By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council is once again at odds over the former Health Mart building on Donner Avenue. Last summer, Mayor Matt Shorraw wrote a grant seeking funds to ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon’s Community Bank Park could be closed if visitors don’t start respecting the property, council said Tuesday.   There have been several instances o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s at least one Juneteenth celebration coming to the Mon Valley thanks to a local dance squad.   The DRIPP Squad will hold the inaugural Mon Valley Juneteenth Fes...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough is getting assistance from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to tackle blight. The DCED is providing a blight ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com As he reflects on the illustrious career of standout pitcher Kailey Larcinese, Elizabeth Forward head coach Harry Rutherford thinks back to a conversation he had wit...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League tips off in a few weeks, there will be one new coach roaming the girls division sidelines. Former Monessen...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With the potential construction of a gas-powered power plant in Elizabeth Township under consideration, more than 100 people from the Pittsburgh region spoke...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County’s Learn & Earn program will kick off in a couple of weeks, and low-income young adults who are interested need to apply by Friday. That’s the dea...

Ruthann Griffith, 70, of Canonsburg, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Sunday, June 6, 2021. She was born in Pittsburgh on Feb. 11, 1951, daughter of the late Fred and Rozella...

Judy R. Mason, 78, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2021, in Belle Ve...

Douglas L. Byron Sr., 80, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 5, 2021, after a nine-year battle with cancer. A son of the late Leonard and Lorinna Barnes Byron, he was born in ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward head softball coach Harry Rutherford isn’t one to shy away from making adjustments to his starting lineup on a game-by-game basis.   So, in order t...

By Ashley Chase MVI Sports Serra Catholic’s baseball team took fans on their first roller coaster ride of the summer in a wild back-and-forth extra innings affair Monday.   The Eagles rallied from an ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There will be a new Class 2A softball champion in the state after the Frazier softball team’s season came to an end Monday. After a lengthy delay of nearly two hou...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several legislators from the Mon Valley took part Monday in a show of support for the Second Amendment.   Hundreds of gun enthusiasts joined lawmakers on the Capitol...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi and Monessen No. 1 fire departments will team up again this year for their largest joint fundraiser.   Last year’s event had to be canceled due to the ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The executive director of a group of senior and assisted living centers in Allegheny County, which includes a location in McKeesport, participated in a public hearing ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Despite objections from several residents and a request that the vote be delayed a month, the Elizabeth Township Commissioners unanimously approved a new truck ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela residents may soon see new faces in the city’s police department in the upcoming months thanks to the department’s efforts to hire new part-time ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The public hearing for the proposed Invenergy gas-fired power plant in Elizabeth Borough has been moved to 6 p.m. today. The Allegheny County Health Department ...