By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A daycare program for school children in the Elizabeth Forward School District is on hold for now, but the pastor who created the plan isn’t giving up on it. Th...

Charleroi Area High School senior Madison Vieck participated in Friday’s annual painting of the paws on the driveway leading to Myron Pottios Stadium.

By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s new police accountability board was sworn in Friday and the members are ready to help their community by working with those who protect and serve. Ro...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District is preparing to welcome back students Tuesday, and updated information regarding school lunches and the district’s Cyber Academy...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District students are headed back to school Wednesday. Thanks to the McKeesport Kiwanis Club and the Debra A. Bertoty Scholarship Fund, families...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley students in Fayette and Westmoreland counties will continue to have opportunities to discover the benefits of a hands-on career. For a second year, Southw...

Glenn Porter, Dyelan Edwards and Darius Cooper, all of Charleroi, huddle under a small umbrella Friday afternoon as the rain begins to fall. More rain is in the forecast for today.

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com All high school students in the Elizabeth Forward School District will start classes virtually next week after six student athletes and a part-time employee tes...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The attorney for Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw and two councilmen told a Westmoreland County judge Friday morning his clients shouldn’t be fined despite a default j...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com For the past six years, Don Zombek has decorated his home each Christmas to raise money for Make-A-Wish. This year, he is reaching out to the community in a dif...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Point Park University’s McKeesport Community Newsroom is teaming up with the McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center and a panel of diverse local voices to offer...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Many Mid-Mon Valley residents saw power outages Thursday and Friday as a result of heavy storms that ripped through Southwestern Pennsylvania. The National Weather Ser...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Thursday marked the first day of classes at St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School in Belle Vernon and provided an opportunity for parents to drop off supplies ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi has been sued by a resident who claims a recent garbage contract was not awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.   James Smith of McKean Avenue is asking...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth will continue its efforts to keep PNC Bank downtown. Borough officials have sent a letter to the bank asking for a face-to-face meeting, saying it has...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Strong storms left thousands of Mon Valley residents without power on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, a severe thunderstorm watch ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the past eight years, McKeesport residents and families and friends of Kane Community Living Centers residents have been taking to the street once a year for the J...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When Hurricane Katrina made its way toward the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, residents of the area couldn’t imagine the havoc that would unfold. The deadliest and costlie...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Danielle Clements gives her daughter Phalon Spradley a kiss as she arrives for her first day of kindergarten at California Area Elementary School Wednesday morn...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Ken and Brooke Ramsdell fell in love New Orleans. That’s why the Charleroi couple tied the knot in a romantic and intimate ceremony in the French Quarter Aug. 26, 20...