By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Stan Musial wore only one club’s cap during his major league career, but throughout his life, he wore many hats. He was a family man. A funny man. A music man. ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Interested Charleroi residents have until Tuesday to submit letters of interest for a vacant council position.   Councilwoman Jeannine Motycki resigned July 13, citi...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Port Vue held its 26th annual Fun to be a Kid Day at Romie Field Park Sunday afternoon, with the event returning after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic.   ...

By Matt Petras For the MVI As Chris LeGrand and his Rolling Stones tribute band took to the Aquatorium stage Saturday, he dived into the first song, energetically dancing around the stage like Mick Ja...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s Community Day is coming up Saturday, and the borough has announced plans for this year’s event. The fun kicks off at 11 a.m. at the traditional Heritage Hi...

Robert Stough III, 4, of West Elizabeth and Abrielle Leppla, 3, of Jefferson Hills hold a rabbit named Butterscotch in the Furry Friends Petting Zoo, part of the Elizabeth Firemen’s Riverfest. The fes...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A group of Elizabeth Township residents will canvass neighborhoods close to Elizabeth Forward High School today in hopes of recruiting more opposition to the...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Mon Valley EMS has been in Monessen since 1969, and while it hopes to continue serving residents for years to come, city officials are looking to make sure they’r...

By Matt Petras For the MVI The Mon Valley Initiative held its ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for Clairton Inn Apartments, a new affordable housing complex made possible by a $16.7 million investment f...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Emily Buechel is officially in the business of saving lives. A recent Ringgold High School and Mon Valley Career and Technology Center grad, Buechel is the first hig...

Chad Rager, 15, and firefighter Brian Tuttle, both of Elizabeth, push water off the top of a vendor’s booth at the Elizabeth Firemen’s Riverfest after an afternoon rain shower Thursday. Riverfest will...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The administration in charge of Monessen last year broke Third Class City Code by borrowing money from the Line Usage Fund without council’s permission and by exe...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School District has great expectations for its facilities this upcoming school year.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up.   It’s county fair season in the Mon Valley. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s M...

By Joseph Augustine For The Mon Valley Independent Emma Swonger, who turns 102 today, has never really made a big deal when it comes to her birthday. However, when asked by staff at TLC Adult Care in ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents had a unique opportunity Wednesday to talk one-on-one with law enforcement from several local communities and more than a dozen state police tro...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A former mayor of Monessen is accused of libel and slander by a current city councilman for comments made in public meetings, in news articles, on social media an...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Local leaders, organizations and businesses have put up money to bring the Vietnam and 9/11 Traveling Memorials to Westmoreland County. The memorials will be ar...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Comcast announced 100 small businesses in Allegheny County that will receive a total $1 million in grants Tuesday. Comcast awards the $10,000 grants through its...

By Matt Petras For the MVI When Chris LeGrand saw a Beatles tribute show at a performing arts theater in the late 90s, he decided to do some research to see if he could find cover bands for another be...