By Emily bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com A White Oak family was caught in a 7.1 magnitude earthquake Friday night while vacationing in Las Vegas.   Brian Dzurenda, baseball and cross country coach at Ser...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Career and Technology Center students are proving once again what it means to be a part of the wolf pack by using their crafts to benefit their community....

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Four McKeesport residents — two teens and two who have been serving the community for many decades — were honored during the city’s quarterly “Living the Message Award...

By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com When the Elizabeth Volunteer Fire Department took over the planning for the annual Riverfest event about 10 years ago, they decided to make it bigger and better t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Salvation Army in Monessen wants to meet its neighbors. The organization has been serving the Mon Valley area since 1914, and after more than a century of commun...

By JOE SABOLEK For the MV Independent Mitch’s Bail Bonds and Dom Costellic handled business of the first game of a doubleheader against AMD Industries Sunday afternoon at California’s Malden Yards in ...

By the Mon Valley Independent Five years ago, Todd and Danielle Osleger received life-changing news their son, Sam, had a rare genetic disease called A-T. A few months later, the same diagnosis was gi...

Lola Ingani Baldini, 89, of Monongahela, formerly of Monessen, died Sunday July 7, 2019, in the home of her son, Mark Baldini. She was born on Jan. 18, 1930, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Anto...

Pauline Georgagis Croussouloudis, formerly of Monessen, died peacefully on Friday, July 5, 2019, at age 87 at the Masonic Village in Sewickley. She was the beloved wife of John Peter Croussouloudis an...

Alma M. Kobosky McLaughlin, 93, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019, at her home. Born April 4, 1926, in Fairhope, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary...

Rose Marie “Ruby” Pezzelle, 87, of Monessen, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2019, in Hallsworth House. She was born on May 20, 1932, in Monessen, daughter of the late Anthony and Lydia Jacobson Fran...

Catherine Gatto Strinich, 93, of Elizabeth, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2019, at UPMC McKeesport. She was a retired butcher at Marraccini Supermarket in Elizabeth, a former butcher at Foodland in...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After receiving complaints from several Mon Valley citizens and area environmental organizations, Allegheny County Health Department announced Friday that a public hea...

By Emily bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Police say a 14-year-old boy is still missing after leaving his mother’s home Monday evening.   Donora Police Officer Michael Parry said Jamie Watkins was seen ge...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Eight months later, the Fallowfield Township municipal garage is nearly ready to use after being damaged by a fire in November. The garage is almost move-in ready af...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mark Smith doesn’t mind being upstaged by the success of young Mon Valley musicians who are starting to find their way in the entertainment industry. Smith serves as...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen woman was found with a variety of drugs in a traffic stop Thursday, according to Charleroi Regional Police. Diamond S. Jackson, 25, is charged with manufa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A successful summer event in the Mon Valley will now benefit two local communities. The sixth annual Belle Vernon Block Party, Bike Run and Classic Car Show will beg...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent New Eagle Borough Council has directed Solicitor Tim Berggren to look into avenues the borough can take to combat the problem of multiple rental inspections ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association announced its 2019 All-State teams Monday and the Mon Valley was well represented. Of the seven players s...