By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com With the coronavirus pandemic forcing medical professionals, first responders and essential-business employees to work long and stressful hours, residents an...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monongahela Valley Hospital received a much needed donation Friday from the Monessen School District. Monessen Superintendent Dr. Leanne Spazak dropped off an SUV fu...

The McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center now owns a disc containing more than 400 photographs captured by U.S. military correspondents during the Vietnam War. Anthony G. “Tony” Popowitz, a 72...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board decided last week to stop using flexible instruction days, although the district had applied to the Pennsylvania Department of Education and...

By Dan Palm MVI Sports With the high school wrestling season safely in the rear view mirror, the time has come to name the local all-stars and award winners for the 2019-20 season. The Mon Valley Inde...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Whether he was stepping foot on the turf at Myron Pottios Stadium or the court at Charleroi High School, Legend Davis was always determined to make his presence felt...

By Jeff Oliver Monessen vs. Elk County Christian PIAA Class A Western Regional finals With 2:14 to play in last night’s PIAA Class A western finals between Monessen and Elk County Christian at Ebensbu...

LaVerne Catherine Cole Charleroi LaVerne Catherine Cole, 88, of Charleroi, died Saturday, March 21, 2020, at her home. She was born Aug. 5, 1931, in Charleroi, the daughter of John “Babe” and Stephani...

Georgia Jean Fodor Rush Fayette City Georgia Jean Fodor Rush, 76, of Fayette City, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2020, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born May 10, 1943, in Milwaukee, Wis...

John G. ‘Johnny K.’ Kaminsky Monessen John G. “Johnny K.” Kaminsky, 78 of Monessen, died on Thursday, March 19, 2020, at The Greenery, Canonsburg. Born in New York, N.Y., on Aug. 4, 1941, he was the s...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Food banks in the region are gearing up for as much as a 50% increase in demand as the effects of business closures due to the coronavirus begin to be felt. Par...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Tom Wolf’s Republican colleagues aren’t happy with the Democratic governor’s decision to order all “non-life sustaining businesses” in Pennsylvania to close. In recent...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Older residents in Charleroi who have a higher risk for contracting COVID-19 won’t have to worry about endangering their health to have food on the table. A food del...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Hospitals, businesses and schools aren’t the only ones feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.   Law enforcement officials are alerting the public t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As talk about COVID-19 statistics and precautions have dominated news cycles and conversations in recent weeks, questions about whether cats and dogs can contract or s...

By the Mon Valley Independent While high school basketball season hasn’t officially come to an end just yet, it seems like the appropriate time to give local basketball standouts the recognition they ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Nearly six months after announcing a verbal commitment to the University of Memphis to play soccer, former Belle Vernon Area star and Pittsburgh Riverhounds ECNL s...

(Editor’s Note: During these unprecedented times, the sports staff at the MVI will republish stories from the Valley Independent archives.) By BRIAN LAUBSCHER Cal U vs. Alabama A&M Division II Elite 8...

Shirley M. Jolley Fayette City Shirley M. Jolley, 77, of Fayette City, passed away peacefully on March 18, 2020, at the North Strabane Rehabilitation & Wellness Center. Formerly of Charleroi, Shirley ...

Laura C. Brick West Newton Laura C. Brick, 67, of West Newton, died Thursday, March 19, 2020. She was born Oct. 30, 1952, a daughter of the late Bert and Ella Holyhanna Shawley. Laura was a floral des...