By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce held its first in-person meeting in over a year Wednesday, and its staff is hopeful future meetings will only get bi...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For many musicians, performing is an addiction that can only be cured by plugging in and rocking out. Mon Valley music fans need to look no further than Fall...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Belle Vernon’s girls track team came ready to compete in its first appearance in the WPIAL Class 3A team championships Wednesday afternoon at West Mifflin Stadium. The Leopa...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward pitcher Kailey Larcinese faced just two batters in a road game against Ringgold Wednesday. That’s all it took for her to make history. Larcinese st...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports As the playoffs inch closer, the Serra Catholic baseball team has become quite goal-oriented. Of course, the Eagles have aspirations of winning a WPIAL championship. And to...

Funeral services were held for Alma M. Blackburn, 86, of Monongahela, who died Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Premier Washington Health Center, Washington, Pa. Born Oct. 4, 1934, in Monongahela, she was th...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Prior to the season, Frazier softball head coach Don Hartman knew his team was under a “cloud.” The cloud of low expectations because of everyone lost on the Commo...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Having lost five straight games following a two-week COVID shutdown, the Elizabeth Forward baseball team was in must-win mode Tuesday. Not only were the Warriors loo...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Senior recognition did not go the way it was planned for the Ringgold baseball team. Section champ West Mifflin got things going in the second inning with some small ...

By JASON BLACK For the Mon Valley Independent It isn’t often that a strikeout is looked at as a positive, but Thomas Jefferson baseball coach Tim Vickers believes that a strikeout of his leadoff hitte...

The Salvation Army in Monessen has started preparations for the community garden and pumpkin patch located next to the Monessen Library. They planted sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds that will be tra...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council held an executive session Tuesday night to discuss potential litigation, and Mayor Matt Shorraw disclosed many of the issues involved. At th...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monessen school officials announced Tuesday the district will not offer remote learning next year to students who want to stay home due to the COVID-19 pande...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The state House Democratic Caucus’ statewide PA Rescue Plan tour stopped Tuesday in Pittsburgh, where lawmakers discussed investments in “affordable housing support st...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Forward High School senior has left her mark on her alma mater — in bright yellow paint. Jaymee McKelvey, 18, the daughter of Jill and Jay McKelvey...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com California Area School District is one of seven recipients of a Moonshot Grant from Remake Learning. Remake Learning made the selection from 90 applicants who w...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Sewage Authority officials agreed Monday to exonerate the city of Monessen for a water bill incurred during a water main break last year at one of...

On Monday, April 12, 2021, Peter Edward Medley, a loving husband of 70 years and father of three, passed away comfortably at the age of 90, surrounded by fami-ly members in his home in Canton, Ga. He ...

Susan Lynette Mull Krause, 67, of West Brownsville, died Monday, May 3, 2021, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born Wednesday, July 8, 1953, in Brownsville, a twin daughter of the late J...

Jane Caroline Kreuter Kalenik, 90, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2021, from injuries suffered in a car accident.She joins her late husband, Ladimur “Willie” Kalenik, with whom s...