By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Parks are encouraging Mon Valley residents to take advantage of several new summer programs that are taking place at Round Hill and White Oak parks. T...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Willow Bond, 11, and Taylor Stark, 7, both of Rostraver Township, take notes and write down data regarding their bean project the Growing With Gardens series at...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Early risers were greeted Thursday morning with flash-flood warnings from the National Weather Service of Pittsburgh for parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A woman whose dog was killed nearly six months ago is allegedly being harassed by a neighbor who is involved in the investigation. Michael Zadrozny was cited for har...

By Tom Davidson A McKeesport woman was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for suffocating her 17-month-old son because she thought her boyfriend was cheating on her. Christian Clark, 24, won’t be el...

For the MV Independent A portion of state Route 51 in Elizabeth will temporarily close this weekend. On Thursday, PennDOT District 11 announced a weekend closure of northbound Route 51 approaching the...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Smithton woman accused of stealing $38,000 from a truck following bingo at an area fire department in February will stand trial in Washington County Court. Darla R...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Effective July 20, anxiety disorders and Tourette syndrome will be approved serious medical conditions in the medical marijuana program, Dr. Rachel Levine, secretary o...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Taking a break after attaching pool noodles and Hula Hoops to the ceiling in Monongahela Area Library’s activity room to prepare for the day’s paper airplane even...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora has agreed to a cooperation agreement that will bring $1 million to an expanding borough company. In October, the state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Pr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Increased permitting and inspection efficiency were highlighted in the 2018 Oil and Gas Annual Report released Wednesday by the state Department of Environmental Pro...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Voices were raised and things got a little heated at Wednesday’s Monongahela city council meeting. D.J. Fogiato, the praise and worship service coordinator at Fir...

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...