By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission last week announced eight video-conference/telephone hearings that will be held in August to gather public input on rate inc...

By the MVI U.S. Steel and Susquehanna Service Dogs, a program of Keystone Human Services, are partnering to fully fund an assistance dog who will be paired with someone in the Pittsburgh area.   The c...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania drivers whose driver’s license or photo ID has expired or is about to expire are getting a reprieve.   PennDOT announced Friday that expiration ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As Mon Valley schools prepare for the fall semester, however it may be taught, a group of students in the Elizabeth Forward School District just completed a six...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. That’s the mantra of musicians, bands and concert promoters this summer as the coronavirus pandemic forces the can...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District students will head back to school six days later than expected. Superintendent Dr. Mark Holtzman has announced the first day of school ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Jared Hartman always appreciated a fresh haircut, but never thought he would end up being the barber. Hartman, a Fayette City resident, could be considered a profess...

By Deb Erdley Trib Total Media PNC Financial Services plans to permanently close 52 branch offices. In a filing with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the financial powerhouse said it int...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sens. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, and Pam Iovino, D-Mt. Lebanon, have announced a comprehensive proposal to provide emergency relief to Pennsylvania’s restaurant...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Schwirian Farm in Forward Township will open to the public for the first time this weekend. The farm, which Leslee Schwirian and her husband, Jay, describe as a drea...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com When a city resident posted photos of the muddy and unkempt play area at Monessen’s City Park this week, the long-neglected spot got some quick attention. Patty A...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board will vote on the reopening plan for the fall semester next week, with a variety of options available. Superintendent Dr. Mich...

For the MV Independent Is there a community volunteer or organization in your neighborhood who deserves a little bit of extra recognition this year? Mon Valley Initiative is accepting nominations for ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Recent Ringgold High School graduate Reilly Neely was looking forward to the school’s annual art show in April that would have allowed her and her fellow sen...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One person has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred inside a Family Dollar store in McKeesport in October. Allegheny County Police Departmen...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A 33-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting another woman in McKeesport last month was taken into custody Wednesday by U.S. marshals in Chicago. Gabrielle Parker i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic may have thrown a wrench in The Crew Missions’ volunteer season, but it won’t stop them from helping homeowners around the Mon Valley. Founded ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, Ringgold students are looking at a delay to the start of their 2020-21 school year. During Wednesday’s virtual school boa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com On the same day Allegheny County saw its new coronavirus case count dip below 100 for the first time in a week, the health department introduced a team that will ...

By Pennlive.com HARRISBURG — No more masks. No more restrictions. And, they said, no more tyranny. That was the rally cry of several hundred people who gathered Wednesday on the Capitol steps, calling...