William Lloyd Byers, 83, of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Born in Rostraver Township on Oct. 18, 1937, he was the son of the late John A. and Dorothy F. Curnow Byers. Lloyd was a h...

Arlene M. Bertie Perhach Slate, 84, of Forward Township, passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at home. She retired as a driver for the National Steelworkers Oldtimers Foundation in McKeesport. She ...

By Jonathan Guth MVI Sports The Mon Valley Independent has announced its MVI-BeeGraphix Mat Warriors all-star team and award winners following another exciting year of high school wrestling. The award...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Social distancing measures will be more relaxed in Mon Valley classrooms. While this could make things easier to accommodate more students in class, districts throug...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Friends and family of R.J. Sokol gathered at North Belle Vernon’s Community Bank Park Tuesday evening to offer prayers and words of encouragement to the form...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The show must go on —eventually. That could be the theme for this year’s musical at Elizabeth Forward High School. “The Drowsy Chaperone” was supposed to have b...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council made it clear Tuesday that it will not grant permits for the new parking lot planned on the former site of the Moose Building until al...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen has moved forward with some beautification efforts this month, which is in line with the city’s comprehensive plan. The planter boxes along Donner Avenue...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Renovations to the former Rostraver Middle School are nearing completion, with the Belle Vernon Area school board authorizing the final purchase for the renovat...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hollywood has long been the nation’s hub for film production, but state Sen. Camera Bartolotta is hoping to create new incentives to bring more productions, more jobs ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The state’s number of new COVID-19 cases saw an uptick last week and now the hospitalizations are following the trend. New COVID cases also continue to tick upwar...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com As the fall football season progressed and Elizabeth Forward inched closer to an appearance in its first WPIAL championship game, head coach Mike Collodi didn’t hesi...

By Jeff Oliver MVI Sports Chris Vargo is not your typical ninth grade student. Although he certainly doesn’t see it that way. For starters, he lives in Fallowfield Township and attends Charleroi Area ...

Henry Steven Boldyzar Sr., 65, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, March 22, 2021. Born in Mt. Pleasant on March 30, 1955, he was the son of the late Henry G. and Bruna Carolina Baroni Boldyzar. Henry...

David R. Blacka Sr., 78, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in his home. Born in Fairhope on Nov. 5, 1942, he was the son of the late John Sr. and Edna Marie Stein Blacka. ...

Antoinette Suppa, a young 91, passed directly into heaven on Saturday, March 20, 2021. She was known as “Grandma Toni,” “Aunt Toni” and “Mom” and she was a strong active woman who was taken down by CO...

Matt and Jessica Willis of Monongahela spent a beautiful spring afternoon Monday fishing at the Monongahela Aquatorium.

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Local pharmacies are upset about not being able to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to their customers. Pennsylvania’s Department of Health decided last month to curtail t...

By Megan Guza Trib Total Media The Pennsylvania Department of Health has amended its mask mandate, updating guidance for fully vaccinated residents to fall in line with federal guidelines, officials s...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Council has agreed to issue a letter of recommendation on behalf of Fire Department No. 1 in its bid for tax exemption on the property in Grand Plaza. Af...