By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com When the West Jefferson Hills School District shut down all classes and school-related activities on March 16 due to the coronavirus outbreak, nearly 200 Tho...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Twenty Elizabeth Forward seniors were honored Thursday during the Elizabeth Forward Alumni and Friends Association’s eighth annual Elite 20 banquet. The banquet, whi...

By the Mon Valley Independent After welcoming five new freshman into last year’s Cal U women’s basketball team, head coach Jess Strom and the Vulcans will welcome four more into the fold next season a...

By BRIAN HERMAN Sports Editor CALIFORNIA – With five straight PSAC titles, you’d think California University softball coach Rick Bertagnolli would take winning for granted. He doesn’t. “Our girls did ...

Nicholas R. Field, 31, of Roscoe, formerly of Lowber, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020. A son of the late Roy Lee Field and Kathy Stevens, he was born in Monongahela on April 19, 1989. Nicholas was th...

Marcine F. Malush, 93, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2020, at the Donnell Hospice House in Washington, Pa. Marcine was born on Jan. 5, 1927, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late J...

Sheila Urwin, 59, of Carroll Township, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at Monongahela Valley Hospital.  She was born on Oct. 30, 1960, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late Kenneth and Mary J...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting operations at the ArcelorMittal USA coke plant in Monessen. According to the company, the coke batteries at the Monessen plan...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic prompted Rostraver Township commissioners to relax late penalties and fees for payments towards real e...

See video from the meeting on our website at www.monvalleyindependent.com. By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Popular summer events across the region are being canceled or postponed. In Charleroi, off...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko briefly talked during Wednesday’s in-person council meeting about worries he has concerning lost and delayed revenues as a result of ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A senior at Elizabeth Forward High School recently played a significant role in helping a local nonprofit organization receive a grant from the EQT Foundation. Thank...

Linda K. Lynch Eley, 80, of Fayette City, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Allegheny General Hospital. She was born March 14, 1940, in Perryopolis, daughter of Van Mahlon Lynch and Oliv...

Peter P. Pierotti, 96, of Perryopolis, passed away Monday, May 4, 2020, at his home. Born March 16, 1924, in Star Junction, he was the son of the late Silvio and Edna Nigra Pierotti. A resident of Per...

Terri L. Behanna, 65, of Bunola, died Saturday, May 2, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Nov. 21, 1954, in New Eagle, she was the daughter of the late Charles L. Jr. and Anna Miller Mardis. T...

LaVerne Hamilton, 96, of Roscoe, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. She was born in Monessen on Oct. 17, 1923, a daughter of Felix and Aline Louis Lespilette. LaVerne was a me...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com If the sight of empty toilet paper shelves last month wasn’t frustrating enough, brace for the next wave of shortages at your local grocery store. The corona...

By DEB ERDLEY Trib Total Media County leaders across Southwestern Pennsylvania are trying to convince Gov. Tom Wolf to allow them to begin reopening as soon as possible — regardless of what is going o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Food banks and independent pantries throughout the Mon Valley are making history. The organizations have adapted in the face of unprecedented distribution numbers si...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Joseph “Ol’ Pa” Bruno of Dunlevy has a lot of friends and family in the Mon Valley who were excited that he turned 100 Tuesday. Those loved ones intended to celebrate ...