Janet C. Dzadyk Ratica, 68, of Monessen, passed on Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. Born in North Charleroi on Dec. 18, 1951, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Margar...

Wilbert K. Gregg, 81, of New Eagle, died Thursday, May 14, 2020, at home. Born Jan. 20, 1939, in Monongahela, he was the son of William M. and Blanch Nye Gregg. After his graduation from Monongahela H...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After finishing with 30 wins over the past two seasons, Ronnie Drennen has resigned as the head girls basketball coach at Belle Vernon Area. Drennen, who is a phys...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The counties that envelope the Mon Valley moved into the yellow phase of reopening this morning, nearly two months after COVID-19 mitigation efforts began closing...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council changed its leadership Thursday and repealed a 40-year-old ordinance that likely would have forced the retirement of police Superintendent Jim Bric...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The thought of no prom and a virtual graduation ceremony doesn’t exactly sit well with Belle Vernon Area senior Natalie French. “After our 12 years of hard work and ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to cost the Elizabeth Forward School District an estimated $1.2 million in lost revenues for the 2020-21 school year. That’s a...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents will be able to shop inside certain Wine and Good Spirits locations today. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced 155 stores in countie...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One of two Monessen women who were involved in a “near head-on” crash on Grand Boulevard Thursday morning was in “very critical condition,” according to Monessen polic...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area’s Rachel Wobrak has found a home to continue playing basketball on the next level. The Leopards senior announced she will continue her career at ...

For the Valley Independent The return of Monessen’s Michael Moorer to the ring Saturday night wasn’t pretty but at least he didn’t come out a loser.   Moorer took a lopsided decision in a 10-round fig...

Patricia Haines Jones, 87, of Fallowfield Township, passed away suddenly in Jefferson Hospital. She was born May 20, 1932, a daughter of the late James and Dolores Boni Haines. Pat was a graduate of C...

Melvin Watkins, 76, of Elco, died Wednesday, May 13, 2020. He was born Monday, Oct. 25, 1943, in Brownsville, a son of the late William Henry Watkins and Margaret Elizabeth Russell Watkins. Mel was a ...

Eleanor Jean Gombos Lauteri Eleanor Jean Gombos Lauteri, 88, passed away on May 12, 2020. She was born in Monessen on Dec. 22, 1931, to the late Suzanne and John Gombos. She was married to Frank Laute...

Dale E. Bloom, 74, of Rostraver Township, passed peacefully on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. He was the beloved husband of 55 years to Patricia Dudek Bloom; father of Jeffrey (Suzann) Bloom and Nathan Bloom;...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A City of McKeesport councilwoman and retired district teacher will be remembered for her dedication to her family and community. Jamie Brewster-Filotei, a McKeesport ...

Rick Vedder of Donora took his grandsons Luca, 6, and Skyler, 8, to Donora’s Palmer Park to see how high they could fly their kite on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independe...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com PennDOT will be open bids next month for a contract which includes drainage repairs on Tyrol Boulevard. The work is designed to replace a collapsed and clogged ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Most birthday surprises aren’t life changing for either the giver or the recipient; but some are life-changing for both. Dave Lenik, owner of Lenik Greenhouse i...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com ArcelorMittal has submitted its official WARN Act notification to the state regarding layoffs at the coke plant in Monessen. According to the notice submitted t...