Kathleen V. “Kay” Alessio, 81, of Rostraver Township, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in her home. A daughter of the late Julius and Grace Carroll Klein, she was born on March 25, 1...

Gloria Kathleen Therese Vagnoni Beck, 79, of Greensburg, passed away Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, with her loving daughter, Karen, at her side. She was bo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Area School District has once again changed the first day of school. Students will now return to classes Sept. 2. And as a result of about 1,000 of its ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Donations from the community have helped fire departments continue to operate during the coronavirus pandemic. Many departments are largely self funded and rely on b...

There were no serious injuries Monday when a driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake and struck a window at Northwest Savings Bank on Scenery Drive in Elizabeth Township. Elizabeth Townsh...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com As the Ringgold School District prepares for a Sept. 1 start date for students — both in classrooms and remotely — officials continue to answer questions and...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council is expected to discuss an ordinance that would seek accountability from its members without fining them as an existing ordinance does. Instead of...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District and Pennsylvania Coach Lines are in the midst of a legal battle over a transportation services bill from last school year. In its compl...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com What appears to have been a localized storm ripped through West Newton Saturday evening, causing damage at the cemetery. Ben Markle, manager of the West Newton ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com As the Belle Vernon Area girls soccer team walked off the field following a 2-0 loss to Mars in the WPIAL semifinals last season, there was no hanging of heads. Ye...

By GREG MACAFEE For the Mon Valley Independent McKeesport resident Keith Perry has been playing cornhole for a majority of his life, but until recently it was never more than a game he played in his b...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Donnie Caterino’s first season as boys soccer coach at Monessen was not a memorable one. The Greyhounds finished 5-13, including 2-10 in Section 4-A. However, Caterino says t...

Dennis J. Holmes, 68, of McKeesport, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. He was born in McKeesport on June 6, 1952, and is the son of the late Harry H. and Carolyn L. Leger Holmes. He was employed at UPMC McK...

Donald R. Jones, 91, of Fairhope, Belle Vernon, passed away Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in his residence surrounded by his family. He was born Aug. 20, 1929, in Fayette City, son of Willard Jones and Jane ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com   Members of the Mc-Keesport NAACP Unit take the idea of coming together as a community seriously, according to President Brenda Sawyer. The NAACP unit, in partnership...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Those who purchase properties in Monessen may soon have to contend with a new ordinance aimed at forcing owners to bring dilapidated structures up to code sooner ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Several Mon Valley organizations deemed as life-sustaining industries were awarded funding as part of Gov. Tom Wolf’s $50 million grant program to help emplo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In less than two months, Monessen veterans have raised   $10,000 to restore two war memorials in the city.   Ron Chromulak, co-chairman of the Monessen War Memorial ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com   A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted 26 western Pennsylvania residents, including two McKeesport men, following a wiretap investigation into alleged drug ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A few things stand out when taking a gander at the Charleroi girls soccer team’s fall roster.   First and foremost, the Cougars are dealing with a limited number of ...