By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The organizers of last year’s inaugural Great Allegheny Passage Trail Relay race say it was such a success that they are bringing it back for a second year. Runners wi...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Almost 100 new state troopers will soon begin patrols — several in the Mon Valley.   Acting Commissioner Robert Evanchick announced Friday that 96 cadets graduated i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A three-year-old boy had to be taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Monday afternoon after falling through ice and into an a large pond filled with cold wat...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man is behind bars after being accused of holding a woman against her will and sexually assaulting her for nearly 48 hours last week.   Ryan Walker, 44, ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com More than $18 million in grant funding will be used to reduce homelessness in McKeesport, Pittsburgh and surrounding areas. The Allegheny County Department of Hum...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After only six months after relocating to John K. Tener Library in Charleroi, a children’s clothing ministry has nearly doubled its outreach and has found a new home...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent Local elected officials, community leaders and interested citizens gathered for a community mixer Friday to celebrate the McKeesport Community Fund’s first year of ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com   The University of Pittsburgh’s Small Business Development Center will soon offer Mid-Mon Valley business owners and entrepreneurs a chance to expand their efforts....

By RON PAGLIA His name may not ring a bell with many people — except, of course, for his descendants — but Dr. William D. Hunter holds a unique place in Monessen history. It was nearly 106 years ago —...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com It has been more than a year since Francesca Fronzaglio has been able to enjoy watching a football game from the comfort of her couch, but she wouldn’t change a thin...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com As snow and freezing rain swept through the Mon Valley early Friday morning, several area schools were closed and drivers were left to navigate slippery conditions. ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com It will be a busy year on top of the hill at Alta Vista Business Park in Fallowfield Township.   The Mon Valley Alliance announced at the end of 2018 that two new bu...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Elected officials are preparing to help residents complete 2018 Property Tax/Rent Rebate applications. State Rep. Justin Walsh, R-Westmoreland, announced Friday that...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Calling all dog lovers! The annual Puppy Up Walk returns to Monessen this fall.   Following a successful inaugural event in 2018, event organizer Randy Marino hopes ...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Rostraver Township man will serve up to five years in jail for driving drunk when he collided with another vehicle in which a young child rode as a passenger. John Summers, 47, p...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com An arrest warrant was issued Friday for a Carmichaels man accused of raping a 9-year-old girl in a Belle Vernon borough residence.   Donald Ray Huffman II, 29, of Ol...

By Paul Peirce and Renatta Signorini A propane tank being hauled in a tractor-trailer exploded Thursday, shutting down Interstate 70 eastbound for four hours in Westmoreland County and snarling traffi...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township landlord avoided arrest this week by paying more than $23,000 in fines to multiple Washington County municipalities.   Debra Hardy, owner of A &...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Less than a month into his new role as director of operations for the Mon Valley Alliance, Ben Brown — and the Mid Mon Valley Council of Governments — is ready to hi...

By Jamie Martines U.S. Steel is anticipating $40 million in costs during the first quarter of 2019 related to the Dec. 24 fire at Clairton Coke Works, according to earnings reports released Wednesday....