By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man was charged this week after firing a gun at a group of teenagers whom he claims were trying to break into his house. Mustafa Musa, 74, of Locust Stree...

By Jim BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent Most of the programs at the McKeesport History and Heritage Center highlight the city’s past.   A recent program titled “The Past, Present and Future of the...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nearly 416,000 older homeowners, renters and people with disabilities across the state will be issued 2018 rebates this week. The Department of Revenue said rebates ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Garan Fennell Jr., 6, and his sister, Mila Lucia Fennell, 2, of Monessen jump enjoy a bounce house at Monday’s block party at the Monessen Library.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A state legislator has been calling for an audit of a grant organization in Washington County and next week he will speak publicly about his concerns. State Rep. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board made a slight change to its plans for a district-run police force last week. The board voted in May to create a police chief position and ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com One man was injured in a grease fire Monday in his Fallowfield Township home. Fallowfield Fire Company was called to the 100 block of Mary Ellen Street for a reporte...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department recently launched its community health survey.   The survey period runs through Oct. 4 and is part of the larger 2020 Community ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The multi-state Cash4Life Lottery game is now being held every night of the week. The change took effect July 1, and drawings have been moved to 9 p.m. The game’s $2...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department has announced that income guidelines for the PA Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program have increased....

By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Anyone who steps through the doors of Rostraver Public Library this summer will likely encounter some commotion.   Whether it’s a gaggle of babies perched on the ...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Dennis Halaszynski Sr., 88, was grinning from ear to ear as he “graduated” from McKeesport Area High School last week. But it wasn’t a typical graduation. Halaszynski,...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Library directors and board members in Washington County are singing the praises of the Washington County Community Foundation’s Community CARE Fund. Last week, the ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two people were injured in back-to-back crashes on Interstate 70 over the weekend in Fallowfield Township. Fallowfield Fire Company said numerous calls “poured” into...

By RON PAGLIA The late legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey might have included it in one of   his trademark “The Rest of the Story” episodes. Gary Strelick and Bill Morgan, however, are adding som...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, representatives from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and Pennsylvania State Police and many area fire department...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Bella Carroto and Addison Conrad, both 13, of Charleroi took to the pool at Pine Cove Beach Club to cool down when temperatures reached into the 90s Friday afte...

By Emily bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com A former long-time Charleroi resident died Thursday after contracting a flesh-eating disease while swimming in a Florida ocean, family members say.   Carolyn “Lyn...

By JAMIE MARTINES U.S. Steel will pay $2.7 million in fines from the Allegheny County Health Department related to 2018 air pollution violations at the Clairton Coke Works facility, according to a set...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen couple accused of abandoning two pit bulls in their home without food and water for an extended period of time will stand trial in Westmoreland County Cou...