By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board had the first reading of a nepotism policy Monday that would open the door for the relatives of supervisory personnel to appl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It’s been a dark couple of days in Carroll Township, where a longtime leader passed away this weekend. Township Supervisors’ Vice Chairman James “Don” Harrison, 8...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Plans for a new UPMC medical complex in Jefferson Hills continue to move forward, as officials from the healthcare giant went before the borough’s planning b...

The annual Vasilopita Dinner held Sunday at the Hellenic Center in Monessen was extra special this year as the congregation welcomed its new priest, Father Meletios Gianniodis, who just arrived in Mon...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com National School Choice Week has begun, and cyber-charter school leaders in Pennsylvania are pushing to stop state lawmakers from “taking away choice” from their studen...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com If the firefighter in the blue helmet at a fire scene in Elizabeth looks a bit young, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Blue helmets designate junior firefighters...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monongahela business is holding an online fundraiser for the family of a paramedic recently killed in the line of duty while responding to a crash on Interstate 70...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For new parents, bringing a newborn baby home is an exciting time to be cherished, but it comes with big responsibilities: making sure your house is baby-pro...

By Ron Paglia Residents of the Mid-Mon Valley have found their way to McKeesport in a variety of ways over the years — automobiles, trains and boats. They had another option in the mid-1940s, a unique...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Danielle “Dee” List is well known around McKeesport for being an athlete, both at McKeesport Area High School and in the Special Olympics, but she is also known for ha...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Nineteen cats and kittens were removed from a house in White Oak early Friday morning and are currently under the care of Humane Animal Rescue in East Liberty. ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com An employee at a New Eagle industrial company was taken by helicopter to a hospital after getting his leg caught in an industrial mixer Friday morning.   ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Waste Management wants to improve recycling collections, and now the company has the ability to hit residents where it really hurts. Their wallets. According...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Not many Pennsylvania residents swim in February, but that won’t be true in California next weekend. On Feb. 1, nearly 40 brave souls will plunge in to the Monongahe...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media Poll workers are needed in Monessen for the March 17 special election for state representative and in other communities for the April primary election. The Westmo...

Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent Eleven-year-old Molly Pugh takes a shot at halftime of Thursday’s Thomas Jefferson girls basketball game. Children were allowed to shoot for a $1 donation ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Best friends, dedicated aunts, moms and disgruntled little brothers accompanied local high school ladies at Jazzy Boutique’s third annual Glitter and Gold...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Westmoreland County Republican Party selected its candidate Thursday for the upcoming special election to fill the vacant seat in the 58th Legislative Distr...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO and TAYLOR BROWN ebennett@yourmvi.com, tbrown@yourmvi.com Several local fire departments will benefit from annual state funding again this year. Fire departments throughout th...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A dodgeball game usually invokes memories of gym class. But a friendly, night-time game of dodgeball will help students and teachers in the West Jefferson Hi...