By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A New Eagle man accused of striking his neighbor with a baseball bat over the weekend has been released from the Washington County Correctional Facility after postin...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County judge Tuesday rejected a defense bid to have the case dismissed against a Monessen man charged with conspiracy in connection with a 2017 shooting. Defense att...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In its first month, a threat-reporting system required for all Pennsylvania schools has fielded nearly 5,000 tips. About a third of the tips submitted via the Saf...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s condemnation list was once again the main topic at the borough’s council meeting on Monday. At its August meeting, council gave six people who own homes in...

For the Mon Valley Independent When Sam Crawford arrived at the Monongahela Senior Center on a recent Friday he was greeted with a surprise — a homemade, two-layer Valentine’s Day cake with red hearts...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com When #1 Cochran purchased Bob Massie Toyota, CEO Rob Cochran vowed to carry on the legacy of the dealership’s late former owner, Robert “Bob” Massie Jr., by being a be...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent The McKeesport History and Heritage Center invited the public to its Renziehausen Park museum for a special Black History Month presentation. More than 50 l...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area High School students may have an advantage in an upcoming robotics competition, thanks to a visit last week from U.S. Army soldiers.   BVA STEM tea...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Anything goes around the card table, except gossip. For the past 68 years, every other Wednesday a group of Roscoe women have gathered for their bi-monthly euchre ga...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Gray Paws Sanctuary of White Oak co-founder Darla Poole Brescia isn’t much of a gambler, but said she will “gladly facilitate it for the old dogs.” That’s why Gray Paw...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council had the first reading of amendments to several ordinances to implement a municipal recycling program and to prohibit leaf waste disposal....

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent The McKeesport History and Heritage Center is marking Presidents Day with a month-long celebration of the Tube City’s ties to our country’s leaders.   This ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An old house that sat on the property of Equipment Connection & Party Rental Co. on Tyrol Boulevard in Rostraver Township was demolished following a fire early Friday ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen Councilman Anthony Orzechowski came under fire Thursday for his denial of an alleged gender pay gap in Monessen.   Resident Donald Gregor took issue with Or...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two McKeesport women were allegedly sliced with a knife during an altercation this week. Cynthia Mareene Wilson, 56, of Beaver Street, McKeesport, was charged with two...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Authority of the Borough of Charleroi received good news Friday.   Water tests completed Thursday came back negative for bacteria. If tests completed Friday have...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area High School students continue to work toward becoming impactful leaders through the Emerging Leadership program’s latest partnership.   Launched in...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several area school districts, through a collaborative effort, are aiming to develop a state-wide model for STEM education using a nearly half a million dollar grant...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com No students were injured when a Belle Vernon Area school bus was hit from behind Thursday morning while it was stopped to pick up a student just outside of North Belle...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen council introduced a proposed ordinance Thursday that could subject elected officials to fines for missed meetings.   Solicitor Joseph R. Dalfonso drafted t...