By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Company has been recertified as one of 12 Swiftwater Type 2A rescue teams in Pennsylvania and is now working toward becoming a 1A c...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A registered sex offender from Jefferson Hills is wanted for allegedly restraining and attempting to rape a 15-year-old boy in Carroll Township. Carroll T...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A North Charleroi mother and daughter are accused of drug possession after an alleged heroin overdose at their home in September.   Charleroi Regional Police Officer...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports It’s hard to find silver linings when your team gets shut out and beaten handily in the first round of the playoffs.   There was, however, an astounding performance f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi residents who live on or around McKean Avenue are being urged to ventilate their homes if they smell gasoline inside them. Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Unit of the NAACP held its annual Freedom Dinner recently, honoring two Mon Valley residents, along with a community organization and an area business. ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com October is usually decked out in pink ribbons for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but it is also designated with a purple ribbon for Domestic Violence Awar...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Over the past 46 years, Monongahela has had four mayors, myriad council members, two city halls and one Carole Foglia.   After all these years, Carole, the longti...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Non-electronic voting systems in Pennsylvania are nearing the end of their life, and Washington County voters will cast their ballots on new electronic ma...

For the Mon Valley Independent Austin Davis grew up hearing stories about how prosperous the Mon Valley was in the 1950s and 1960s. “That’s never been my reality,” said Davis, who recently turned 30. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In August, the World’s Largest Wedding Cookie Table established a Guinness world record in Monongahela with 88,425 cookies. The effort to finalize the paperwork t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County police are requesting the public’s assistance with finding two suspects linked to a shooting Thursday in McKeesport. McKeesport and ACPD homicide dete...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Firefighters face many hazards in the line of duty, such as smoke inhalation, burning buildings and collapsing ceilings. But thanks to a $60,000 grant from t...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com As winter approaches, the Belle Vernon Borough Friends of Recreation Board is already gearing up for next year’s Monongahela River Community Fest.   “We a...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Olivia Cooper, Aaliyah Rice and Sydney Phillips, all of Monessen, were bundled up for Thursday’s Charleroi-Monessen middle school soccer game at Myron Pottios S...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A member of the Mon Valley Sewage Authority submitted a letter of resignation in early September, but two board members won’t vote to accept it. A motion was made...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A community meeting held by ArcelorMittal drew about a dozen members of the public to Monessen High School Thursday evening. Division manager Randy Shelton gave...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A fatal shooting at a Family Dollar store in McKeesport caused a large police presence on Versailles Avenue Thursday morning. Dwayne Fuller, 24, of Homestead was prono...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Jim Smith and Wayne Vlasic are vying for an open position as magisterial district judge that encompasses the City of Monessen and the Pricedale and Webste...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent A few groups, including the Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum, are offering a walk through what used to be the Donora Zinc Works, an important loc...