By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An inaugural black-tie event to benefit nonprofit groups throughout Fayette County was deemed successful. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturda...

kylar Ruschak and Tyler Guinto-Brody get ready for mic checks at opening night of Elizabeth Forward High School’s spring musical, “Little Shop of Horrors.” The show will continue with performances at ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A devastating fire Thursday morning destroyed Elrama Tavern in Union Township.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent,...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Some school districts in the Mon Valley switched to a last-minute virtual learning day Thursday after leaders were informed of potential threats. To read the rest of...

Students at Marion Elementary School watch as cereal boxes fall like dominoes Thursday morning in the hallway. The school received donations of 1,574 boxes of cereal for the Bag Brigade, which provide...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania American Water will begin work today — weather permitting — on a $3 million water main replacement project in the Dravosburg/West Mifflin area. To read th...

California Area High School baseball hosted the Ringgold Rams at Malden Yards Wednesday afternoon. California Area Assistant Coach Aaron Balla brought his 9-month-old son Bryson to the game, who was t...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township’s Board of Commissioners told subcontractors attached to a planned residential development project to tidy up their rezoning application a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students in a program at Monessen Middle School are learning the power of positivity. Through the Monessen Positive Action program being offered at the school through ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com ABBA fans in the Mon Valley are being asked by music and theater students at McKeesport Area High School to “Take a Chance On Me” this weekend and see the spring music...

By RALPH E. STONE MVI columnist Hugo J. Parente was arguably Monessen’s most successful mayor, serving the third-class city during its most prosperous era. He was so revered for his accomplishments, t...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media If you’re driving aggressively, Pennsylvania state police want to find you. They’re keeping an eye out for those quick lane changes, distractions and the high spe...

By the MVI Two adults were injured in a vehicle crash in Forward Township on Wednesday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., county 911 was notified of the crash on Hayden Boulevard at Tunnel Hollow Road. A woman...

Thomas Jefferson High School students Marino Gillot, Nick Bryan, Peyton Krueger and Bryce Heller enjoyed the improved weather Tuesday afternoon as they cheered on the Jaguars softball team. Much warme...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Mon Valley governments are seeing their fuel costs soar beyond what their budgets allotted for this year. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Thanks to the efforts of Project Prom, Beulah Park United Methodist Church and generous donors, a group of 33 students from McKeesport Area and West Mifflin Area schoo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The winners of a photo contest showcasing some of the Mon Valley’s best events and attractions have been announced.   To read the rest of the story, please see a cop...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of Vietnam War veterans from the Mon Valley gathered Monday at Libby’s Dairy Bar in Monessen. On the eve of this year’s observance of Vietnam War Veterans Day,...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Given the times, a black comedy may be exactly what the dentist ordered.   Elizabeth Forward’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” opens this week. Thursd...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Young female athletes across the Mon Valley will benefit from a new pilot program from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.   To read the rest of th...