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...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two offers have been made to purchase the Coyle Theater. On Monday, Mon Valley Alliance CEO Ben Brown confirmed that two offers — of undisclosed amounts — have been ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com With West Jefferson Hills School District abuzz over the opening of the new 300,000-square-foot, $95 million Thomas Jefferson High School, the question remai...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Two elementary students in the Elizabeth Forward School District were taken to a hospital Monday after receiving burns during their bus ride to school. Forward ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Hospital Foundation’s 42nd annual Dr. Frank R. Bondi Invitational came to a close Monday night. The four-day event, which took place at several venues a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As Mon River Arts prepares for its upcoming production of “The Rocky Horror Show,” director Ray Cygrymus confessed to the cast that while he has seen the movie ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors moved a step closer Monday to adopting the International Property Maintenance Code, voting to advertise their intent to adopt the c...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Steve Senitta of Monessen, left, gets treats for his dog, Argo, from Monessen High School students Chloe Miller, Quentin Zboyovsky and Cammi Kovach during the P...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A historic B&O Railroad watch tower that stands in the heart of downtown Mc-Keesport is getting an upgrade thanks to a city council decision. Council voted last summer...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport council spent part of last week’s meeting preparing for winter by entering into snow removal contracts with Allegheny County and PennDOT, and a salt contrac...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com If Jefferson Hills resident Tom Donohue has his way, the valley located at the low point of Chamberlain Road — with its slopes, streams, woodlands and wetlan...

By MATT PETRAS For the MV Independent After getting home from his day job as an attorney, Eric Wittenberg often enjoys working some more.   In addition to his legal duties, Wittenberg likes to write b...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Cameron Olstein, Leah Klinger, Jaelyn Caruso and Raegan Bennett cheer for Charleroi during Friday’s victory over Riverview. See complete football coverage in to...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Once they pass drug screenings, psychological evaluations and have medical physicals, four additional full-time police officers will begin patrolling the streets of Mo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A standing tradition in Buena Vista will resume this weekend after being washed out by severe flooding last year.   The 14th annual Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Compan...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent Port Vue Council recognized the volunteers and founders behind   the borough’s annual Fun To Be A Kid Day.   Eddie and Becky Jones and council Presid...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In May, Pittsburgh-based River Materials Inc. announced that it would be expanding its operations on nearly 20 acres of land in the RIDC Riverplace Industrial Center o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Cemetery is calling on its friends to help raise money for upkeep and maintenance. The Friends of the Charleroi Cemetery, a non-profit group in charge ...

Peggy Ann Kelshian, 73, California, Pa., died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. She was born Monday, June 3, 1946, in Granville, Pa., daughter of the late George Santo and Wanda Molish Santo. In addition to h...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monessen council is once again attempting to remove chronically absent Mayor Matt Shorraw and Councilman Gil Coles from office. During a special meeting Thursday, coun...