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...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com World AIDS Day is Saturday, but Mon Valley residents are being encouraged to head to McKeesport today to help spread awareness, get educated and get tested. The HIV/AI...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A routine parole visit led to the seizure of 19 firearms, drugs and other contraband and the arrests of three Monessen men. Monessen police charged Richard William H...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield township supervisors aren’t sure how long it will be before they are able to replace everything lost in a garage fire two weeks ago, but in the meantime ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council voted to approve a preliminary 2019 budget in a special meeting Wednesday morning. The draft version of the spending plan shows a $31,296...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Harvest Bounty Program, a weekend food program in the Charleroi Area School District, received a donation Tuesday from a community organization. Launched in spri...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com At next week’s regular meeting, McKeesport Area school board will discuss the possibility of restructuring its board meeting schedule for the remainder of the 2018-19 ...

When Gov. Wolf thinks someone is taking too much money from the public, that’s a good sign that things are out of control. Wolf, who has proposed a series of tax hikes on Pennsylvania residents and na...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com In Debra Soltis’ classroom, it’s all about the books. Soltis, a third-grade teacher at Rostraver Elementary, has found a way to get her students excited about readin...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The race in the 49th Legislative District remains unsettled as one candidate claims errors were made by the Washington County Board of Elections. Steve Toprani, D...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Crashes throughout Pennsylvania increased by more than 13 percent over the Thanksgiving holiday, according to a report released Tuesday. State police investigated 1...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com For the past few years, it has been a trend in the United States to celebrate Giving Tuesday on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. The unofficial holiday follows the ...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District is taking another step toward school safety thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Under th...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton man was arrested after allegedly threatening his roommates with a knife and beating his brother. Stephen Levi Wilson, 23, of North Second Street was ch...

THE JOB OF A FIRST RESPONDER isn’t easy. Police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel are called upon 24/7 to take care of the public safety needs of others. And there’s no time clock...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Each holiday season, the McKeesport Model Railroad Club holds its Holiday Open House to welcome visitors from around the Mon Valley to see what’s new and exciting alon...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Members of the Belle Vernon Area School District administration have joined the fight to reform public school funding and are calling on their colleagues and communi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Pricedale man is behind bars after allegedly locking himself inside a house in North Charleroi over the weekend after an argument with his girlfriend. Myles K. Lis...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Mon Valley organizations are the newest recipients of mini-grants thanks to a local economic development organization. The Mon Valley Alliance recently awarded t...

By staff reports Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials placed a former parish leader, who served for years in Charleroi and Monongahela, on administrative leave following an allegation of sexual ab...