SEVERAL AREA SCHOOLS are about to reopen, and all will be in session by the end of the month. That means much more activity in the mornings as thousands of children around the Valley head off to schoo...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Patients at a troubled Donora personal care home were forced to begin evacuating Saturday. Last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services issued multiple ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen officials have failed to comply with a request made by the Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General regarding the city’s new pension fund manager, and...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Parents in the McKeesport Area School District will be spend tomorrow morning waking their kids up, helping them load their backpacks and begging them not to miss thei...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton man is accused of causing an accident that resulted in the amputation of his girlfriend’s arm. State police at the Uniontown barracks on Saturday charg...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the third time, the starting date of construction scheduled on a bridge connecting Speers and Charleroi has been postponed. Construction on the Route 88 bridge o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport was among nine Allegheny County-based municipalities, organizations or programs that made presentations Monday to the Regional Asset District bo...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man accused last week of accepting payment for carpet installation services that he never performed faces new accusations. Last week, Charles D. Sleit...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Council held a lengthy public hearing prior to Monday’s council meeting to consider adding six homes to this year’s demolition list. The homes are located at...

Pennsylvania is near the top of another list that it would rather not be on. A recent report from the financial website 24/7 Wall Street with the provocative title of “States That Are Falling Apart” r...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Dark clouds loomed above North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park before Saturday’s event honoring the lives of 61 young people who recently died. However, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The transformation of a lot at the corner of Meadow Avenue and Fifth Street in Charleroi is nearly complete thanks to a labor of love and collaboration of community ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Students in the California Area School District head back to the classroom Wednesday, and new programs await them across all grade levels. According to Superinten...

By BOB PAJICH For The MV Independent The floors are polished, rule sheets laminated and the buses are gassed up and ready to deliver South Allegheny School District students for the first day of schoo...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Fans of the mysterious, unexplained and downright strange are invited to a one-of-a-kind program at Monessen Public Library. World-renowned Bigfoot and UFO expert St...

THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR from the state to local governments: Don’t expect us to clean up your mess. That was the answer we found as we contacted state officials in search of a remedy for the continuing p...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Despite some Monessen residents voicing concerns to state legislators, the removal of two city officials is unlikely. State Sen. Pat Stefano, R-Bullskin Township, sa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Dozens of area veterans packed White Oak Park’s Magnolia Pavilion on Friday for a veterans appreciation cookout. The White Oak Vet Center invited veterans who served i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area students – 1,501 of them to be exact – will head back to school on Thursday for the start of the 2018-19 school year. Enrollment is up from last year ...

By Matt Petras F or the Mon Valley Independent Cortney Daugherty studies communication disorders as a graduate student at California University of Pennsylvania and never had much of an interest in his...