Life in the restaurant business has come full circle for George and Ronalyn Apodiakos. By George opened at 1565 Grand Blvd. in Monessen in 2015, serving up homemade recipes featuring American, Greek a...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area head coach Joe Salvino took the job prior to last season and made it a goal to put the program back on the basketball map. Tuesday night, the mis...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Last season, BVA head coach Joe Salvino knew one big piece of his team was missing. Jared Hartman. This season, the senior leader returned and was named a captain ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com During recent practice sessions, Thomas Jefferson head coach Lisa Fairman has reiterated the importance of consistency and communication on the defensive side of the...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The South Allegheny boys basketball team’s remarkable 2019-20 campaign continues tonight when it plays District 6 champion Richland in the second round of the PIAA Cl...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com New Eagle resident Emmett Bolin, 4, has two new friends at the Monongahela police station after meeting officers Chase Taylor and Bill Fusco Monday. The new ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The instability of leadership and internal struggles among Monessen city council members cost the town a chance at receiving a tax anticipation loan, according to...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen woman who was already set to stand trial on animal cruelty charges related to a massive animal horde was hit with 1,376 new charges in the case Tuesday.  ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com While the coronavirus has not yet been found in Westmoreland County, the Monessen School District is already making contingency plans. A letter will be sent hom...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon council members and Mayor Craig Ambrose discussed trash billing issues and their concerns with the services of Mon Valley Refuse Authority at Tuesda...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In a 2-1 vote, the Washington Township board of supervisors hired a new police chief at Wednesday’s meeting. Supervisor Jan Amoroso cast the lone no vote, while Superv...

Raymond A. “Ziggy” Glaser, 91, of South Park Township died Monday, March 9, 2020, at his home. He was born Feb. 11, 1929, in Brownsville, a son of George and Annie Whale Glaser. Raymond was retired as...

Sharon L. Nantus, 69, of Monessen, died Monday, March 9, 2020. Sharon had worked at the Belle Vernon and Charleroi Pizza Hut Restaurants. She is survived by her fiancé, Donald M. Simmons Sr. Friends r...

Vicki L. Tyron, 64, of Elizabeth, died Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Mon Valley Hospital. Born in McKeesport on April 29, 1955, she was the daughter of the late Frank E. and Janet L. Wiles Sorton. Vicki...

Christopher Horner / For the Mon Valley Independent Ringgold’s Nathan Boulanger celebrates with Justin Day after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime of Monday’s PIHL Class B semifinal game with ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists in Pennsylvania who speed through select work zones could face fines without ever being pulled over by a police officer. PennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpik...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Customers of the Mon Valley Sewage Authority will soon see a new payment fee added to their bills. At its meeting Monday night, the sewage authority board ap...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Westmoreland County Common Pleas judge is scheduled to hear the Sunshine Act case filed by the Mon Valley Independent and a Monessen citizen against Monessen ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com New Century Careers, which operates one of its job-training programs out of McKeesport’s Tube City Center, has announced that its leader, Paul Anselmo, has retired.   ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Forward Township police department was bolstered Monday when township supervisors voted to hire three additional part-time officers. Police Chief Travis Sto...