By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township residents didn’t hesitate to share their views Thursday evening in the third and final public meeting on the comprehensive plan. After a two-...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The A.P. Delsandro Veterans Memorial in Donora will be the site of newly unveiled artwork this weekend. The Mon Valley Leathernecks will hold a Memorial Day comme...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Judge David Spurgeon, a White Oak resident, has claimed the second Democratic nomination in the race for two seats on Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court. In a post on h...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District officials continue to move forward with phase one of renovation projects to the high school’s natatorium and swimming pool. School d...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Live entertainment is slowly making its way back to venues across the Mon Valley.   With many bars and restaurants operating at nearly full capacity and occupancy li...

By the Mon Valley Independent A pair of WPIAL track and field champions will be among the local athletes traveling to Shippensburg University this weekend for the PIAA state championships.   Belle Ver...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Residents of Rostraver Township and throughout the Valley are mourning Thursday after it was announced that “Johnny D” has died. John DiVirgilio was a mainstay for...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Thanks to a late rally, Mitch’s Bail Bonds secured a 4-2 victory over Masontown in the season opener of the Fayette County Baseball League at Vets Field in Charleroi....

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With retirement on the horizon, a longtime Mon Valley business is looking to the future. Bill and Debbie McGavitt, owners of Bill’s Feed and Garden Center in Charler...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@youmvi.com Students, teachers, parents and police officers within the McKeesport Area School District recently marked an end-of-the-year activity that is looked forward to annuall...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Sections of Rostraver Township without fire hydrants may soon have enhanced fire protection. The township commissioners Wednesday discussed using funds from the...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A group of graduating seniors in the California Area School District received a boost for their secondary education plans thanks to the California Area Schoo...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Public input continues to be gathered on the proposed integration of six state-owned universities into two, with changes to the plan being made in response to t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Homes on Woodward Avenue in Fallowfield Township may soon be condemned. The properties, which sit on land owned by the township, have been vacant since 2018 when res...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In a 6-1 vote Wednesday, McKeesport Area School Board passed the preliminary budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. And property owners in Dravosburg, McKeesport, South V...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Despite leading 4-1 heading into the seventh inning Wednesday, Elizabeth Forward will not have the opportunity to defend its WPIAL championship. Highlands scored t...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Frazier softball coach Don Hartman didn’t mince words following his team’s six-inning loss to Laurel in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals Wednesday. “I’m not going to su...

Gertrude D. Skop Kepich, 87, of Elizabeth Township, formerly of McKeesport, passed away at home on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Gertie was born on Oct. 28, 1933, in McKeesport, to the late Frank and Mary No...

Randall “Randy” Paul Carrick, 64, of Fallowfield, passed away unexpectedly on May 23, 2021. The son of the late James and Lena Kurnik Carrick, Randy was born on July 9, 1956, in Pittsburgh. For over 2...

Arron Lee “Cat” Davis, 52, of Monessen, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in his home. He was born Sept. 6, 1968 to the late James Delmar Davis and Annette Clanford Davis. In addition...