Kasmira Cox and Nick Polinski are Charleroi Area’s homecoming queen and king.  

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com In light of Hurricane Fiona and its tragic effects on Puerto Rico, two people from the Salvation Army in Pittsburgh will take part in relief efforts. Whitney Cole of M...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Smiles from volunteers who helped Monessen Elementary Center students choose the perfect coat on Thursday were nearly as warm as the students will be when they are b...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monessen council took further action Thursday related to tackling blight in the city. Councilwoman Lois Thomas, councilmen Donald Gregor, John Nestor and Anthony Orzec...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Virginia Drive is normally a residential street in Lincoln Borough. But a number of state, county and local officials gathered there Thursday morning to inspect a new drainage...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Members of Speers Borough Council are requesting the resignation of Councilman Mike Todora, citing “ongoing issues” between him and other council members.   To read ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora hired a full-time police officer at Thursday’s council meeting. In a 4-2 vote, council brought Carl Talbert onto the police force. Talbert currently work...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen High School seniors Olivia Cooper and Madison Popovich help on the sidelines of the Monessen High School girls soccer game as they hosted the Charleroi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Members of the Lock No. 4 Volunteer Fire Co. — and residents and neighboring departments across the Valley — are mourning the loss of a rescue K-9 puppy that was str...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Leaders in North Belle Vernon plan to crack down on speeding. During a rescheduled voting meeting Wednesday, several residents complained about people driving over t...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Ringgold High School’s senior class vice president urged district board members to revise parts of the new student cellphone ban during Wednesday’s board meetin...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The show must go on at Elizabeth Forward School District. The school board agreed Wednesday to expand the musical theater program at the middle school by ope...

By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent If you’re a fan of the board game, “Clue,” then Howling Hills Corn Maze Adventures will be fun for the whole family to partake in this fall season. I...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District continues to deal with a bus driver shortage that is impacting charter school students who live within its boundaries. But the school b...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward’s gridiron was alive with activity Tuesday as high school life skills students from around the Greater Pittsburgh region — and a couple of Steelers S...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The opposition camp in Elizabeth Township’s contentious fracking debate will have another week to prepare its cross-examinations of Olympus Energy witnesses....

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com High school students from Italy will become Cougars for a day or two when they visit the Charleroi Area School District campus next month. Superintendent Dr. Ed Zeli...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com After nine and a half months of protests from the public and appealing to council, Donora Mayor Don Pavelko has claimed the traditional mayoral office space in ...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MVI When Robbie Graw was gutting the vacant property he recently purchased in Monessen, he came upon something odd behind old cabinets in the basement of the dilapidated structu...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela residents learned about a new software platform intended to aid community development Monday at the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation’s 15...