By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The “Jungle of Nool” will come to life on stage when the Charleroi Area School District presents “Seussical the Musical” this week. Opening night is slated for 7 p.m...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Audiences will go on a tap-dancing romp through the 1920s in the Ringgold High School auditorium starting tonight as “Thoroughly Modern Millie” debuts. The show p...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After nearly a year of work and planning, Charleroi will soon unveil its strategic plan. The borough began the process last spring and hired consultant Dennis Martin...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Port Authority of Allegheny County held a sparsely attended community meeting at the McKeesport Palisades Wednesday to talk to local bus riders about “long-range plann...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother has basically two important tasks to handle — she’s in charge of transportation to the ball and the dress. But if the Belle Vernon Ar...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Charleroi brothers are wanted for allegedly burglarizing a Carroll Township residence while the homeowner was attending his wife’s funeral. Jason Sean Evans,...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Three Mon Valley communities have received a boost to help them fight crime in their neighborhoods. On Thursday, the Mon Valley Alliance Foundation announced a serie...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent These Charleroi Area students celebrated Dr. Seuss Week Tuesday with crazy hair day. Briella Wells, Olivia Kostalec, Ariel Strack, Rylee Ledger and Calle Gray s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Versailles borough council on Tuesday accepted the resignations of longtime Councilwoman Cyndee Richards and her son, Councilman Matt Richards, who was absent. Council...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Having one Leap Day baby is very rare, but a Monongahela native and his wife welcomed an incredible coincidence to their family over the weekend. Dane Demchak and his ...

By BETH BEHLING- KULSIC bbehling.kulsic@yourmvi.com Do you like to visit your local library?   One little boy from Monongahela loves his.   Alex Belluso, 9, son of Dr. Robert and Lynn-Ann Belluso of M...

By BETH HOPE-CUSHEY For the MV Independent Ken Hillman was sworn in Tuesday as the newest Carroll Township supervisor. He was selected to fill the seat left vacant when James “Don” Harrison died Jan. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Roberto Clemente is a legend — not just in Pittsburgh, but around the world — and students at Ringgold Elementary School North got a closer look at his greatness ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Teachers in the Belle Vernon Area School District Monday put the district on notice that they intend to strike starting March 13 if there’s not a new contract i...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The dispute over Local Share Account records between state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, and the Washington County Redevelopment Authority is continu...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Statistics point to one thing in the eyes of Mon Valley NAACP President David Hunter — the need for communities to consolidate. Speaking at the organization’s B...

By Teghan  Simonton Trib Total Media As fears over the coronavirus grow, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Monday it will suspend the distribution of wine during communion. Bishop David Zub...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township commissioners on Monday discussed the future of the township-owned “Chapel Drive property.” Commissioners Andrew Kuzma, Rich Algeri, Robert Rhoderic...

Heather Hart / Mon Valley Independent Bishop David Zubik, left, of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, visited St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Donora on Sunday for an installation ceremony for the Rev. Kevin ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Democratic officials from the state and local level convened in Monessen Saturday to encourage fellow Democrats from the state’s 58th Legislative District to urge thei...