By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Sound the alarm! After nearly a month in the hospital, Monessen No. 1 firefighter Nate Lynch will be home in time to personally thank friends and family members duri...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District officials will move forward with their plans to subdivide — or even demolish — the district’s abandoned middle school building on Ro...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The week ended with a jump in new COVID-19 cases both statewide and in local counties. Westmoreland County added 123 new cases, which is the most in a single day ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It’s a   parade without floats, a hunt without searching and Easter Bunny visits without contact,   but that won’t make the 2021 Elizabeth Township Easter Egg P...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Historically low interest rates could mean a $250,000 savings for the Belle Vernon Area School District. During a work session this week, financial advisor Chri...

Beverly Mae Bowers Towner, 72, formerly of Forward Township, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Born Aug. 2, 1948, in McKeesport, she was a daughter of the late John G. and Mae Smar...

Vincent J. McKeeta Jr., 76, of White Oak, died on Saturday, March 13, 2021. He was born in McKeesport on June 20, 1944, and is the son of the late Vincent J. Sr. and Jane Deloris Florchak McKeeta. He ...

Timothy Sedlak Sr., 68, of Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at his home. Born Oct. 18, 1952, in Pittsburgh, he was the son of the late James Sedlak Jr. and Marletta Sargo Sedlak. A re...

William A. Smith, 73, of Fairhope, Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. A son of the late James R. and Anna Spirko Smith, he was born Apr...

Toni Zbyl, a librarian at Charleroi Area Public Library, checks out a book for Tom Nutting of Charleroi on a rainy Thursday afternoon.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A sporting facility in Glassport that’s more than 70 years old will cease being the athletic home for the South Allegheny Gladiators in the near future. The school dis...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County hospitals know they have an important job to do. Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic that started last March, officials have been tasked...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Despite having three of its five members resign Wednesday, the remaining members of the Monessen Recreation Board chose to hold its regularly scheduled meeting th...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Residence at Hilltop in Carroll Township received a pleasant surprise recently. Students from California Area High School told the assisted living facili...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Two years ago, Cal U softball coach Rick Bertagnolli began focusing on his 2021 recruiting class. Now, it’s paying off for the Vulcans.   After not having a field ...

By the Mon Valley Independent Erik Harris has had quite a journey en route to the NFL.   The former California University of Pennsylvania standout was a walk on with the Vulcans before working at UPS ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District is planning to hold a prom this year. During the virtual agenda workshop meeting Wednesday, board President Joe Lopretto revealed the b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Leprechauns, attracted by rainbows and gold, broke into a Charleroi Area kindergarten classroom Tuesday night. Kindergarten teacher Melissa Vitali took to social med...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Businesses in the hospitality industry may receive more help in the coming weeks as local counties begin to allocate funding through the COVID-19 Hospitality Industr...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District continues to move forward with its plans to renovate the high school’s natatorium and swimming pool area. On Wednesday night, sc...