By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Kim Leasure is a puzzler, she likes to figure things out and solve problems. Her role as a chemistry teacher at Ringgold High School gives her a chance to work th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The 2018 Mid-Mon Valley Toys for Tots campaign will really kick into gear now that Thanksgiving is in the rear view. Wally Fronzaglio of Donora has organized the ...

By Renatta Signorini Monessen police used a ring left behind at a cemetery to identify a suspect believed to have urinated in a mausoleum building and used a screwdriver to deface several chairs, acco...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com A bridge connecting lower Speers and Charleroi has been reopened after more than a month of construction. Work on the Route 88 bridge on McKean Avenue, which spans ...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com An elderly Duquesne man was the victim of a Thanksgiving eve tragedy on the Duquesne-McKeesport Bridge. County 911 received multiple calls that traffic on the bridge w...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents are encouraged to get into the holiday spirit by entering  North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park’s second annual decorating contest. Open last...

For the MVI Since 1982, Marsha Gibson admittedly never thought caregiving would be a lifetime profession. But it is a task that has become an integral part of her life. She has been attending the care...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Families in need in the Mid-Mon Valley will have a helping hand this holiday season thanks to a longtime tradition. The Mon Valley Independent is carrying on the ...

By KAYLIE MOORE kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen council’s Wednesday meeting turned tumultuous during discussion of the city’s recent settlement with ArcelorMittal. In a consent decree issued through the D...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board members have indicated an interest in taking a closer look at the RAMS Alternative Education Program. RAMS offers students with behavioral i...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for a Rostraver Township man accused of causing an accident while driving drunk that injured a child. Rostraver Township police ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For about a year, eagle-eyed patients, volunteers and employees of UPMC McKeesport have been questioning where a giant T-Rex statue that was located in the hospital’s ...

By Bob Pajich For the MVIndependent Glassport residents will see a $4 increase in their sewage bills next year. “We can’t continue to operate the sewage plant at $21 a month,” said council president E...

IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR , and 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 Independent was a key driver in the...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com  Tom was never supposed to end up as dinner. But, for one local farming family, they were left with no choice after the once-friendly turkey turned aggressive. Tara ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com In the spirit of Thanksgiving, members of the First Presbyterian Church of Belle Vernon invited Mid-Mon Valley residents to gather together for a Food and Fellowship...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport police recently learned of 250 families that either live in the city or worship there who couldn’t afford to go grocery shopping for Thanksgiving. With that...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough officials have gone to efforts to ensure no citizen in the borough or surrounding communities spend Thanksgiving alone. The borough’s police and fi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A main thoroughfare that connects Glassport to Liberty borough by way of Port Vue is down to one lane because of a partial road collapse. The cause of a sinkhole on Wa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As the old holiday song by Al Stillman and Robert Allen says “there’s no place like home for the holidays.” And this Thanksgiving, whether you are the man who lives in...