By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi council voted Wednesday to begin the search for a new borough manager, but questions surrounding how the position will be paid still remain.  During last w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A portion of Lincoln Way in White Oak remains closed as a result of a landslide. PennDOT hasn’t given a time frame for when the section of state road between Stewartsv...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PennDOT has changed the schedule for work on the bridge carrying Route 51 over Interstate 70. Full overnight closures of westbound I-70 between Exit 46A (towards Union...

By RALPH E. STONE For the MVI Many readers throughout the Mid-Mon Valley may recall my past columns published in the former Valley Independent newspaper. For nearly three years, I wrote a column calle...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s girls basketball team was coming off a tough loss to South Fayette in a WPIAL semifinal. So, the Tigers came out with something to prove in their PIAA...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Missed opportunities proved costly for Elizabeth Forward in its state playoff opener Wednesday night. The Warriors held a slim one-point lead heading into halftime b...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Despite having to play without the services of one of its leading scorers and experienced playmakers, Belle Vernon Area’s boys basketball team didn’t miss a beat in ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area head coach Joe Salvino became the third boys basketball coach in WPIAL history to reach the 700-win plateau on Tuesday night.   To read the rest of...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic head coach Matt Bacco said his team wasn’t looking past Clarion-Limestone and its 12-10 record entering their first-round PIAA playoff game. To read...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As they observe the holy time of Great Lent, parishioners at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Monongahela are heartsick as news pours in day and night about Russian for...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park will remain closed for more than a month as damage caused by vandalism and recent storms is repaired. To read the rest of the ...

Roy A Stinogle, 70, of Monessen, passed peacefully on Monday, March 7, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Born in North Charleroi on Sept. 16, 1951, he was the son of the late Blaine and Mar...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Picking up students at Monessen High School/Middle School should soon be a safer process. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon...

Domenick J. Partezana, 91, of Coal Center, passed away Tuesday morning, March 8, 2022, at Transitions Healthcare, Washington, Pa. He was born June 21, 1930, in New Eagle, a son of Domenick Partezana a...

For the MVI The Monessen Middle/High School Group for the Performing Arts will present “The Little Shop of Horrors” at 7 p.m. March 17, 18 and 19 and 2 p.m. March 20 in the high school auditorium. Tic...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Clients of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Agency on Aging’s home-delivered meals program stayed warm and full during recent severe weather in the Mon Valley than...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township residents expressed concerns regarding the topic of water at Monday’s commissioners meeting.   To read the rest of the story, please see a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Heavy rain and strong winds brought down trees and caused hundreds of Mon Valley residents to lose power for a few hours Monday evening. To read the rest of the story,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Health Department issued a $1,842,530 penalty Monday against U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works for alleged exceedances of hydrogen sulfide recorded at ...

By JOSH KING For the MVI The Mon Valley came together when it mattered most for the Pergola family.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314...