By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com A North Charleroi couple have both been charged after an argument over a dog toy allegedly became physical on Monday. Heather A. McGuire, 43, and John. J. Kossar, 4...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Longtime Director Roberta Bergstedt will head the Monessen School Board next year. With more than a decade of board experience, Bergstedt, the former vice president,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission has upheld the majority of its findings against a former Donora borough councilman. In a consent agreement reached with t...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Lou Rood will remain president of the Belle Vernon Area School Board next year. At a reorganization meeting Monday, Rood was re-elected as president of the school b...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Rostraver man is accused of trying to run from the mental health unit at Mon Valley Hospital, allegedly assaulting several people along the way. According to Ca...

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE , but Christmas is three weeks from today. We are once more calling on our readers to help needy children in the Mid-Mon Valley. The Christmas Cheer Club at the former Valley Inde...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com One year after their Christmas album filled many homes with holiday cheer, Kristy Ochs’ fifth-grade students are making music once again. Ochs, a music teacher at Ce...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley attorney was recognized for his decades-long dedication to his community by the Washington County Bar Association. Herman J. Bigi, a partner of Bigi & W...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man turned himself in Friday night, telling police he’d shot and killed a man that afternoon. Eben Brown, 46, was charged with homicide and was lodge...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area Middle School teacher Chad Pappasergi has one hope for his students: to become better, caring people through his lessons. That hope was confirmed rece...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This year’s Christmas House Decorating Contest participants are about to get pumped up. The second annual contest, organized by Monongahela Area Revitalization Co...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Not all is merry and bright in Monessen, as taxpayers could receive a major tax increase for Christmas this year. City council approved advertisement of its 2019 pro...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A 74-year-old Sewickley Township man is accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled 24-year old woman. Wayne E. Smith was charged by state police with rape of...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com For the second consecutive day, a parole violation led to a major drug and weapons bust for Monessen police. Officer Jeffrey Smaracheck said he was once again contac...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Moments after receiving a prestigious accolade Thursday, Correlle Brands announced a $16 million project to upgrade the World Kitchen facility in Charleroi. Corelle...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com An unidentified resident of Kane Community Living Center in McKeesport has died after possibly being exposed to an unknown substance. Allegheny County spokesman Brent ...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com A Fallowfield Township man who allegedly broke the hand of a state trooper and injured several others who were attempting to take him into custody earlier this mont...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Mon Valley parents are wanted by police after allegedly leaving their 10-month-old baby unattended earlier this month. Jordan L. Nixon, 21, of Washington and Al...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com This weekend, local architecture and home design buffs who have spent their lives admiring “the big beautiful homes” around the Mid-Mon Valley will have their chance t...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Carnegie Science Center recently unveiled the latest historic installation of its annual Miniature Railroad & Village exhibit: Cement City in Donora. The new model of...