, strengths and weaknesses of the beloved, century-old Chess Park. MMSP Executive Dir...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI This is the 40th year White Oak Emergency Medical Services has responded to the communities it serves with life-saving care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Over the past fo...

Ringgold High School actors dance during the opening number of “Footloose,” the school’s spring musical. To purchase this  photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our website at www.monval...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Residents expressed their concerns about the lack of progress in selling the former White Oak School building on California Avenue during Thursday’s McKeesport ...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area High School students got to speak with older generations to share a little about themselves and gain valuable advice. Twelve stude...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com A Monongahela man is accused of arson after a fire early Friday morning left the city’s Main Street Tavern completely charred and bare.   Hunter McMahon, who was ar...

By the MVI The Mon Valley Independent is entering an exciting new era in digital publishing with the unveiling of a new and improved e-edition, and soon, a mobile app and redesigned website. The new o...

By John J. Turanin For the MVI During World War II, the highest rate of lives lost wasn’t by the military. It was America’s all-volunteer Merchant Marine.   Volunteer sailors in the U.S. Merchant Mari...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com For the first time in the program’s history, the Washington County Local Share Account review committee will be able to reconsider projects not origi...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A work zone speed safety program launched statewide Tuesday.   PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, in partnership with the Pennsylvania ...

Delaney Ridge, 11, of Overhill, Mia Naughton, 10, of Blainesburg and Bella Crouse, 11, of Daisytown were part of the cast for “The Wizard of Oz” Thursday night at California Area High School. The musi...