By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students who are in life skills classes in three local school districts got a chance to dress to the nines, have a good meal and cut a rug at an inclusive prom Thursda...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen officially entered into an agreement with PENNVEST Thursday for a $2.3 million loan that will kick start a city-wide sewage project. To read the rest of ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Tom DeRosa has broken his silence about the dissolution of the Forward Township Police Department. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday...

By the MVI Robots will fight it out gladiator-style during the 17th annual BotsIQ high school robotics competition this weekend at California University of Pennsylvania. To read the rest of the story,...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Major Corley, Delvin Miller and Danny Bergstedt Memorial Golf Outing will be held June 25 at the Madison Club Golf Course.   To read the rest of the story, please see...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Tomorrow marks the 79th anniversary of a German submarine firing a torpedo that sank the SS McKeesport Merchant Marine ship. The city’s namesake is credited with bring...

BY MAX ROBINETTE For the MVI Foster House II Sports Bar and Grill in Belle Vernon (Washington Township) will celebrate the grand opening of its new patio this Friday. Latrobe brewer Stoney’s Beer spon...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It’s been a long time coming, but today is the day that excavators will be on scene at 500 Donner Ave. to begin demolishing the building. WreckCrew Demolition wil...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The McKeesport College Club celebrated several members who have spent more than 50 years dedicated to serving the organization. During their first business meeting in three ye...

By RALPH STONE For the MVI As an eager 10-year-old boy during the World War II years, my family lived in a second-floor apartment above a hardware store in downtown Monessen. Two blocks from there was...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District moved a step closer Wednesday night to securing a new transportation provider. Directors Jim Brown, Diane Elias, Dan Goughnour, Joseph ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Two developers who plan on bringing more housing to Rostraver Township will have their rezoning requests up for vote May 4. Bellevue Partners and RWS Land Co...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Residents of Forward Township rallied against the dissolution of their former police force at an event Tuesday at Rostraver Ice Garden.   To read the rest of...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com “He was Mr. Donora.” Dr. Charles Stacey, a longtime educator and administrator for Ringgold School District, a Donora historian, a survivor of the 1948 Donora smo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Democrat running for the party nod to fill the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle stopped in McKeesport Tuesday for a campaign “Meet and Eat” event. To read...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monessen High School teachers, administrators and Students Against Destructive Decisions members hope that Greyhounds attending the prom this year have a night they re...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Elementary School student found a small starter gun buried behind the school on Tuesday.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Rotary Club of Charleroi celebrated a milestone birthday this week.   On Friday, club members, friends, family and supporters gathered at Ripepi Winery to mark t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The biggest changes that will affect the Mon Valley as a result of legislative redistricting are arguably those that impact the state House districts. To read the...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Leaders in the Belle Vernon Area School District are taking a hands-on approach to make the district a bit more uplifting for students. To read the rest of the story...