By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Different sides of the “same team” — and dozens of North Charleroi and Fallowfield Township residents — packed the township municipal building Tuesday night during a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Police Chief William Sombo is in his sixth month of rebuilding community trust in the Elizabeth borough police department. “I’m trying to restructure the police...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Faced with declining enrollment across most Mon Valley school districts and evolving expectations from students and parents, administrators are forced to ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills can add another accomplishment to its list of achievements. The borough was named among the top 10 safest cities in the state in the 2019 “Sa...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com The Ringgold Boosters are working to prepare for the organization’s annual Hall of Fame Banquet this fall. The banquet, the organization’s major fundraiser, will ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Stan Gordon has been investigating Bigfoot and UFO sightings ever since getting a transistor radio from his parents when he was 10 years old and hearing about u...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Florida company has stepped forward with a plan to save Charleroi’s Coyle Theater weeks after a demolition permit was issued. Mike McCarty, owner of MTI, a technol...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The 300 block of McKean Avenue was bustling Monday afternoon with residents who want to save — and demolish — the Coyle Theater. The push to save the Coyle was rekin...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Many Mon Valley-area districts have experienced a double-digits decrease in enrollment from the 1993-94 school year to 2018-19, and some are having issues...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department will hold two “Allegheny County Narcan Giveaway Days” this month. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 18, ACHD staff members will be in...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Starting on Jan. 1, Real ID will be needed for domestic flights and to enter federal buildings that require identification. However, that doesn’t mean state res...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It’s now easier for visitors to Mingo Cemetery in Finleyville to find some of the more famous names in the cemetery. Thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Washi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Music, good food, barbecue sauce, community and celebrating hardworking men and women.” That’s what Roberta Williams, one of the chefs cooking at the Robbie’s Ribs bo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When the Charleroi Little Great Race takes place next Saturday, four-month-old Layla Hynes will have just completed her eighth round of chemotherapy — and she will h...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area Middle School auditorium was bursting with color Friday afternoon during a kick-off event for the second annual Color Run. Charleroi Area Middle S...

By JIM BUSCH   For the MV Independent McKeesport residents will be able to meet some of the most interesting people in their city’s history.   From noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 21-22, costumed historical inte...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The statewide School Safety and Security Committee has endorsed a plan by Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, to create a subcommittee to explore the development of basel...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon man is being held at the Westmoreland County Prison without bail after being arrested by state police for failing to register as a sex offender. ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The owner of Rhythm House Studios in Charleroi will open the facility to the public for the first time this weekend. Bob Arthurs II, who also serves as executive pro...

By EMILY BENNETT dilullo ebennett@yourmvi.com More parents than ever are choosing to not vaccinate their children because of medical, religious or philosophical reasons in Western Pennsylvania.   The ...