By tAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A celebration was held Monday at Douglas Education Center to mark the opening of a new massage therapy facility. The program, which is now accepting students, will b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen police received several reports of a black bear in the city on Saturday.   Chief Jim Smith said the calls started coming in around noon from residents who s...

By tAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Donora man has been charged following a police chase in the borough Saturday. Marquis A. Carlock, 32, of Waddell Avenue is charged with aggravated assault, flight ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Some days of animal rescue are tougher than others, according to White Oak Animal Safe Haven founder Ina Jean Marton. WOASH, a no-kill shelter located on Lincoln Way, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Forward Township police Chief Travis Stoffer will be taking on added responsibilities. Supervisors Thomas DeRosa, Dave Magiske and Ron Skrinjorich unanimously voted du...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District learned recently that it will be receiving grant money from the state for after-school programs through the Cohort 10 program. State Se...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Since 1992, Random House Publishing’s “Junie B. Jones” children’s book series has been a favorite of elementary school-aged kids and families. The books, written by Ba...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent About 20 years ago, Chris Mackowski, vacationing with his family in Washington, D.C., needed to find something to do with his daughter. Figuring she would enjoy r...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A “new and exciting opportunity” awaits patrons of The Carnegie Library of McKeesport who cannot afford a summer vacation, according to Director Colleen Denne. “If you...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport Recreation Board held its annual fishing derby Saturday, with all the kids enrolled paying 50 cents to be able to cast their rods in hopes of ca...

By Kristie linden klinden@yourmvi.com A four-day party is planned for Monongahela’s 250th anniversary in August. The Monongahela 250 nonprofit members, President Laura Magone, Vice President Susan Bow...

By tAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District Education Foundation has reached its biggest goal yet.   The foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides financial suppor...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of McKeesporters “jammed out” Friday by the Youghiogheny River. They were there to the hear musical stylings of recent Serra Catholic High School graduate John...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lt. David Petruski says the officers of the Port Vue Police Department like to be involved with their community, and make an effort to create positive relationships wi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “The laundromat is the last place you would expect to find a library,” Versailles Mayor Jim Fleckenstein said Friday as he stood outside Olympia Coin Laundry. “But, I’...

By   RICH CHOLODOFSKY   The patriarch of a White Oak family charged last summer with operating a multi-county illegal gambling ring contends the criminal case against him should be dismissed for a lac...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Animal Safe Haven founder Ina Jean Marton joked Friday night that a group of dogs and their “forever families” had “a latte fun” at the “Yappy Happy Hour.” M...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Grandview Estates, a senior living facility in Elizabeth, recently expanded, adding a new memory care wing for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. “It feels lik...

By Megan Guza A Glassport man pleaded guilty Friday to taking his two pit bulls to the borough dump last year and shooting them, leaving one dead and one wounded. Quincy Cowans pleaded guilty to multi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com South Allegheny School Board accepted the resignation of longtime director Tim Wackowski during a special meeting Thursday. Directors Shawn DeVerse, Pete Miller, Bryan...