By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com California Area School District students set a record this year by raising more than $11,000 through a Pennies for Patients fundraiser. From Feb. 3 to 21, students a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A team of middle school students in the Elizabeth Forward School District won two honors in the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” video competition. “They wo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A 19-year-old man was listed in critical condition Sunday night following a shooting earlier that day in McKeesport. Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Depart...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The days of civil rights activists being killed for attempting to register black voters may be in the past, but there are still ways in which minorities are bei...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Most 13-year-olds won’t be popping bottles at their birthday party, but that isn’t the case for Anne Josephs. Don’t worry, she isn’t breaking any laws. Josephs, a Be...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Rep. Austin Davis resigned from his position this week as vice chairman of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee. Davis, a McKeesport resident, represents th...

For the MVI Elizabeth Township Historical Society will host “A Speakeasy Night” to note the start of Prohibition 100 years ago. This “fun-raising” and fundraising event   will be held at 6:30 p.m. Mar...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media The balance of political power in Rostraver Township shifted recently when two of the township’s commissioners changed their political affiliations from Democrat t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Members of the Doora Street Department spent Thursday clearing trash and debris from a yard in Cement City after Mayor Jim McDonough declared the site a public ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Charleroi Area School District are being disciplined after creating a “fight club” page on social media. Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich said two parent...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A colorful sign now sits alongside Interstate 70 near the Smithton exit, calling attention to a tragic story. Many who pass it might not realize the loss that caused...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Characters from the beloved author Dr. Seuss will be on hand at the Pleasant Hills Public Library on Saturday. The Cat in the Hat, the Lorax and Thing One an...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Monongahela-based photographer Rich Pantaleo presented a series of photographs he’s taken of abandoned mines along the Monongahela River Wednesday at First Presby...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny students who are in science-based majors recently learned their educational experience is getting an upgrade. Last Friday, the Penn State ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A handful of Carroll Township residents turned up for Wednesday’s public hearing about keeping chickens and bees in residential areas. Of those five people, only ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A business soon to call the Alta Vista business park home in Fallowfield Township is still a mystery. Supervisors hoped the developers would announce the name of the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board unanimously voted to hire a new business manager at Wednesday’s meeting. Joan Wehner will officially take over the position of business ma...

Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson’s Noah Pierce leaves the court after the Jaguars lost to Laurel Highlands in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals Tuesday night.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It was a night of changes for the Elizabeth borough police force Tuesday as one new officer was sworn in, resignations were accepted for two part-time officers ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Crisis Intervention Team was at Belle Vernon Area High School Tuesday after the unexpected death of a student. In a letter sent to parents and guardians Tuesday, P...