For the MVI Nearly 2,600 students earned their degrees from Pennsylvania Western University during ceremonies that were held Saturday on the California, Clarion and Edinboro campuses. To read the rest...

Students in Haley McLaughlin’s Spanish 3 class at California Area High School celebrated Mexican culture Friday with a fiesta for Cinco de Mayo. In front, from left, are Alex Ross, Kalei Veazey and Ra...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Christmas might not be the same in the Mon Valley this year. Donora resident Wally Fronzaglio, who could easily be called the area’s own Santa Claus, has officially ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com All the pieces fell perfectly together for Brian Bashur’s senior prom on Friday. Brian, a Monessen senior, is autistic. He will soon graduate alongside his classmate...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Voters in Charleroi will have some important decisions to make when they head to the polls May 16.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s M...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport will commemorate “The McKeesport 23” May 13 at the History and Heritage Center in Renzie Park. The ceremony honors the 23 McKeesport nati...

Michael and Andrew Smalich of Smithton sheltered under an umbrella as rain began to fall before the start of Yough High School’s baseball game against McGuffey Thursday evening at Wild Things Park in ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com At Thursday’s work session meeting, Donora council discussed ways to require borough landlords to perform background checks on their tenants. To read the rest o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Kindness can have a domino effect.   Charleroi Area students learned that first hand as they worked together Wednesday morning to set up nearly 550 cereal boxes thro...

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...