By Les Harvath For the MV Independent Elizabeth Forward assistant track coach Matt Stith chuckles when describing the 800-meter run as “a mental toughness event, an event that is not for everyone.” Bu...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite flood warnings issued for the Mon Valley on Monday, changes in the forecast could mean area rivers will crest lower than their originally expected levels. Me...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen police Chief Jim Smith was in the right place to catch an alleged thief Monday night. Smith, who was off duty at the time, was at Walmart in Rostraver To...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several communities are under a boil water advisory that was issued Tuesday after a transmission line break in the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi’s water syst...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen School District’s efforts to increase safety and security are ongoing. School board members announced during a meeting Tuesday that installation of multiple...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Soliciting in North Belle Vernon will soon be more expensive. During a meeting Tuesday, council unanimously agreed to amend a solicitation ordinance and fees for tho...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Duquesne-McKeesport Bridge was closed for around an hour Tuesday after reports that at least one of three runaway barges on the Monongahela River may have struck o...

By PAUL PEIRCE A state appellate court Monday dismissed the homicide conspiracy conviction of a Washington County woman who, along with her husband and stepson, were found guilty in the brutal slaying...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com And so it begins. The WPIAL’s second season is under way as the league released its playoff brackets Tuesday. The Mon Valley nearly claimed one of the No. 1 seeds,...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward head coach Krystal Gibbs has seen her team accomplish a lot this season. At one point the Warriors won eight consecutive games — and earned wins in...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 49-year-old Monessen man is jailed on $75,000 bond after he allegedly held a rifle and attempted “suicide by cop” last week. Joseph Selinger Jr. of First Street...

Helen Marie Sebetich Bennett, 93, of Fairhope, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Fayette City, on Aug. 17, 1925, daughter of ...

Vincent “Jim” Vaccaro, 95, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Oct. 11, 1923, he was the son of John and Luchresia Vaccaro. Following his graduation in 19...

Louis R. Tatsch Jr., 77, of Sheffield Village, entered into rest Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. Mr. Tatsch was born and raised in Monessen, son of the late Louis and Mary Jane (nee - Armiger) Tatsch and move...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s once again a local newspaper office in McKeesport.   The Mon Valley Independent is just one of the entities that are working together to bring life back to the...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As snow and ice that coated the Mon Valley on Sunday begins to melt, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a flood warning for areas along the Monong...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A new nepotism policy caused fireworks during a Mon Valley Sewage Authority meeting Monday.   Just minutes into the meeting, board members entered into an executive ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce and Off the Wall Arts are offering Mid-Mon Valley residents the best seat in the house by gearing up for their second annua...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A new part-time police officer is joining the department in Forward Township.   Township supervisors voted unanimously to hire Dustin Duvall during Monday’s meeting....

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent John Saporito had been doing an impression of a Union soldier Robert Gould Shaw for years when he decided to retire the act. He felt like he was getting t...