By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Fifteen groupings of parishes in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, some of which include groupings in the Mon Valley, will merge July 1 to create new parishes, Bisho...

By Jamie Martines Trib Total Media The Allegheny County Health Department has issued $361,400 in fines against U.S. Steel for air pollution and permit violations during the fourth quarter of 2019 and ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com All state park beaches and most pools will be open next month, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Thursday. All 58 state park beaches ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Property owners in the McKeesport Area School District could see a slight tax increase for the 2020-21 school year. Board directors Joe Lopretto, Mindy Sturgess, Tom F...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The community came together Thursday to celebrate South Allegheny High School seniors with a parade in their honor. In districts throughout the Mon Valley, administr...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners are going on record opposing plans for a leachate evaporation system at the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill. The commissioners a...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com While the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on high school sports this spring, local athletic administrators are still busy as ever. Not to mention some are eith...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A few weeks before the start of the regular season in March, Ringgold head coach Don Roberts started practice by looking at the banners in the school’s gym. Players ...

Dora E. “Doddie” Rhoads, 82, of Roscoe, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. She was born Sunday, Dec. 12, 1937, in Charle- roi, a daughter of the late Foster and Catherine Endeman. In a...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Area High School senior Makendra Pendleton was surprised Wednesday night when she was awarded the annual Speers Civic Club Scholarship during a drive-...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the first time in as long as she can remember, Cecilia Pennline Sciortino won’t be in the kitchen preparing her birthday meal this year. Instead, today as she tu...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Next week, when all of Pennsylvania is released from the stay-at-home order, restaurants in yellow-phase counties can offer outdoor dining as an option for custom...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Two Washington County commissioners are firing back at state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, after he suggested they recuse themselves from the coun...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The community park in Collinsburg is slated for a major renovation this year, with the tennis courts converted to a handicapped-accessible playground and pavili...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport police Chief Adam Alfer and Mayor Michael Cherepko said city police officers will benefit in multiple ways from a $119,006 Coronavirus Emergency Supplementa...

Dolores Irene Bilski, 85, passed away peacefully to spend eternity with the Lord, on May 17, 2020. Dolores was born Feb. 8, 1935, in East Huntington. For many years she and her late husband John, resi...

It is with great sadness that the family of Donna Lincavage announces her passing after a brief battle with cancer on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Born on Sept. 10, 1939, in Granville, Donna was the daughte...

David Paul Leone Jr., 81, of Monongahela, peacefully passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Mon Valley Care Center. He was born Oct. 21, 1938, in Donora, the son of the late David Paul Leone and Ameli...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Logan Exler stood down the third base line at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park staring down at his PIAA silver medal with a dejected look on his face. The Serra Catholic...

By MARK KABOLY For the Valley Independent (Editor’s Note: During these unprecedented times, the sports staff at the MVI will republish stories from the Valley Independent archives.) ROBINSON TOWNSHIP ...