By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two local business owners hope to bring the community together to make one of their favorite places, the Monongahela River, a bit more beautiful this weekend. To rea...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Harmony Acres Dairy Farm will celebrate Dairy Month with several events, including a milk-chugging contest at 10 a.m. June 25.   To read the rest of the stor...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the third straight summer, Western Pennsylvania’s top hoopers will step on the floor at Marx’s Court Time Sports Center for the Mon Valley Independent Summer Bas...

Mary Borsani, 98, of Monongahela, formerly of Wendel, Pa., passed away Friday, June 10, 2022, in AHN West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, surrounded by her family. She was born Jan. 20, 1924, in Wendel, a ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Three of the seven young men charged in connection with a April 23 shooting in Charleroi have been ordered to stand trial and the other four had all charges dismi...

Sylvester “Bootsie” Skrinjorich, 87, of Forward Township, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Jefferson Hospital. He was a retired electrician at U.S. Steel Clairton Works, founder and owner of...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com For the Koteles family, racing is a family business. This past week, Logan Koteles was able to beat out a few of his family members on his way to his first victory in ...

Nori Barkby, 6, and Ayla Gaidos, 2 both of Monongahela stopped to catch bubbles from the Whimsy the Fairy during the Monongahela farmers market, which opened for the season on Friday. The farmers mark...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Sometimes when something deeply tragic happens, it can inspire people from all over to want to do something — anything.   On May 24, an unthinkable yet all-to-fam...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Mon River Valley Coalition held its first in-person meeting in more than two years Friday at the Mon Valley Alliance building in Monongahela. To read the re...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com While the Mon Valley isn’t exactly known for its hockey culture, Charleroi’s Caden Pendo looks to be trailblazing his own path with his sights set on wearing an NHL sw...

Lorraine (Lorrie Gogol) Cheroki, 79, of Washington Township, Belle Vernon, formerly of Monessen, died Thursday evening, June 9, 2022, in her home surrounded and encircled with love by her daughters; s...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Congregants of Bethlehem Baptist Church, McKeesport city officials and UPMC employees participated in the 15th annual Noah’s Ark Golf Outing Friday at Youghi...

Traci I. Marucci FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP Tracey I. Marucci, 51,  of Fallowfield Township passed away on Friday June 10, 2022, at The Residence at Hilltop surrounded by her family. Born in Chalreroi on Ap...

Vicki L. Rock MONESSEN Vicki L. Rock, 62, of Monessen passed away on Friday, June 10, 2022. Born on June 15, 1959, she was the daughter of the late James and Shirley Ann Shepard. She was a member of t...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League is welcoming a new primary sponsor for the upcoming season.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi will undergo an extensive paving project starting next week.   The work, being handled by El Grande Industries   Inc., will begin next week and continue th...

Patricia (Kwiatkowski) Gatto GLASSPORT Patricia (Kwiatkowski) Gatto, died peacefully on Sept. 25, 2021, at Good Samaritan Hospice in Wexford, Pa. A devoted wife and loving mother, Patricia was born on...

Carol Ann Grilli CLAIRTON Carol Ann Grilli, 73, of Clairton, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at home. She retired as clerk for the City of Clairton. She was a former employee at Sky Bank in Jef...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com With its walking trails, athletics facilities, regional history and heritage museum, rose garden and garden club, pavilions, duck/fishing pond and more, Renziehausen P...