By Jim Busch For the Mon Valley Independent Most community gardens were created to provide their caretakers with fresh vegetables, but the oldest public garden in the Mon Valley is dedicated to the pr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington Township family of a German Shepard killed in February – and a group of supporters who have since rallied around them – still have no answers nearly s...

By the MVI Nearly 2,500 residents in the Elizabeth and McKeesport ar- eas will be without power temporarily later this month. On Wednesday, West Penn Power announced a planned power outage for areas i...

John “Daggo” DeRosa Jr., 65, of Bentleyville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, surrounded by his loving family at Concordia Hospice Donnell House of Washington after a battle with ca...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A verbal spat between state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, and Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency board member Mark Alterici followed Cook’s kickoff ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man who has been wanted for more than a month for allegedly killing a man in Wilkinsburg is in Allegheny County Jail. McKeesport police arrested Triq Peek...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Duquesne man has been arrested in connection with an incident outside a McKeesport bar that left one man to suffer a gunshot wound, and resulted in stray bullets dam...

By Emily bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners informed a community business owner and employee Tuesday that its “hands were tied” concerning serious flooding on Route 51 as th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board hired a new superintendent last year and she hit the ground running, bringing in new ways to look at education. Superintendent Megan Marie V...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com PennDOT marked the 30th anniversary of its Adopt-A-Highway program Tuesday. The program, in which volunteers “adopt” highways to collect litter, currently has more t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Additional opportunities for residents to get rid of unwanted electronics have been added in Rostraver Township. Electronic recycling drop-off days will be held from...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent These three girls looked at the world upside down while playing at the Charleroi Elementary Playground Monday evening. From left are Eden Wright, 8, of Fallowfi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Fayette City woman is accused of animal cruelty after her dog allegedly died from the heat. Leighann Pomplas, 27, of Coates Way, Fayette City, faces several fel...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Washington Township man is accused of assaulting a woman and then calling police to report he was the one who was attacked.   Anthony Krivda, 39, of Summers Str...

By Emily bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Forward Township police Chief Travis Stoffer is getting good reviews from supervisors for his first month serving as code enforcement and ordinance officer, but a...

By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Last summer, three “Church Pierogi Ladies” were on the streets of Monessen, pumping gas and bagging groceries to promote the Epiphany of Our Lord Parish’s summer ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Steve French picked up reading at a young age. By age 9 or 10, he was already reading about biblical and Roman history, among other topics. Soon enough, he became...

By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com A Glassport building has deteriorated into a state of near collapse as a result of this weekend’s storms, according to Mayor Keith DiMarco. DiMarco said the build...

By Emily bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com A White Oak family was caught in a 7.1 magnitude earthquake Friday night while vacationing in Las Vegas.   Brian Dzurenda, baseball and cross country coach at Ser...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Career and Technology Center students are proving once again what it means to be a part of the wolf pack by using their crafts to benefit their community....