By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Forward freshman is heading to Broadway, at least virtually. Tyler Guinto-Brody was this year’s Best Actor winner for the Gene Kelly Awards, the co...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Elaina Zitney has made a lasting impact on the Charleroi Area School District.   As the district’s special education director for the past eight years, Zitney has wo...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The first training session the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Department had with its new underwater side sonar unit resulted in the recovery of a stolen vehi...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With one of Monongahela’s biggest outdoor events just weeks away, the city’s Main Street Program says it still has space for any interested vendors that woul...

Belle Vernon Area High School graduates Emma Bellissimo, Alaina Petrosky and Tori Nahas pose in front of a stone monument at the school before Friday’s commencement service.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees will meet in a special session Tuesday to vote on a resolution concerning the integration plan that ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport police officers from the traffic division are going to be on the lookout for cars illegally parking on city sidewalks. “I’m getting some constituent complai...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monessen’s Douglas Education Center recently provided a scholarship for a Monessen resident to take classes to earn his driver’s license, allowing him to con...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite a valiant effort by organizers to host the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival last year, the event couldn’t safely be held because of COVID-19 restrictions.   A...

By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area seniors took over the streets of their communities Thursday for a proper sendoff before graduation.   With some behind the wheels of flashy vintage ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There will be just one candidate on the ballot in November for the position of mayor of Monessen — Ron Mozer. Mozer, who won the Democratic Party nomination in la...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The plan to merge six state-owned universities to create two new universities drew criticism Thursday in the first of four informal public input sessions hosted...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Teachers at Ringgold Middle School received a pleasant surprise Tuesday. Student Haley Clark, 14, made a surprise donation of 67 care packages to teachers as...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The annual summer concert series at Renziehausen Park will get a late start this year, according to Mayor Michael Cherepko. At Wednesday’s council meeting, Cherepko pr...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents can help their four-legged friends and sample a variety of food and drinks at the first-ever Mon Valley Paws Food Truck Festival. The ev...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent New graduates Raquel Rhoads, Sarah Bielawski, Alison Righetti, Jaime Sprenger and Jeremy Beckinger posed for a photo before California Area High School’s commen...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Jim McDonough’s son learned to ride a bicycle inside of the Early Bird diner in Donora as it sat empty during the COVID-19 pandemic. McDonough, Donora’s mayor, and h...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A borough manager has finally been selected in Charleroi, but not without questioning from candidates seeking council seats in November. On Wednesday night, council ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After 33 years there will be a change of leadership for the Rostraver Township Police Department. Chief Greg Resetar will begin a leave of absence June 6 throug...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The unofficial results, including write-in votes, have now been posted by the Allegheny County Election Division, with final certification expected next week. W...