By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com West Newton will raise its Avenue of Flags for the 29th time next Saturday. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent,...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Area mothers can take some well-deserved time for themselves at the Mon Valley YMCA this weekend.   The YMCA will host what it hopes will become an annual event to c...

Naomi Outreach hosted its annual luncheon for veterans Wednesday at the Club House Grill Restaurant at Cedarbrook Golf Course. Shown are Monessen Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1190 Commander and Vietn...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com McKeesport council prepared for summer road paving, park openings and events during Wednesday’s monthly meeting. “We’re getting ready for summer,” Mayor Michael...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough Council’s personnel committee made an official recommendation to hire a new street foreman, but a position for a full-time code enforcement officer...

By Justin Vellucci Trib Total Media Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey nominated Monessen native Larry Scirotto to be the city’s next police chief. The nomination, announced Wednesday to a large crowd gathere...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Pro Wrestling “Supreme Wrestling Series” will unite local fans and wrestlers for the next few months starting this Sunday at the Charleroi Market House....

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners fielded more concerns about the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill and urged residents to get out and vote ahead of the May 16 primary ele...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Local actors will bring mystery, war, romance and British accents to the McKeesport Little Theatre this weekend. The theater presents “Gabriel” by Moira Buffini...

Anna Oblock, a sophomore education major from Cecil, walks along the academic quad at PennWest California on a rainy and cold Tuesday afternoon. It’s finals week at the university, and commencement ce...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Ten of the 13 candidates for McKeesport Area’s school board took part in a debate Tuesday night. The participants, looking to fill five, four-year terms, took t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com High school students in two Mon Valley districts will have an opportunity next year to get a head start on their college educations without having to foot the bill. ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com State Rep. Andrew Kuzma, R-Elizabeth Township,   made national headlines in the last few weeks by proposing a bill to ban tianeptine, also known as “gas station heroin...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Anthony Issac “Tony” Cook captured the hearts of the local community, and the second annual Tonystrong Foundation Basketball Extravaganza held in his honor Saturday mo...

Second-grade students in Sue Bitonti’s class at California Area Elementary School took part in a moon landing simulation Monday afternoon. The students are learning about rocket science, the phases of...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After months of deliberation, the Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners voted Monday to approve a conditional use and land development application from Olympus Ene...

By the MVI Penn Highlands Healthcare has joined a growing list of hospital systems around the region to lift mask mandates, officials announced. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tue...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents, with or without a green thumb, are invited to attend the second annual Great Green Swap this weekend. To read the rest of the story, please see...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Boy Scouts of America, Laurel Highlands Council, held its annual Scouting Community Awards breakfast Monday. Organizers held the ceremony in the Lombardi Co...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora’s civil service commission voted Saturday to uphold the firing of former police superintendent Jim Brice. The commission held its final hearing at the bo...