By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Deep-fried goodness. Funnel cakes covered in powdered sugar and slathered with a mountain of whipped cream and strawberries.    Twinkies and Oreos dipped in batter and...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A health clinic may expand into Donora, Solicitor Steve Toprani said at Thursday’s Donora council meeting. Centerville Clinic has expressed interest in setting ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Young people who decided to spend their summer working to earn some money and build job skills while also making their community a better place were celebrated in McKe...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Peggy Foster will be remembered for her kindness, gentle spirit and passion for sweet treats. Her love of dessert, family and fellowship will be celebrated at the Fe...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After hearing from the city’s auditors last week and learning that some transferring of money and some spending was done without council’s knowledge, Monessen’s m...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Enjoying a playground at Cedar Creek Park, from left, are Perryopolis youngsters Colby Rabatin, 7, Jase Kirchner, 7, Joanna Kirchner 5, and Chase Rabatin, 5. To pu...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Frank Paterra has reclaimed his seat in Charleroi council chambers. During an agenda meeting Wednesday, Paterra, a former mayor in the borough, was unanimously selec...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The president of Pennsylvania One Call on Wednesday confirmed that a private contractor working at the Common Ground Building in McKeesport did not dial 811 to report ...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Environmental concerns rained on the Mon Valley National Night Out victory parade at Rostraver Township’s commissioners’ meeting Wednesday. Longtime commissi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport joined communities across the nation Tuesday by celebrating National Night Out. Dual celebrations were held in the Haler Heights neighborhood, which is loca...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh’s free dental clinic will take place Friday and Saturday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. New to the cli...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Hot dogs and K-9s, bubbly faces and carbonated drinks, fire trucks and fireworks, lollipops and jolly cops. That was the scene Tuesday evening at Rostraver Town...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Small business owner Rissa Shockley stood at the corner of Ninth and Locust streets in McKeesport Tuesday morning with tears running down her face as she watched first...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It appears mail-in voting will remain in place for November’s election.   On Tuesday, a wide expansion of mail-in voting in Pennsylvania survived a legal challenge b...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Pennsylvania American Water invested $15 million in renovations and additions to its EH Aldrich Treatment Plant in Finleyville, such as a restoration of one of its five-mill...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several people are displaced after a fire tore through an apartment building in Bentleyville early Tuesday. The blaze required at least three people to jump to safet...

By Mary Ann Thomas Trib Total Media Tarentum resident Jim Bonner, executive director of the local Audubon Society, has heard many bird stories. Over the years, he has fielded countless inquiries from ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Thanks to a man with a love for furry friends and for his hometown, McKeesport Fire Department is a little better equipped to treat animals at the scene of an emergenc...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The psalms teach us to “make a joyful noise,” and that’s exactly what those gathered at White Oak’s Bryn Mawr Church of Christ did Sunday. They were there to celebrate Chuck O...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Epiphany of our Lord summer festival will transform the parish into a Margaritaville-inspired destination for all your favorite ethnic foods this weekend in Mone...