By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After months of preparation, the Mon Valley Playbook is officially up and running. On Thursday, a few dozen local leaders and legislators gathered at the Mon Valley ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board gave the green light to tear down the former Finley Middle School. During a Wednesday business meeting, the school approved three contracts f...

By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports For six innings, the Thomas Jefferson baseball team could do next to nothing offensively in Wednesday’s Section 4-5A showdown with host Connellsville. But in the seventh ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Most Valley communities will keep their current state Senate district, but some towns will move districts and some Senators will gain or lose communities followin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In it’s first day of operation, a new rescue tool purchased by the Charleroi Fire Department was put to good use when firefighters were called to the scene of a two-...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Elite 20 of Elizabeth Forward High School’s Class of 2022, was announced by members of the student government association Wednesday. On May 5 at the Suns...

Helen S. Ciccarelli, 94, of Monessen, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 15, 2022, at her home. She was born on July 13, 1927, in New Kensington, the daughter of the late Vincent and Stefania K...

By RALPH STONE MVI columnis t Before Walmart, before Giant Eagle, before Shop ’n Save and even before Thorofare, there were mom-and-pop stores and neighborhood grocers. The only supermarket I recall d...

Monongahela Area Library is growing tomatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, cucumbers, peas and cilantro for patrons to buy. The vegetables were planted and cared for by volunteer Deneen Young and children’...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com In a special meeting Tuesday, Elizabeth Township’s Board of Commissioners ratified a one-year municipal services agreement that provides police services to F...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several areas within the Charleroi Area School District will receive a facelift as part of a district-wide renovation project — and high school engineering students ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While Jamie Colecchi will be new to his role of chief executive officer, he is a familiar face at the Mon Valley Alliance. To read the rest of the story, please see ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An Allegheny County bridge spanning Long Run in White Oak is slated for replacement this year. And as a result, a closure is looming on Coulterville Road.   To read th...

Patricia A. Carson, 83, of Charleroi passed away on April 18, 2022. Born on July 29, 1938, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Petrak. She was a member of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish and ...

Leona Lauffer DiToppa, 95, of McKeesport, passed away peacefully at Redstone Highlands, North Huntingdon, on April 16, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband, August DiToppa; and her mother, M...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Matt Bamford hasn’t lost focus on what he wants to accomplish this spring.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, ...

Paul T. “Fred” Figel Jr., 70, of Monessen, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2022, at his residence. He was born March 17, 1952, in Charleroi to the late Paul and Rita Lyall Figel Sr. He was a graduate...

Ms. Pauline Goggins, of Donora, got her wings on April 15, 2022. Pauline was born to the late Clara and Charles Spencer. She graduated from Snowden High School in Bethel Park . She was a member of Shi...

Eleanor Jean “Jeannie” Lazzari, 87, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Grandview Estates of Elizabeth. A daughter of the late Stanley and Lena Belczyk-Coates, she ...

Gregg L. Bethem, 72, of Fallowfield Township, passed away on April 17, 2022. Born on Oct. 10, 1949, he was the son of the late Leonard D. Bethem and Rose (Gregg) Atkins. He was Catholic by faith and w...