By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On the heels of being named Allegheny CleanWays partner of the year for 2022, the City of McKeesport is celebrating being recognized by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. Ea...

Frankie Frezzell, 4, of North Charleroi, the granddaughter of Charleroi boys’ basketball coach Bill Wiltz, frolics on the basketball court after a recent game at Charleroi Area High School. Her parent...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A teenager is in critical condition after a shooting Monday afternoon in McKeesport.   At least 21 evidence markers could be seen on the ground in front of a driveway ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board confirmed the resignation of board member Gloria Yuschak at Monday night’s meeting. Yuschak, who filled the vacancy left by Dan Engs...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Wise people have said, “It’s not about the destination — it’s about the journey.” Residents of Monongahela can expect the journey between Main Street and the Aq...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One of the seven men charged in late December/early January in connection with an alleged drug trafficking organization based out of McKeesport appeared for his prelim...

Charleroi Area High School cheerleaders wore baseball caps at Friday night’s basketball game. The school held a “hat day” fundraiser for the family of student William Stupar, who was killed in a traff...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Westmoreland County Commissioners recently released a final report of a months-long broadband connectivity study. In August, public officials began to map inter...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An upcoming documentary will focus on the former Twin Coaches supper club in Rostraver Township. For nearly a half century, before a fire destroyed the venue in 1977...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Chase Bank has a new branch at Olympia Shopping Center, and through WQED recently decided to show it wants to be a good neighbor in the McKeesport area. Chase donated ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Community Development Corporation was one of the local organizations that gave presentations during the city’s first economic summit held Friday. In addi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A classroom at Charleroi Elementary Center was turned into a coffee shop Friday as teachers hosted a poetry slam with a “Starbooks” theme.   Fourth-grade students re...

By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com State, federal, county, local and philanthropic leaders converged on Monessen Friday morning for the city’s first economic summit, and one of the strong themes ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Company made history on Thursday when it named longtime firefighter Mercedesz Lexus as its new deputy fire chief. Lexus, who has been pa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A traveling exhibit is giving Mon Valley residents a glimpse at some of the horrors of the Holocaust. “Anatomy of Oblivion” is currently on display at St. Sava Serbian...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Several parents said they were upset by Ringgold School District’s decision to move the registration cut-off up by a month for incoming kindergarten students. S...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Students at Pennsylvania Western University, California campus, participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event in the Natali Student Center on Thu...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In the McKeesport NAACP Unit’s second community meeting on the topic of gun violence prevention, panelists continued to push the idea that the community and individual...

By the MVI The West Pike Run Township’s new K-9 officer received a financial boost to assist in training and equipment thanks to the generosity of a township business. The West Pike Run Township super...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Dogs have good reason to chase fire trucks in Bentleyville. Discover Pet Health Poochtique and Spaw, Bentley Fire Department and Washington County Animal Respon...