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...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Public Utility Commission announced Friday that Pennsylvania’s natural gas tax generated more than a quarter-billion dollars in revenue last year — the highest i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Before getting down to business during Tuesday’s meeting, Charleroi Area School Board directors and administrators took a few moments to honor two men who are making...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded $205,000 in Environmental Education grants Friday. There were 45 projects that received funding to ad...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Legislation introduced by state Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, to permit hunting on three Sundays passed the Senate this week in a 36-14 vote. “This is an incredibly...

By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com An ever-expanding sinkhole in Rostraver Township has caused repeated problems for motorists and surrounding businesses, according to Debbie Bobin, manager of T W ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko joined four community organizations and several teenagers Thursday to talk about ways to reduce gun violence in the city. McKeesport ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After agreeing to take another look at a budget that would raise taxes last week, Monessen School Board passed the same 2019-20 spending plan during a special meetin...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center’s board is on a mission to help spread the word that there is a possibility of bringing life back to the historic Pen...