By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Smithton man is lodged in Westmoreland County Correctional Facility after allegedly choking the mother of his child Saturday. Charles Szabo Jr., 41, of Boy Scou...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Parishioners of McKeesport’s various ethnic congregations spent Monday toiling away in church kitchens across the city and at Stephen Barry Field in Renziehausen Park....

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A little more than two months into his role as code enforcement officer, Forward Township police Chief Travis Stoffer is being commended by supervisors for a job wel...

By Jim Busch For the MV Independent A picturesque farm off a well-traveled area of Elizabeth Township will receive a prestigious state honor this week. The Vaira farm, located at the intersection of r...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Nineteen-year-old Isaiah Rhone has thought about many career paths.   He entertained the idea of becoming a chef and owning a restaurant, joining the Coast G...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 50-year-old Charleroi man who was allegedly found passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle Friday is being held in Washington County Correctional Facility in ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com First responders with Central Volunteer Fire Company of Elizabeth Township no longer have to worry about wearing gear that might be contaminated with cancer-causing ma...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monongahela man is accused of making terroristic threats to at least three of his neighbors last week. Edward John Poroda Jr., 60, of Young Street is charged with ...

By Christine Haines For the MV Independent Anyone with a sweet tooth would have been happy Sunday in Monongahela as the city established a new Guinness world record Sunday for the world’s largest wedd...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport officials honored the late musician Jimmy Beaumont on Sunday by making sure his name is forever etched in the city’s history. With his wife, Ann Carol Beaum...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s still time to sign up for a golf outing that will benefit the McKeesport K-9 unit. The event will be held at 10 a.m. Sept. 13 at Westwood Golf Club in West Mif...

Clay Kilgore, director of the Washington County Historical Society, led a group of rebellious farmers Saturday as they marched toward Whiskey Point in Monongahela during the city’s 250th anniversary p...

By RON PAGLIA That time-honored theory of “Better late than never” might be appropriate today as we fulfill a request from those ever-faithful 19 readers who actually follow this weekly offering. “You...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The FBI will assist with an investigation into five area bomb threats Thursday night, including Monongahela Valley Hospital. All five organizations received multiple c...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In 1969, a 14-year-old Eric Bugaile attended the burial of a time capsule in Chess Park at the close of Monongahela’s bicentennial celebration. At the last minute...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The board of Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport celebrated a ribbon cutting for its new parking lot Friday. The board revealed during the ceremony that creating the l...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Passengers who ride Port Authority of Allegheny County’s Y46 Elizabeth Flyer are set to see some schedule changes that will take effect Sept. 1. Port Authority adjusts...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Donora man is accused of aggravated assault of his child after “violently” spanking his daughter last month. Cedric Sutton, 31, of Fifth Street, is charged with ag...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent Local officials and invited guests celebrated the completion of a new trolley platform and a pedestrian bridge connecting it to the Washington County Fairgrounds Fr...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen native Nikki Williams was attracted to Penn State as a college student because of the university’s THON, an annual fundraiser that helps families dealing...