By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Pennsylvania Thursday, a figure that has increased every day this week. There are now 18,228 positive cases i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A local state representative wants to know the plan to get Pennsylvanians back to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, sen...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Several homes in Donora mistakenly got posted with shut-off notices Thursday from the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi, but Mayor Jim McDonough wants residen...

For the MVI The Charleroi Area Interact Club recently donated fleece blankets to SPHS Connect’s homeless assistance programs.   SPHS Connect Supervisor Tracy Scott visited Charleroi Area High School t...

For the MVI United Way of Mon Valley President and CEO Phillip Sparacella announced the organization received a portion of a $3 million grant given to the United Way Worldwide COVID-19 Relief & Respon...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi wants to crack down on occupancy permits and home inspections. Councilman Frank Paterra brought up the issue of stricter enforcement several weeks ago and ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com New Eagle council unanimously agreed to extend a state of emergency in the borough as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread. Mayor Charles Fine declared the stat...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com   Allegheny County Police Department’s accident reconstruction unit is investigating after a man died as a result of a two-car accident that occurred in White Oak on T...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Any small shred of hope for continuing winter sports and salvaging a spring sports season for local high schools is now gone. With Gov. Tom Wolf shutting down scho...

By BRIAN HERMAN Sports Editor The date was May 15, 2005. The site was Murrysville’s Haymaker Park. Playing against highly touted Pine-Richland, junior shortstop Robert “Bean” Heller almost singlehande...

Joseph Adragna, 72, of San Jose, Calif., formerly of Monongahela, passed away on Feb. 23, 2020, after a brief illness. Joe was born in Pittsburgh on Sept. 11, 1947, but grew up in the Mon Valley. He l...

William David Valla, 57, of Coal Center, passed away on April 7, 2020, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Bill was born on July 8, 1962, in North Charleroi, the son of the late William and Martha Yuschak ...

Lois L. Zanardelli, 90, of Belle Vernon and formerly of Roscoe, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Manor Care in Peters Township. Born in Roscoe on Oct. 24, 1929, she was a daughter of Russell...

Thelma Naylor Elkins, 85, formerly of Streetsboro, Ohio, died Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Born in Fellsburg on Jan. 19, 1935, she was the youngest daughter of the late George and Eleanor Greenwood Naylo...

William A. “Bill” Bartolotta, 87, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Greensburg, died peace-fully on April 6, 2020, at St. Clair Hospital after a brief illness. He was born Jan. 1, 1933, in Monongahela, son o...

MVI-BeeGraphix Mat Warriors Coach of the Year By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Saying Elizabeth Forward wrestling coach Richard Scheuermann is a veteran on the bench is an understatement. This sea...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Members of the Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel in Monessen gave an early Easter treat to local children Wednesday during their meal delivery. Capt. Joel Thw...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A case of COVID-19 is in at least one Mid-Mon Valley community in Washington County. On Monday, North Charleroi Mayor Steve Hega said he was notified of the first co...

For the Mon Valley Independent Many boroughs and cities in the Mon Valley that are at risk of being under-counted in the 2020 U.S. Census have already fallen behind. Grant Cole, community outreach spe...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Severe thunderstorms swept through the region early Wednesday morning, leaving some area residents without power and damage to their cars, yards and homes. The warni...