By the MVI Fallowfield Township native Wayne E. Ray was honored this week with a prestigious award for his lifelong service as a firefighter and volunteer. The Firefighters’ Association of the State o...

Members of the Frazier High School softball team celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a costume contest at practice. The Commodores are among many local teams scheduled to open their season today. From l...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Westmoreland County overdose deaths dropped significantly in 2022, according to a report released this week. The coroner’s office recorded 118 accidental drug a...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com With prom season approaching, members of McKeesport Area Shared Ministry UMC are preparing for a stylish Project Prom day this year. Through the church, the sch...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several Mon Valley communities have been awarded grant funding through the Commonwealth Financing Authority. Money will be used for projects to improve public safety...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Sen. Jim Brewster announced $4.9 million in grants Thursday for community revitalization and infrastructure improvements in the 45th Senate District. Thirty-one projec...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media A Donora man who maintains that he was defending himself in a North Belle Vernon bar fight that injured three was sentenced Thursday to 23 1/2 to 47 years in a st...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent McKeesport Area High School cheerleaders Kimia Lankford and Rakihya Freeman got some help by Kehlani Mills, 22-months-old, the daughter of head cheer coach Chan...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com South Allegheny High School’s presentation of “Bye Bye Birdie” was scheduled to open today, but it will now premier a week later due to a production member becoming il...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Harvest Bounty organizers are ready for a big event this weekend. An annual craft and vendor show helps to keep the shelves stocked for the program that benefits chi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Among several discussions by Rostraver Township Commissioners during Wednesday’s meeting, several young members of the audience were most excited about the last item...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s police chief announced that officers may start to wear body cameras by the end of the month. The new technology will affect multiple municipalitie...

By the MVI Thomas Jefferson High School’s Gene Kelly Award-winning theater students will perform “Anything Goes” for the annual spring musical. Performances for “Anything Goes” are 7 p.m. today, Frida...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board appointed a former Washington County district attorney to fill a board vacancy Wednesday. The board chose Steve Toprani in a 5-3 vote,...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School Board approved restoration payments and hired additional restoration companies as the cleaning process continues a month after a devastati...

Judy Yoskosky buys a supreme peach pie from Maxine Brownlee as the Friends of the Rostraver Public Library held a pie sale Tuesday for Pi Day. Every March 14, mathematicians, scientists and math lover...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A moment of silence was observed for Aria Woznick during Tuesday’s North Belle Vernon Council meeting. It’s the first time borough leaders have met since the 6-year-...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Tri-Community EMS bought two new LifePak monitors this month. New Eagle council briefly discussed the purchase Tuesday, as the service covers the borough along ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Center for Coalfield Justice gave a presentation for the California United Women in Faith during their meeting Tuesday at California United Methodist Church.   The...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A mural installed 20 years ago at California Area Elementary School has found a new home in the law office of attorney Lisa J. Buday. A renovation in the school’s lo...