By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council voted down a motion to reopen police contracts Thursday. Councilman Joe Greco brought the item to vote, saying his reasoning was two fold.   “I w...

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com Emma Pratt, a 7-year-old from Greensburg, decided to donate her hair after she overheard that her cousin’s friend, Brieanne Russo, who was diagnosed with breast c...

By Peg Luketic McKeesport Community Newsroom   Linda Cubakovic, a soft spoken 63-year-old street minister affectionately known in McKeesport as “the hot dog lady,” spends most Wednesday afternoons on ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame welcomed six new members while also acknowledging the Valley’s top current student athletes Friday night.   Their accompli...

Paul E. Beatty, 83, of Fallowfield Township, passed away in his home on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Born on May 20, 1940, he was the son of the late James and Dora Zubovic Beatty. He was a member of Grace...

Frances Jo Ann Revetta, 88, of Monongahela, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Jo Ann was born in Gainesville, Texas, on April 14, 1935, to George and Rowena...

Dolores “Doris” E. Rodebaugh, 86, of Weedville, Pa., passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 16, 2023, at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital, surrounded by her loving children. Born on June 26, 1936, she...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Hundreds of people packed McKeesport’s Fifth Avenue Thursday for the city’s 59th Good Neighbor Day. The heart of downtown sprung to life, as more than 60 vendor...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council voted Thursday to reimburse Councilwoman Jane Ackerman $1,116, accepting her claim that she overpaid the borough for mischarged legal fees. To re...

Larry Pastories, a Vietnam veteran, retired state police officer and a member of the Blue Knights of Washington, Pa., rides past the trailer carrying the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall upon arrival a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Allegheny County, write-in votes will have an impact on a few local races in the Mon Valley. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon V...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi’s Community Day will return this summer. There hasn’t been a summer community celebration in Charleroi since 2021, and that was a smaller-scale event as th...

By Gino Antimarino MVI Sports On night two of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League draft, the girls got their chance to shine. A total of 32 new players were selected to play alongside ...

George A. “Chip” Essey, 67, of Craven Hill, Charleroi, passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Chip was a 1974 graduate of Monessen High School, then attended West Virginia University and graduated fr...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Anthony Slater, 8, Ryan Slater, 5, Denver Crockard, 7, and Jocelyn Crockard, 9, all of New Eagle, came to watch the Flag Day celebration, presented by the Monongah...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Amid a large crowd of protestors, the future of the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi was put on hold again Wednesday, but council did make a surprise decision t...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League Boys Division held its entry draft Wednesday at Cedarbrook Golf Course. The league will see 33 new players on t...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com A Donora resident uncovered an awful revelation when she looked to enroll her property in the Washington County Home Rehabilitation Program. Willa White applied for $2...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s new council member has hit the ground running. Councilman Mark Gadd gave his first report Wednesday, detailing parks and properties projects compl...

For the Mon Valley Independent There aren’t too many grandmothers around who can still turn cartwheels, but “Sissy” Cieply Jochmann, a 1971 graduate of Monessen High School, can turn them perfectly. H...