By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating after a woman who was sitting on her porch in McKeesport was shot several times late Sunday. The 41-year-old vic...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pleasant Hills will hold its annual Community Day celebration Aug. 8 at Mowry Park, although event officials are keeping an eye on how the coronavirus pandem...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Sexual violence doesn’t discriminate — and neither does a Washington County nonprofit organization that advocates for survivors of sexual assault. As Pride Month sta...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Monessen’s first Community Unity Cookout, held Sunday at Ninth Street Park, is being touted as a success, not only because of the turnout and the weather, but f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Kiwanis Club members did their part Thursday to make sure children from the city have books to read this summer. The Kiwanians teamed up with state Sen. Jim...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic has kept children from enjoying a lot of things this year, but the annual summer program for kids in Donora won’t be one of them. Strive and...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Washington County children’s advocacy organization will host a fundraiser this week. Court Appointed Special Advocates, known as CASA, advocate for children in the...

By Dave Williams Trib Total Media Police are seeking a suspect in the shooting death early Thursday of a Pittsburgh woman outside of a McKeesport bar. Allegheny County Police identified the suspect as...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills resident Tom LaFrankie is taking the term “daddy daycare” to a new level. Wanting to spend more time with his 11 grandkids, LaFrankie, presid...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area High School’s Class of 2020 will graduate together July 1. That was the choice in a new vote taken among seniors, with the results released Friday by ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Police officers and first responders from near and far descended upon Jefferson Hills Friday to pay their respects to police Officer Dale Provins Jr., who di...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Republican nomination in the 39th state legislative district appears to have gone to incumbent Mike Puskaric who is claiming victory with a 123-vote margin ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two New Eagle businesses are going “blue” to make sure one Mon Valley family has a cool summer. With the COVID-19 pandemic putting a halt to a lot of summer plans, c...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The weather is warming up, the Mon Valley is in the green phase of the state’s reopening plan and residents have been given the go-ahead to head outdoors and enjoy the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Work will start soon on the comprehensive plan for Elizabeth Township. The plan had been discussed last year, but hiring a firm to carry out the process was put...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Yocolano siblings, Ginna, 2, Chloe, 7 and James III, 6, enjoy the sunshine at Palmer Park in Donora.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com What is being billed as the first annual Community Unity Cookout in Monessen is scheduled for Sunday. The free event will run from noon to 4 p.m. at Ninth Stree...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District hasn’t decided about its plans for a traditional, in-person graduation ceremony. Administrators want to wait as long as possible to see i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Forward Township will see a greater allotment from the state’s 2019 Act 13 gas well impact fee disbursement than any other Allegheny County municipality. The township ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Students and parents in the West Jefferson Hills School District may soon see changes to the district’s boundaries that determine which schools students atte...