By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent After 24 years in the food service industry, Matt Stefanick longed to run his own show as a chef. That day has come for the 40-year-old Belle Vernon resident. Ste...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Donora woman is behind bars after allegedly abusing her 7-year-old step-child. Shinice Hill, 22, of Chestnut Street is charged with aggravated assault of a victim ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “What the mayor did by sharing Lt. (Dave) Yuhasz’s letter about the concerns of the police department on Facebook was amplify tension in the city and jeopardize any ne...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Big’s Sanitation will continue to handle garbage collection for residential and commercial properties — at least until Aug. 7, 2020.   The borough switched haulers i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Sewage Authority will consider treating effluent from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill — if the authority’s engineer recommends it. Representatives ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington County Coroner’s Office has identified a woman who was struck and killed by a train Tuesday night in Charleroi. The Washington County Coroner’s Office...

Fire and EMS crews, police and a hazmat crew were dispatched to the 2300 block of Douglas Run Road in Elizabeth Township shortly after 9:30 p.m. Thursday after a tractor-trailer rolled over a hillside...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent This weekend, the annual California Riverfest will return to the borough, bringing with it family friendly entertainment, live music, more than 50 food an...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent For more than a year, South Allegheny School District officials have been working on a “Portrait of a Graduate,” a district vision to improve student...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport City Administrator Tom Maglicco, joined by Mayor’s Assistant Jennifer Vertullo and Finance Director Tasha Phelps, appeared before the Allegheny Regional Ass...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Township resident is accused of harassing a township commissioner. Clinton D. Taylor, 36, of Smithdale Road, was charged with harassment against Eliz...

By Tom Davidson Trib Total Media News Wire Services The former Elizabeth borough police chief pleaded guilty to theft and other charges after he was accused of emptying the department’s evidence room ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A last ditch effort is underway to save the Coyle Theater, despite a demolition permit being issued last week to the contractor in charge of razing the site. Charler...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Despite an outcry on social media this week, relatively few concerned residents chose to confront Elizabeth Forward School District officials Wednesday in the wake of ...

By Stephen Huba Trib Total Media News Wire Services A consent order signed by a Fayette County judge on Wednesday prohibits the discharge of harmful effluent into the Monongahela River by a landfill a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District is using Lifetouch photography for its school portraits for the first time this year. The topic came up at Wednesday’s school board meeti...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nathanael Stevens, an area youth pastor, is one step closer to bringing a first-of-its kind sports team to the area — the Mon Valley Rowing Club. In September, Steve...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington County Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a female who was struck and killed by a train in Charleroi Tuesday night. Police, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward students were slated to head back to school Thursday, but that’s not going to happen. EF administrators and attorneys representing the district spent...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a train Tuesday night in Charleroi, according to reports from first responders. Police, fire and EMS officials were call...