By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen police received some unexpected gratitude last week, as a group of sixth-graders stopped by for a visit.   Monessen Middle School English language arts teac...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County judge on Thursday cut short the attempted murder and conspiracy trial of two Monessen men, saying damaging evidence against the defense was turned over too la...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Only three Mid-Mon Valley residents attended an ArcelorMittal Monessen community meeting Thursday, and two of them work at the coke plant. ArcelorMittal division manag...

By Megan Guza and Brian Rittmeyer A man on probation for assaulting a Penn Hills teenager broke into the girl’s home Wednesday and forced her into his car, prompting a statewide Amber Alert and search...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Following a successful inaugural event last year, North Belle Vernon’s Jazzy Boutique will host its second Glitter & Gold Gala next week.   With prom season approach...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania kicked off 2019 by acquiring or renewing accreditations for 21 academic degree programs.   Program accreditation is a quality-a...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Dedicated. Whether it be to his family, fellow firefighters or neighbors, that is how the Mon Valley will remember Carroll Township “Chief 63” Robert Greenlee, 65, w...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man was arrested after being caught with drugs by an off-duty Rostraver Township cop. Lance Elliot Robinson, 41, of Soles Street was arraigned Monday be...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com After many decades at its current location on Fallowfield Avenue, Citizen’s Bank in Charleroi will downsize and relocate to a different block in the Magic City. Work...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the identity of a man who died during a Tuesday night house fire in the Gallatin-Sunnyside section of Forwa...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Two of western Pennsylvania’s most “savage warriors” will represent the Mid-Mon Valley next month at the 2019 National Axe Throwing Championship in Toronto. James “F...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although it has been more than a week since high levels of sulfur dioxide have been detected at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works, Mon Valley residents are still cautione...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com At least one person is dead and two firefighters are recovering from injuries following a fast-moving blaze that damaged two homes in the Gallatin-Sunnyside section of...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley couple is accused of assaulting the man’s mother in Monongahela Friday. Sami Jo Lukach, 32, of Delaware Street, Monessen and Thomas Twigg, 41, of Vin...

By JILL RUNFOLA   For the Mon Valley Independent Protecting women against personal physical harm was the focus of a free self-defense seminar Sunday at Full Circle Karate in Monongahela.   Instructor ...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County judge refused to grant a mistrial or dismiss the cases against two men charged in connection with a shooting on a Monessen street despite defense attorneys al...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania State Police are warning residents to be alert for scams that may attempt to take advantage of the current federal government shutdown.     These scams ma...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent   Glassport officials are hoping to clean up the borough by making the garbage ordinance tougher. Resident Kate Handra said she walks through the bor...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man is behind bars after allegedly entering a Washington Avenue residence Sunday night and waiving a machete. Police said Prince Peters, 32, was threaten...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Koontz family of Donora has one less thing to worry about this week after the Mon Valley Sewage Authority Board voted to eliminate the past-due amount on thei...