By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Gardening season is far from over, even for people who have butterfly gardens. “There’s still much to be done in the garden,” said Mary Jane Hickman of White Oa...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Roller coasters, bumper cars and water slides might be the first thing you think of when amusement parks come to mind, but author and 2000 McKeesport Area Hi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Volunteer Fireman’s Association of Liberty borough is ushering in the autumn season this weekend. The annual Liberty Fall Festival kicked off Friday night and will...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new option for absentee voting will launch Monday, making the process easier for voters and area county election officers.   As part of Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to mak...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Once a majestic, bustling shopping destination that brought thousands of people to the South Hills and West Mifflin, Century III Mall now resembles a ghost t...

By the MV Independent Mon Valley Independent Managing Editor Stacy Wolford has announced several new additions to the newspaper staff and one promotion. Joining the editorial staff are reporters Emily...

By TOM DAVIDSON A third man wanted in connection with the investigation of a Monroeville woman whose body was found Thursday morning in a McKeesport park turned himself in to police Friday night, offi...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon nonprofit that provides students with access to free weekend food has received a donation from its youngest contributor to date. Nine-year-...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A few Mid-Mon Valley business owners were in the spotlight Thursday as they were honored at the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards banquet. In a c...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Residents of Aliquippa Avenue approached Monessen council Thursday night for help with a rat and rodent infestation. At least eight residents and neighbor...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora is once again looking for a new borough administrator. Council voted to hire Jerad Cypher of East Washington during last week’s special meeting, but Cypher...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Two people are in custody and Allegheny County homicide detectives are looking for a third person after a woman was found dead in McKeesport’s Renziehausen P...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Fayette County man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 51 in Rostraver Township Thursday morning after colliding with a Peterbilt truck.   According...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Port Vue man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 15 years imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal na...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An area church – and dozens of volunteers and organizations – are hoping to make a larger-than-life impact in the Magic City this weekend. The “Touch a Truck: Touch ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Another Washington Township meeting has once again left residents and Justice for Otto supporters frustrated. For nearly seven months, residents from area communitie...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Negotiations are continuing between the Elizabeth Forward School District and PA Coach Lines, with no disruption in bus transportation expected. The school dist...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Dunlevy man’s latest appeal of his 2011 murder conviction has been denied by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Robert Urwin Jr., 62, was found guilty of third...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Liberty borough council learned Wednesday that a stream embankment on Glenn Avenue, which empties into the Youghiogheny River, is going to need restored. Borough Engin...

By EMILY BENNETT DiLULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com When you walk into Vintage and Vines on Broad Avenue in North Belle Vernon, one of the first things you might take notice of is the sweet and semi-spicy a...