By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With a majority of COVID-19 restrictions now lifted, state Rep. Austin Davis, D-McKeesport, resumed his annual infrastructure tour of the Mon Valley this wee...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It will be some time next week, or even later, before the winner of the Republican nomination for Forward Township supervisor is known. Jayme Stoffer was the on...

Vicki Lynn Johnson, age 75, a resident of Warrenton, Va., passed away on May 10, 2021, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., of natural causes. She was born in Monongahela, attended Donora H...

Mr. Kenneth A. Bruce of Dagsboro, Del., and formerly of Washington, D.C., passed away at home on Saturday, May 15, 2021, while in the care of his family and Delaware Hospice. Ken was born on Nov. 2, 1...

Dennis L. Kreuter, 69, of Charleroi, passed away Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Mon Valley Care Center. The son of the late John P. Kreuter and Hazel K. Pore, who survives, he was born in Charleroi on Jan...

Karen J. Katsuleres, 74, of Monessen, died Thursday, May 20, 2021, at Victoria House, Monessen. She was born in North Charleroi, on Nov. 25, 1946, the daughter of the late Andrew and Norma Wood Fabian...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time in 14 years, a young South Allegheny baseball team experienced playing in the postseason Thursday.   Unfortunately for the Gladiators, their stay ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The second season of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League is looming and registration for the season is now open. Players interested in trying out a...

By the Mon Valley Independent For the second straight year, the Mid-Mon Valley All-Sports Hall of Fame has announced it is postponing its annual Hall of Fame Banquet. In a release earlier this month, ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The South Allegheny softball team pulled many upsets down the stretch of its 2021 season.   The Gladiators were in a similar spot on Thursday with an opportunity to k...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Craig Spisak lauds the way his young Yough team has improved throughout the season. Featuring few experienced players, Yough improved from a 1-5 start to finish the regular...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The first phase of blight redevelopment in Rostraver Township — the demolition of two dilapidated properties in Webster — has been completed. President of the R...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Monessen mayoral race will come into sharper focus today when the Westmoreland County Election Bureau releases the names on write-in ballots, but mail-in vote...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@youmvi.com The Monessen-Rostraver Rotary Club makes it a point to salute students from the Monessen School District who are shining stars among their peers. Club members Lori Byro...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Riding a bicycle is a rite of passage for many children, and thanks to the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation, bike-riding youths will be steered in...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Judge David Spurgeon offered a brief statement Thursday on his close race for a Democratic Party nomination for Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. Philadelphia Judge Lor...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Public participation is being encouraged in the comment period and June 8 public hearing for the air quality permit for Invenergy’s proposed power plant in Eliz...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As part of its announcement about quarterly service adjustments, Port Authority of Allegheny County said COVID-19 vehicle capacity limits will be increased on Memorial...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MVI South Allegheny school directors approved the preliminary 2021-22 school budget Wednesday. The $27,819,000 budget includes a millage increase of .91 — from 20.26 to 21....

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While thousands of voters headed to the polls across the state Tuesday, precincts around the Mon Valley reported low voter turnouts compared to the general election ...