There is a new furniture showroom in McKeesport, but it isn’t a store meant for the average shopper. In fact, it isn’t a place where you can spend money at all. An entire storefront and warehouse are ...

By JILL RUNFOLA For the Mon Valley Independemt With warmer weather on the horizon in a few months, North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park is gearing up for another busy event season. Recognized as a t...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors are finally making progress on replacing and repairing the municipal garage and its contents that were damaged by a fire in November...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An annual event aimed at making sure hungry families in White Oak and Versailles borough have food in their cupboards is slated for next month. The White Oak Police De...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Emergency crews responded to a landslide around 1 a.m. Tuesday on state Route 201 in Fayette City.   The slide, which occurred near Ricker’s Market, compromised a re...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Two buildings next to the Coyle Theater in Charleroi will soon come down.   Alliance Solicitor Todd Pappasergi said the demolition is expected to take about a month....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com All the school districts in the Mid-Mon Valley canceled classes today and most will be closed Thursday, but students in one district won’t have to make up these l...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board is still seeking candidates to fill its superintendent position.   Last month, board members narrowly approved initiating a “professio...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts Twin Coaches Jr. Stage Band is the most recent beneficiary of a mini-grant from the Mon Valley Alliance.   The $250 Town to Town ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Three Monessen men have been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court for their alleged roles in a November drug and gun bust.   Richard William Hatfield ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Four local state lawmakers are set to have a town hall public hearing next week to hear some of the concerns of area residents in regard to higher-than-normal exceedan...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Cougars Safety Alliance has officially completed its first project. Thanks to the group, which was established in October by staff member Mishelle McKi...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After sunshine and moderate temperatures on Monday, Mon Valley residents should get ready to bundle up as subzero conditions move in.   A hazardous weather outlook w...

By KAYLIE MOORE kmoore@yourmvi.com To gavel or not to gavel?   That’s the question Belle Vernon Area School Board President Lou Rood will ask himself when a meeting turns tumultuous.   On Monday, boar...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com At a hot chocolate stand that raised money for the McKeesport K-9 Unit held Sunday by 7-year-old Christy Park resident Peyton Estochin, Officer Nick Matthews gave an u...

Residents in California and surrounding areas were without water Monday morning as Pennsylvania American Water crews made emergency repairs on a leaking water main in Brownsville.   Customers along Wa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In a meeting last week, Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority board members voted to keep a bus stop in California borough at its new location, despite complaints from...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com   California University of Pennsylvania will celebrate “Black History Through the Decades” in February. The university will host a series of events, all of which are...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Peyton Estochin, a 7-year-old from McKeesport’s Christy Park neighborhood, says there isn’t a complicated story behind her inspiration to sell hot cocoa to raise money...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A fire early Sunday morning that destroyed an abandoned home in Charleroi appears to be suspicious, according to fire chief Bob Whiten Jr. Responding around 4 a.m. Sun...