By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State University’s president and local elected officials visited the university’s McKeesport campus Thursday to celebrate the opening of the newly rejuvenated Ost...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com This weekend’s Little Great Race will be held in remembrance of one of the nation’s most tragic days. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mo...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After 30 years in Stockdale, the RESA Regional Police Department has a new home in Allenport.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Vall...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An annual run in honor of those who perished on Sept. 11, 2001, will begin Saturday in Charleroi and end in Monongahela’s Chess Park.   To read the rest of the story, ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Sept. 11, 2001, was a day of horrors that all Americans witnessed in one way or another, but for one Donora family it was horrific in ways most of us will never c...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com California Mayor Frank Stetar swore in a new junior council member and alternate Thursday. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Vall...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Churches throughout the Elizabeth area will gather Saturday evening to remember those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, and to honor the first responders who to this ...

Submitted The Lions Diabetes Board of Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties (14-B and 14-E ) hosted its annual Labor Day Weekend District Golf Challenge at Butler’s Golf Course in Elizabeth Township. Th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The sound of children’s laughter and music echoing from the gymnasium and activity rooms of the LaRosa Youth Club in McKeesport brought joyful tears to the eyes of man...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An informational meeting for parents regarding the state mask mandate for school students is planned this weekend at Round Hill Park in Elizabeth Township. The ...

By David Kirk Times West Virginian / For the MVI FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Opening statements and testimony began Wednesday in the trial of a 39-year-old Donora man charged with murdering a West Virginia man ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough Council entered into an amended agreement with the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi that will give the municipality more than $1 million over ...

Mary Thompson and her granddaughter, Nina Thompson of Bentleyville, enjoyed a peaceful evening Tuesday at Mingo Creek Park near the Ebenezer Bridge.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The kitchen at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church of McKeesport-Duquesne is reopening. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Indepen...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The federal judge assigned to a lawsuit filed against the City of Monessen, its mayor, two councilmen and city administrator has set out a new schedule for the ca...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen School Board will take action on several personnel items during a business meeting next week.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesda...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California Area School District has joined the Learning 2025 network of districts to advance education.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport was a destination for Labor Day weekend once again this year as the Renzie Rib Fest made its return. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tue...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area High School fall play will be offered a bit early this year in keeping with the topic of the production. To read the rest of the story, pl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A two-story apartment building at 933 McKean Ave. in Charleroi that burned Saturday night is a total loss, according to the fire chief. To read the rest of the st...