By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Music, good food, barbecue sauce, community and celebrating hardworking men and women.” That’s what Roberta Williams, one of the chefs cooking at the Robbie’s Ribs bo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When the Charleroi Little Great Race takes place next Saturday, four-month-old Layla Hynes will have just completed her eighth round of chemotherapy — and she will h...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area Middle School auditorium was bursting with color Friday afternoon during a kick-off event for the second annual Color Run. Charleroi Area Middle S...

By JIM BUSCH   For the MV Independent McKeesport residents will be able to meet some of the most interesting people in their city’s history.   From noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 21-22, costumed historical inte...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The statewide School Safety and Security Committee has endorsed a plan by Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, to create a subcommittee to explore the development of basel...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon man is being held at the Westmoreland County Prison without bail after being arrested by state police for failing to register as a sex offender. ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The owner of Rhythm House Studios in Charleroi will open the facility to the public for the first time this weekend. Bob Arthurs II, who also serves as executive pro...

By EMILY BENNETT dilullo ebennett@yourmvi.com More parents than ever are choosing to not vaccinate their children because of medical, religious or philosophical reasons in Western Pennsylvania.   The ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several people will be honored during the Mon Valley NAACP Human Rights Banquet next week. The annual event, which is the organization’s largest fundraiser, will beg...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent Music and laughter filled the lower level of Donora Public Library Wednesday evening as the Mon Valley Community Band rehearsed for its performance at the McKeespor...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man has been charged after allegedly pouring gasoline around the inside of his Grover Street residence and throwing a match at the fuel while his wife, da...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 9 for a Glassport woman who allegedly drunkenly waived a butcher knife at her teenage son and daughter and cut one o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Supporters of Westmoreland County parks will be honored at an annual luncheon next month. The 16th annual Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation Citizens Advisory ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Thursday night that it has placed the Rev. Father Robert Cedolia on administrative leave. He has most recently been servin...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For those heading to Renziehausen Park this weekend, be sure to bring a big appetite and maybe some extra handwipes for the all of the mouth-watering barbecue sauce an...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday $13.7 million in grants will be used to upgrade 29 airports statewide, including a handful that service the Mon Valley. ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A Monessen man accused of selling heroin and fentanyl that led to the deaths of three people this summer will stand trial in federal court. Delmar Pritche...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nearly a dozen residents who live on closed Fox Stop Road in Fallowfield Township could see relief by the end of this year. On Wednesday, Supervisor Earl Sadler gave...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The classrooms of South Allegheny Elementary School won’t have to worry about running out of pens, pencils, notebooks, rulers, markers and erasers this year, thanks to...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council voted Tuesday to hire two new part-time officers, one of whom previously worked on the force. Casey Perrotta, 37, was sworn into offic...