For the MVI Homes for the Holidays in the Mon Valley/Belle Vernon area is presenting its fifth annual tour.   The event is set for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 8. A $25 donation per person will enable visito...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, delivered a celebratory certificate to recently retired area Police Chief Rick Encapera at Thursday’s meeting of Ca...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As winter weather begins to move into the area, students in the Ringgold School District won’t need to worry about making up snow days. The district has been ap...

Charlene Kathryn Skriba, 77, of Charleroi, died peacefully on Tuesday at the home of her daughter, located in the Poconos, after a fierce battle with cancer. Born in Daisytown, she was the daughter of...

William Charles Downes, 59, passed away in his home in Stockdale on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, following a battle with liver and bile duct cancer. Born on Aug. 5, 1960, in Charleroi, he was a son of Charl...

By Emily Bennett DiLullo ebennett@yourmvi.com The Monessen Police Department is teaming up with the Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel and the Monessen Family Center to be the best neighbors possible...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent About two years ago, Josh Taylor and fiancee Danielle Femc Vogt found the perfect home for their family in Carroll Township. Across the street from t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi Mayor Edward Bryner and volunteer fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. gave borough council a brief update Wednesday night about a situation that has been causing re...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela council will consider a new mixed-use zoning plan that would leave the Monongahela Elementary Center and surrounding parcels as they are and would ins...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com For months prior to the Nov. 5 general elections, municipal and school board candidates spent countless hours campaigning and getting their messages across t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board Wednesday voted to table action on naming the middle school auditorium after being petitioned by parents and students in the district ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With a bit of a new-look roster, the Cal U women’s basketball team picked up a statement win in the early going of the 2019-20 season Wednesday. The Vulcans upset ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com It was a highly anticipated moment, but Mark Black finally put the pen to the paper. The Serra Catholic baseball standout made his college commitment official Wednes...

Edith Jean ‘Baba’ Urwin Fallowfield Township Edith Jean “Baba” Urwin, 78, of Fallowfield Township, died suddenly at Mon Valley Hospital after a very brief illness on Nov.12, 2019. She was the daughter...

Joe E. Gorecki, 91, of Charleroi, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Born on July 8, 1928, he was the son of the late John and Mary Kurty Gorecki. He was a member of Mary, Mother of the Church and...

Edna Patricia Garnic, 83, of Roscoe, died peacefully with her family by her side on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. She was born Tuesday, March 17, 1936, in Clarksville, Pa., a daughter of the late Frank and ...

Patricia J. Marraccini MONONGAHELA Patricia J. Marraccini, 84, of Monongahela, (Hazelkirk), died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 in Jefferson Hospital..She was born Sept. 19, 1935, in McKeesport, the daughter ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An odor of gas has returned in Charleroi, and Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said his crew has exhausted all options and resources to he...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new appointment allowed the Mon Valley Sewage Authority to resume business Tuesday night after several weeks of gridlock. Last week, Monessen City Council appointe...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Fifteen-year-old Devon McGhen wants to make Christmas the most wonderful time of the year for those who might not feel that special cheer year-round. For ...