By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State University’s campuses across the commonwealth are finding ways to give back in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. PSU’s main campus in State College has ann...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Paul Zolak was a man ahead of his time. As a husband, as a father and especially when it came to interscholastic athletics. Zolak, the longtime Ringgold athletic d...

By THE VALLEY  INDEPENDENT It looked too easy. There was Belle Vernon Area junior righthander Rick Mavrakis blanking highly touted Connellsville on a three-hitter with a comfortable 6-0 lead going in ...

Wanda Bongiorno passed away peacefully on April 16, 2020. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother who loved antiques, cooking and most of all her husband, Philip. She is survived by her husba...

Steve A. Evon “Peanuts,” 71, of Elco, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at his home. Born in Mount Pleasant on Aug. 19, 1948, he was the son of Michael and Sarah Bruno Evon. Steve was Catholic ...

Mary Lytton, 99, of Monessen, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, April 10, 2020, at Canterbury Place in Pittsburgh. She was born on July 17, 1920, in Connellsville, to the late Robert...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District officials are seeking important information from families to ensure every student has access to online learning materials. School distr...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold High School’s prom has been canceled for this year and the district is trying to figure out how to recognize and honor the Class of 2020. During a virtua...

By staff and wire reports Going to a Pennsylvania business that remains open during the pandemic? Be prepared to wear a mask. That goes for workers, too. Many commercial buildings that serve the publi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The economic shutdown due to the coronavirus is causing a financial crisis at volunteer fire departments. The departments rely on Lenten fish fries and bingos to pay m...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Finleyville toddler wants to spread the love during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lorraine McAnulty lives with her grandmother, Roberta, in Finleyville. Recently during t...

Roth L. Bellora, 92, of Monessen, died Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Mon Valley Care Center. He was born on Nov. 15, 1927, in Monessen, the son of the late Lawrence and Bessie Perlinger Bellora. Roth wa...

Philip Joseph Dunst Jr., 55, of Elizabeth Township, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020. He was born Feb.18, 1965, in McKeesport and was the son of Philip J. (stepmother, Florence) Dunst of Elizabeth T...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen firefighter Geno Sedlak stopped by Mama Pepino’s in West Newton Tuesday with his son Dante, 6, for a curbside pickup of pizzas. Handing them out are An...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council wasn’t going to let a global pandemic impose on business as usual Tuesday night.   Mayor Matt Shorraw announced last week the city would hold its...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board approved more than $2.2 million for building and equipment during a virtual meeting Tuesday. The meeting was held via Zoom and the...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Nearly 2 miles of aging water mains in Monongahela will be replaced, and work begins this week. Pennsylvania American Water announced the start of a $1.7 million ...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School District will honor its Class of 2020 with Warrior Light Up Night at 9 p.m. April 27. District officials are asking members of the commu...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Children throughout the Mon Valley may be facing something more dangerous during the coronavirus pandemic: child abuse. Every April, national organizations and local...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania has decided to open for no-contact donations. Despite a request to hold donations, some locations became overrun with bags and ...