By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com All students in the Elizabeth Forward School District are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch through the end of the year. The district posted the no...

By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Charleroi’s Brady Barbero and Frazier’s Greg Boggs are just excited to get back on the gridiron. Now don’t get the wrong idea; both head coaches badly want their teams to w...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Mon Valley Independent’s broadcasting abilities got another boost Thursday with the absorption of the fledgling Mon Valley Sports Network into the MVI’s umbrella. MVS...

Kevin J. Lisovich Sr., 56, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Aug. 21, 1964, in North Charleroi, he was the son of Edward a...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Sometimes all it takes to spur a person to action is a word, especially if it’s the wrong word. A series of Facebook posts prompted a group of young women who g...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Police Department announced Thursday it has partnered with multiple law enforcement agencies to create a task force in response to a recent increase of 911 ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Public input on the updated Rostraver Comprehensive Plan is being analyzed as consultant Dennis Puko begins drafting the new document. About 20 residents attend...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County officials Wednesday announced a new COVID-19 testing site will open in McKeesport. The site, located in RIDC’s Industrial Center of McKeesport, 455 In...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Some members of Charleroi council are upset with how information is shared regarding the Charleroi Regional Police. During a business meeting Wednesday, Councilwoman...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Trick or treating is “a go” in Washington Township. Supervisors Jan Amoroso, Scott Hileman and Chuck Yusko during Wednesday’s meeting unanimously passed a motion permi...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School District announced Wednesday that some fans will be allowed in to watch Leopards football games this fall, while home and away fans wi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Some people are born to dance, others to sing. But it seems former Port Vue police Chief Bryan Myers, a man who held numerous other official hats in the borough and wi...

BY JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent Seventeen years ago, Kim Heath sat in a Washington County Courtroom and heard Jason Benner admit to murdering her brother, Jo Jo Heath, over some crack cocaine Be...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Library is feeling the crunch of the coronavirus pandemic. At its regular meeting Wednesday, Monongahela council discussed the possibili...

Albert “Tom” Neidermeyer Jr., 64, of Monessen, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in his home surrounded by his loving family. Surviving are his beloved wife of 38 years, Melissa Milan Neidermeyer; two da...

Bryan R. Myers, 70, of Port Vue, died on Sept. 8, 2020. He was born in McKeesport, on July 8, 1950, and is the son of the late Robert and Ruth Gorman Myers and the husband of Pamela Hetherington Myers...

  John H. Wilson III, 88, of Baden, passed into eternity on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, after living independently at his home “Rocky Oaks” since 1958. John lived a full and interesting life complete with ...

Gian Vero, 6, pushes his little sister Gilda Pryor, 3, both of Monessen, down the sidewalk while they play on a beautiful afternoon.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com When a new Monessen City Council is seated in 2022, the members might be paid by the meeting if an ordinance set to be introduced next week passes. The ordinance ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Valley municipalities such as Glassport, McKeesport and Versailles are urging residents to respond to the 2020 U.S. Census. In March, homes across the country rece...