By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Heading into last week’s Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League boys draft, Rodney Gallagher III and Brayden Reynolds were highly touted as two of the top p...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The sun was in their eyes and dirt was in their socks; however, none of them cared. Local softball players were finally back on the diamond Tuesday, doing what they l...

From left, Brianna Evans, Emma Hurley and Ariana McCarthy were all smiles at McKeesport Area High School’s commencement ceremony Tuesday. The Class of 2020 at MAHS had 218 graduates.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Notice went out Tuesday to everyone in the Belle Vernon Area School District that someone with a known case of COVID-19 attended last Wednesday’s graduation cer...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For restaurants and bars in Allegheny County, Tuesday was last call for alcohol as the county’s second round of COVID-19 restrictions took effect at 5 p.m.  ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District has decided not to hold a traditional, in-person graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020. The final date administrators reserved for a ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s no secret McKeesport is proud to show off its patriotism. In its 2020 Most Patriotic Cities Awards, Insurify, a research company that helps consumers shop for ins...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority will take over California University’s Vulcan Flyer shuttle service this year.   MMVTA Executive Director Ashley Seman made the ...

Sandra A. Halinka, 66, of Rostraver Township, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 29, 2020. A daughter of the late William H. and Charlotte Doyle Kramer, she was born in North Charleroi on Nov. 6...

Linda L. Basel Posi, 79, of Charleroi, died peacefully Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born April 18, 1941, in Van Voorhis, she was the daughter of Albert and Martha Kolbe Basel...

Byron L. “Mike” Kelly, 45, of Monessen, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020. A son of the late George and Alice Ray Kelly, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 8, 1974. A lifelong resident of Mo...

Tyler J. Gereshenski, 21, of Finleyville, died unexpectedly Saturday, June 27, 2020. Born July 21, 1998, in Monongahela, he was the son of Raymond Gereshenski of Monongahela and the late Mandy (Lechne...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League tipped off its first season Monday with a tripleheader at Marx’s Court Time Sports Center. The marquee matchup ...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Kaitlyn Slagus is used to winning.   She did it as a high school player at Belle Vernon Area and again when she moved on to play in college at Bucknell.   So it come...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Four-year-old Athena Nestor of Monessen sits outside Monessen Public Library Monday evening waiting for story time to start.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As a result of heightened fears about the spread of the coronavirus, the churches of McKeesport will not come together in fellowship this year for a summer festival to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County has experienced three straight days of its highest numbers of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic reached Pennsylvania in March. Allegheny C...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A week after announcing plans to move forward with the summer concert series on Plum Street, the Elizabeth Area Development Corporation has decided to cancel it...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Community Bank will no longer have a branch office in Monessen. President and Chief Executive Officer Barron P. McCune Jr. announced plans to consolidate its Monesse...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California Area School Board in a continued session Monday approved a $15.7 million budget for 2020-21 with a tax increase of .88 mills. The increase is the...