By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Residents of Aliquippa Avenue approached Monessen council Thursday night for help with a rat and rodent infestation. At least eight residents and neighbor...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora is once again looking for a new borough administrator. Council voted to hire Jerad Cypher of East Washington during last week’s special meeting, but Cypher...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Two people are in custody and Allegheny County homicide detectives are looking for a third person after a woman was found dead in McKeesport’s Renziehausen P...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Fayette County man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 51 in Rostraver Township Thursday morning after colliding with a Peterbilt truck.   According...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Port Vue man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 15 years imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal na...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An area church – and dozens of volunteers and organizations – are hoping to make a larger-than-life impact in the Magic City this weekend. The “Touch a Truck: Touch ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Another Washington Township meeting has once again left residents and Justice for Otto supporters frustrated. For nearly seven months, residents from area communitie...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Negotiations are continuing between the Elizabeth Forward School District and PA Coach Lines, with no disruption in bus transportation expected. The school dist...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Dunlevy man’s latest appeal of his 2011 murder conviction has been denied by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Robert Urwin Jr., 62, was found guilty of third...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Liberty borough council learned Wednesday that a stream embankment on Glenn Avenue, which empties into the Youghiogheny River, is going to need restored. Borough Engin...

By EMILY BENNETT DiLULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com When you walk into Vintage and Vines on Broad Avenue in North Belle Vernon, one of the first things you might take notice of is the sweet and semi-spicy a...

By Natasha Lindstrom Former Steelers lineman and four-time Super Bowl champion Sam Davis has died at 75, officials said Tuesday night. Police found Davis’ body near his home at an assisted living comm...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com When Leane Brown took on the duties of cheer mom for the Division 2 cheerleaders of the Ringgold Rams Youth League, she applied some of the same principles that...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent Jim Lewis Sr. spent his life serving the community and helping others. The evening of Jan. 7, 2018, was no different.   It was a cold and snowy night...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A student-athlete in the Mc-Keesport Area School District was shot early Tuesday morning. McKeesport police Chief Adam Alfer confirmed that the shooting happened at 12...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent The Garden Club of Mc-Keesport is looking for a few green thumbs. The club, which maintains Pennsylvania’s second largest public rose garden, is actively seeking ne...

By Tom Davidson A 21-year-old McKeesport woman is accused of stabbing an East Pittsburgh woman and her two adult daughters Monday night outside an East Pittsburgh apartment building, state police said...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An Arnold City man accused of burglarizing a Stockdale residence and vehicle in two separate incidents is behind bars.   Michael Nervina, 36, is charged with two cou...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township man accused of throwing a Memorial Day party at his home that allegedly included underage drinkers was ordered to stand trial on charges rela...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon Borough Council appointed a new emergency management coordinator Tuesday night.   Shelby Ferguson II will take over the position from J...