By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A standing tradition in Buena Vista will resume this weekend after being washed out by severe flooding last year.   The 14th annual Buena Vista Volunteer Fire Compan...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent Port Vue Council recognized the volunteers and founders behind   the borough’s annual Fun To Be A Kid Day.   Eddie and Becky Jones and council Presid...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In May, Pittsburgh-based River Materials Inc. announced that it would be expanding its operations on nearly 20 acres of land in the RIDC Riverplace Industrial Center o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Cemetery is calling on its friends to help raise money for upkeep and maintenance. The Friends of the Charleroi Cemetery, a non-profit group in charge ...

Peggy Ann Kelshian, 73, California, Pa., died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. She was born Monday, June 3, 1946, in Granville, Pa., daughter of the late George Santo and Wanda Molish Santo. In addition to h...

Susan Mucci, 93, of New Eagle, died unexpectedly Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. She was born Dec. 14, 1925, in New Eagle, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Richardson Smith. Susan was a lifetime member of th...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Charleroi boys soccer team has its share of great players, but one in particular stood out during Thursday’s game. Jace Kepich dominated the midfield and start...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Prior to the start of the season, Bentworth girls soccer coach Tyler Hamstra approached athletic director Brian Malecki regarding his team’s nonsection schedule.   I...

By zack zeigler For the Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson got off to a hot start in Section 2-3A volleyball play with a 3-0 sweep over Belle Vernon on Thursday night.   Despite the win, Thomas J...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monessen council is once again attempting to remove chronically absent Mayor Matt Shorraw and Councilman Gil Coles from office. During a special meeting Thursday, coun...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council hired a new borough administrator Thursday night.   Jerad Cypher of East Washington was approved for the $44,000-per-year position in a unanimous d...

By Stephen Huba Jack Bergstein was there when the light went out. A lifelong member of Temple Beth Am in Monessen, the 79-year-old recently attended the deconsecration service for the Reform synagogue...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough, which paid off its 2019 tax anticipation note last week, took action Thursday that could mean not needing a TAN for the next 10 years, but th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Washington County Court of Common Pleas welcomed its first African-American female judge when Traci McDonald Kemp was sworn in last week. She took her seat an...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Port Vue council said goodbye to longtime police Chief Bryan Myers this week.   For more than 40 years, Myers has been part of the borough in some capacity. ...

Angelo J. Reale, 91, Roscoe, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at The Residence at Hilltop, Carroll Township. Born in Pittsburgh on May 7, 1928, the son of the late Dominick and Carmella Arone Reale. Ang...

Sandra M. Sopko, 74, of Irwin, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at home. She was born April 21, 1945, in New Brighton and was the daughter of the late Ralph and Roberta Dunlap Johns...

  Ralph Swantek, 87, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, at North Strabane Retirement Village, Canonsburg. Born Dec. 6, 1931, in Monongahela, he was the son of the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled his three-part plan to address issues with the state’s 22-year-old charter school law Wednesday at the Twin Rivers Elementary School in M...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Anyone with a dream of starting a small business but can’t quite figure out how can turn to the newly formed Mon Valley Launchbox. Several area elected officials, Penn...