By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen man was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly striking a juvenile with a glass bottle. Police were called to the 300 block of Indiana Avenue for a...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Police are searching for answers surrounding the death of a 22-year-old man whose body was found Saturday afternoon in a McKeesport garage. McKeesport first responde...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Awards in the Mid Mon Valley Cultural Trust’s annual art and photography competition have been announced.   Contestants who participated in this year’s competition h...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent Port Vue’s Romine Park resounded with laughter on Sunday as the borough celebrated its 25th Fun to Be a Kid Day.   The park was filled with a variety of amusements ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak police are asking for assistance from borough residents in trying to nab a group of people who are suspected of breaking into parked cars. The department has...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Native American re-enactor contends he was erroneously barred from Bushy Run Battlefield because of an alleged criminal incident that he said never happened. In a lawsuit filed i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man is accused of aggravated assault after police were called to remove his children from their home due to unsafe conditions. James S. Deshong, 53, of P...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two long-time friends will meet on the softball diamond tonight to benefit charity. Members of Club Serenity, a nonprofit recovery group in Charleroi, and local tatt...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com This year marks the crystal anniversary for “Voices Carry,” Auberle’s biggest fundraiser of the year.   Event organizers at Auberle’s main campus in Mc-Keesport are se...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Senior citizens who live in state Rep. Mike Puskaric’s district are encouraged to take advantage of a Seniors for Safe Driving program he is hosting. Puskaric represen...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Company is preparing for its annual community days festival. Set for Aug. 9 and 10, the family-friendly event has something for everyo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After years of neglect — and despite hope for revitalization — the Coyle Theater in Charleroi will be demolished. The Mon Valley Alliance, owner of the blighted buil...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Many thought the final curtain fell on the Coyle Theater in 1999. Though the theater hasn’t hosted guests in more than 20 years, for many the announcement of the dem...

By Tony LaRussa Trib Total Media News Wire Services A woman was arrested Wednesday, nearly two years after she allegedly supplied the drugs that caused a man to die from an overdose. Melanie Sphar, 43...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com Randy Marino got involved with PuppyUp when he lost his own pup to cancer at just 4 1/2 years old. Now, he’s working alongside other passionate volunteers in the ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Installing a parking lot might seem like a routine, mundane thing, but the Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport is having a ribbon cutting for a new one, and Director C...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s a summer celebration going on Saturday at Penn State Greater Allegheny and Mon Valley residents from near and far are invited to converge upon the McKeesport c...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Once again, Charleroi Area School Board Director Thomas Nutting is on a mission to collect pencils, tablets and other school supplies before the new school year star...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Feral cats are creating problems for residents in the Magic City — but hopefully not for much longer. To address this issue, Charleroi borough council is partnering ...

By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Spirits were high at Tuesday’s meeting of Elizabeth borough council, as Vice President Chad Rager’s motion to move forward into phase six of the waterfront revita...