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...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Homicide detectives are investigating after a 29-year-old woman was found dead in her car early Thursday morning. Allegheny County and McKeesport poli...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As is the case for high school seniors across the country, McKeesport Area High School’s Class of 2020 will participate in a non-traditional graduation ceremony this y...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills police are warning residents of an unauthorized T-shirt sale claiming to be a fundraiser for the family of Officer Dale Provins, who died Sat...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Class of 2020 will have as close to a normal graduation as possible June 24, despite COVID-19 restrictions on crowds. The school board, fo...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Beth Veres of Monongahela took her grandson Jayce Veres, 3, to the Noble J. Dick Aquatorium in Monongahela on a recent warm afternoon.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A new five-year bus contract is in place in the Elizabeth Forward School District, with all students set to be transported next year by Student Transportation o...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Don’t tell front line personnel and first responders in the borough of Roscoe that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Roscoe’s borough council held its f...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area seniors may get to graduate from high school the way they started it — together. After students received word on finalized graduation plans last week,...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Firefighters from 10 departments in three counties responded to an explosion and fire Tuesday night in North Belle Vernon’s Broad Avenue business district. The ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A hearing was held Tuesday for the second of three Sunshine Act lawsuits filed against Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw. City resident Ron Mozer filed the suit in Janu...

By Renatta Signorini   Trib Total Media The Fayette County Fair is the latest in the region to be canceled amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The fair board’s decision was announced in a pos...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board is beginning to review plans for restarting sports, extracurricular activities and the fall semester. The board will address ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Funeral arrangements have been announced for Dale Provins Jr., the Jefferson Hills police officer who died Saturday after being involved in a two-car collisi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council still hasn’t decided whether Heritage Hill Pool will be open this summer. Like many other pool managers and municipalities in the area, White Oak cou...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com West Jefferson Hills School District officials are preparing to adopt the final budget for the 2020-21 school year, which doesn’t include a tax increase. At ...

Submitted Florida resident Zechariah Cartledge, 11, ran a mile carrying the Blue Line American Flag Monday to honor Jefferson Hills police Officer Dale Provins, who died Saturday after being involved ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Lock Four Volunteer Fire Company in North Charleroi accidentally had a Confederate flag flying at its station for part of Sunday and Monday. Firefighters purchas...

By Jeff Stitt and Kristie Linden jstitt@yourmvi.com klinden@yourmvi.com Aaliyah Johnson of McKeesport was alone before falling to her death from her ninth-floor apartment window May 26, according to A...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Historical Society and the Donora Public Library have announced that the World War II exhibit on loan from the Heinz History Center is once again open for ...