By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Fourth-seeded Charleroi’s matchup with No. 5 Mohawk Friday night in the WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinals will feature two eerily similar programs. Emerging as playoff-ca...

Valley Scenes Valley Scenes is an old idea with a new concept.   The Mon Valley Independent wants you to submit your photos daily for publication on the digital e-edition.  Please submit your photo's ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the third consecutive year, Mon Valley community members will join California of Pennsylvania University students onstage and behind the scenes for its holiday p...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Public Library is mourning the loss of its reading therapy dog, Nugget. A beloved member of the library family, Nugget made regular visits to help children...

By KRISTIE LINDEN and KAYLIE MOORE klinden@yourmvi.com kmoore@yourmvi.com Officials throughout the Mid-Mon Valley are expecting a larger-than-normal turnout for today’s midterm elections. David Voye, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com  Monessen School Board is hoping to continue allowing use of its facilities for the Monessen Youth Basketball Association, but there are some kinks to be worked out....

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen woman is accused of stabbing her husband, who was also the victim of a 2017 shooting, during an argument early Saturday in their home. Monessen police cha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Drilling for oil, gas and Marcellus Shale has been a touchy subject among Elizabeth Township residents who have attended commissioners’ meetings over the past year. On...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport native Lauren Bairnsfather, director of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh, is calling on Mon Valley residents to join the Pittsburgh Jewish community in ce...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Sometimes, comfort food is necessary. For the police officers and first responders of Pittsburgh’s Zone 4, the week following the shooting at Tree of Life Synagog...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Eight local players were named to the girls’ All-WPIAL team when the league announced its selections last week. Half of those are representatives of one team. To r...

By the Mon Valley Independent The WPIAL has set the sites for football quarterfinals (5A and 2A) and semifinals (4A). The Mon Valley still has three representatives alive in the hunt for WPIAL gold. T...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When we had the idea to go live with the Mon Valley Independent sports webcasts, one of the ideas we had was to bring our all-star announcement live to our audienc...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “The shooter at Tree of Life is not merely crazy, he is a coward.” That’s what Temple B’Nai Rabbi Paul Tuchman told people who attended an interfaith service Saturday ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Incumbent Republican Bud Cook will square off tomorrow against Democrat Steve Toprani in the race for the House seat in the 49th Legislative District. Cook, of We...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The death of a Charleroi woman who was found dead along Twilight Hollow Road in Twilight Borough early Saturday morning is being investigated as a hit and run. Wanet...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Tim Litvin and The Nature Boy Band will play its second annual Toys for Tots benefit show this weekend  at the Perry Township Volunteer Fire Hall in Perryopolis. The...

It’s no coincidence that last winter’s deadly flu season came at a time when the percentage of the U.S. adult population who opted to get preventive shots reached a seven-year low. The Centers for Dis...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com No. 3 Bentworth was unable to overcome a four-goal halftime deficit Saturday in a 7-2 loss at the hands of top-seeded Freedom in the WPIAL Class A championship at Hi...

By William Whalen For the MV Independent The North Catholic girls volleyball team didn’t have much history on its side going into Saturday’s WPIAL Class AA championship match. But the Trojans had some...