By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Dari Durigon, who describes herself as a picky vegetarian, wasn’t sure she could find something to her liking at Pho Valley, a new Vietnamese restaurant i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man is accused of aggravated assault after allegedly punching a Charleroi volunteer firefighter during a call the department assisted with on Sunday.   T...

By TAYLor brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Donora man charged following a string of burglaries at local businesses last year is facing new charges after allegedly retaliating against a victim involved in th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One McKeesport man is dead and another is in Allegheny County Jail following a Friday night shooting in the city and a police chase that followed. Allegheny County 911...

By tAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A long-standing tradition in the Magic City will be a little more old school this year. In past years, Charleroi Community Days — a weekend long festival — was a reg...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students and families from the McKeesport Area School District had the chance to tour Tube City Center last week. The visit was one of the stops on the MASD Roaring Re...

By Rich Cholodofsky   Westmoreland County commissioners will vote today on a proposal to allow the county transit authority to serve as its own bus operator. Authority board members endorsed the move ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A unique show is being staged at the McKeesport Little Theater this week, and it isn’t costing the theater a dime to put it on for audiences. “Love, Loss and What I Wo...

By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com The write-in votes cast in Allegheny County in the 2019 primary have been tabulated and though little has changed in most races, one has seen a major shift. In ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lawmakers in Harrisburg gave final approval to a bipartisan package of bills this week that will better ensure the rights of crime victims and provide stronger protect...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Summer Food Service Program officially kicked off this week, and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank has announced several locations to get free meals in th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office has added the name of a man suspected of living in Elizabeth Township to the list of alleged fugitives deemed “high priority” by ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley-based state lawmaker will take part Monday in the 100th anniversary commemoration of women gaining the right to vote. Pennsylvania’s original document rat...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Zion Baptist Church will offer free, confidential HIV and AIDS testing later this month in recognition of National HIV Testing Day. First observed on June 2...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny Land Trust is again encouraging nature enthusiasts who live in the Mon Valley to lace up their boots, get outside and lend a hand in helping improve the ...

By BETH Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent The South Allegheny school board approved a budget this week that includes a 1.64-mill tax increase. The school board adopted a 2019-20 budget of $24.5 milli...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County has announced a motorcycle run that will benefit the residents of Kane Community Living Centers in McKeesport, Glen Hazel and Ross and Scott Townships...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Nancy Shelton of Mon Yough Community Services is “all smiles this week” thanks to a McKeesport man who provided last-minute funding for a summer camp program that was ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board passed a “fair budget” that includes a tax increase of 2/10ths of a mill in a 7-1 vote Wednesday. “Our budget increase was a lot less than d...

By Joe Napsha Emergency responders rescued occupants of a vehicle surrounded by flood waters around midnight Wednesday, according to dispatches from the Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety...