By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw claims individuals may have intentionally tried to bankrupt the city “perhaps for their own interest.” After reading from an outline o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport Area School District staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. The district announced shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday that the individual, who has no...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A former Belle Vernon Area teacher continues to impact both students and other teachers in the district in ways even she never anticipated. New signs, a decorat...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Even though he moved away from Monongahela more than 40 years ago, Randy Walters’ heart is still in the Mon Valley. A Phoenix, Ariz., resident since 1975, Wa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport council took action last week to apply for a state grant that would be used to build a new home as part of the city’s Cultural District Revitalization Proje...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania American Water is interested in purchasing the Elizabeth Borough Municipal Authority. Representatives of the company pitched the idea to the author...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com New Eagle Borough Council voted Tuesday to move forward with improvements and changes to the area’s Maple Avenue ballfield. Council members Jack Fine, Tanya ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Sole possession of second place in Section 4-2A belongs to Elizabeth Forward.   Natalie Beinlich scored a pair of first-half goals and the Warriors held off South Al...

By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Ringgold is headed back to the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs for the second straight year after posting a 5-0 victory over Laurel Highlands on Tuesday. The Rams (5-4, 5-4) will r...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Bentworth girls soccer team saw its three-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday on its home turf as Chartiers-Houston claimed a 1-0 win to leapfrog over t...

Judy A. Trunzo Polaski, 83, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, in her home. Born March 10, 1937, in New Eagle, she was the daughter of John and Virginia Furiga Trunzo. A graduate of Monongah...

The Haywood sisters, Zoe, 13, Lucy, 7, Libby, 10, and Grace, 17, of Monongahela were bundled up Monday night at Thomas Jefferson’s Jaguars Stadium as they cheered for their brother Owen and the Ringgo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Wally Fronzaglio hopes a Christmas miracle might come early. For the past 31 years, Fronzaglio has served as coordinator for the Mon Valley Leathernecks’ participati...

By Teghan Simonton Trib Total Media School children across the U.S. can continue receiving free school meals through the end of the academic year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “As ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Opioid Coalition is calling on Mon Valley residents to “have a hand in saving a life” by participating in its Community Naloxone and Deterra Distributio...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Sewage Authority customers with delinquent active accounts will soon receive notice that a lien process has begun on their property. Solicitor Aar...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township will look for an independent inspector to oversee the installation of 13 miles of pressurized sewer pipe, known as a force main, along the Gr...

By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Belle Vernon fought through heavy wind Monday in Fayette County and came home with a 5-0 victory over Uniontown at Bill Power Stadium. The match was originally set to be in...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com When Ringgold and Thomas Jefferson met last month, goals were in short supply.   The Rams led by a goal for a majority of the contest before the Jaguars scored a pai...

By the Mon Valley Independent Jillian Butchki scored career goal No. 100 as she and teammate Izzy Laurita each finished with a hate trick as the Belle Vernon Area girls walloped Uniontown, 13-0, in th...