McKeesport Area students get a surprise Christmas gift
Latest News, Main
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
December 24, 2024
McKeesport Area High School students got an early visit from a “secret Santa” and found brand new workout equipment and a remodeled workout site. Once the McKeesport Area High School football team got...
Santa visits Donora library
Latest News, Main
December 24, 2024
The Donora Public Library celebrated the holiday season Dec. 18 with a kids Christmas party. Shown with Santa is Lylith Seek of Donora. All of the youngsters in attendance received a treat bag that in...
MON VALLEY INDEPENDENT COLORING CONTEST WINNERS
Latest News, Main
December 24, 2024
Here are the winners of the Mon Valley Independent’s annual holiday coloring contest. Clockwise from top left are 3-4 age group winner Walker Mudron, 4, of Monongahela; 5-7 age group winner Ellianna K...
Latest News, Main
December 24, 2024
The Mon Valley Independent will not produce a print or electronic edition on Wednesday in observance of the Christmas Day holiday. We will resume our regular publication schedule Thursday. Only our ne...
Saints Joachim and Anne angel tree gifts delivered
Latest News, Main
December 24, 2024
Saints Joachim and Anne pastor, the Rev. Tom Burke and religious education and parish life director Julie Fleckenstein delivered the Angel Tree items collected from parishioners to the Little Sisters ...
Longtime Monongahela firefighter honored
Latest News, Main
December 24, 2024
During the Monongahela Fire Department’s recent Christmas party, state Rep. Andrew Kuzma, R-Elizabeth Township, helped honor Chris Bartkus, a lifetime member who has served the department for 50 years...
Special delivery by Santa, The Grinch and firefighters
Latest News, Main
December 23, 2024
Stockdale Volunteer Fire Co. and Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department firefighters partnered to host their annual Santa Parade on Sunday afternoon. Santa and The Grinch traveled through Stockdale, Allenpo...
White Oak to hold special meeting to finalize budget
Latest News, Main
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
December 23, 2024
The meeting will be held 6 p.m. Dec. 30. White Oak council will hold a late-year meeting to vote on the 2025 budget before the Dec. 31 deadline. During last week’s meeting, council decided to have a s...
Weekend snow squalls disrupt travel in several communities
Latest News, Main
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 23, 2024
A snow squall is an intense burst of snow and winds that create whiteout visibility and rapidly deteriorate road conditions. Several Mon Valley communities and neighborhoods in the Pittsburgh area fac...
EF hosts festive 44th annual senior citizens breakfast
Latest News, Main
December 23, 2024
The annual event has become an important community tradition. For the MVI Elizabeth Forward High School welcomed dozens of senior citizens looking for a little holiday cheer to the district’s 44th ann...
Monessen High School awarded Samsung grant
Latest News, Main
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
December 23, 2024
The high school now has a chance to win the state prize, which amounts to $12,000 in Samsung products. Monessen High School is one of the six schools in Pennsylvania that has been awarded $2,500 in Sa...
Latest News, Main
December 23, 2024
Fighting against full transparency is Pennsylvania’s top elections official, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt. By PAULA REED WARD TribLive A battle for election transparency is being waged acr...
Christmas magic in the air at Monessen Elementary
Latest News, Main
December 21, 2024
Dena Seykoski’s first-grade class at Monessen Elementary Center showed their excitement for the start of the holidays. The elementary school hosted Christmas parties on Friday and students wore pajama...
Charleroi Regional Police officers sworn in
Latest News, Main
December 21, 2024
Kepler Rhoden and Alan Anderson were officially sworn in as officers with the Charleroi Regional Police Department by Magisterial District Judge Eric Porter during a regional police board meeting. Jen...
Ringgold School District superintendent gets five-year contract extension
Latest News, Main
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
December 21, 2024
The school board also promoted high school Principal Greg Seraceni to assistant superintendent. The Ringgold School Board extended Superintendent Randall Skrinjorich’s contract for five years and prom...
Local historians discuss Darr Mine disaster
Latest News, Main
December 21, 2024
John Hepple and James Bell presented a discussion and shared photos about the historic tragedy at the Rostraver Township Historical Society. By JIM BUSCH For the MVI On Dec. 19, 1907, a tremendous exp...
Rostraver Twp. ready to roll out new in-house garbage service
Latest News, Main
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
December 21, 2024
Rates will remain the same for residents under the new refuse hauling plan. Rostraver Township officially announced dates and times for its new garbage program that begins in January. In October, the ...
Charleroi Regional Police officers promoted
Latest News, Main
December 21, 2024
Magisterial District Judge Eric Porter Porter swears in newly appointed Charleroi Regional Police Department sergeants Mike Leasure, Jackson Bucy, Walker Bakewell and Marcus Richardson. Jenn Codeluppi...
Are lobbyist emails to lawmakers public records? A Pennsylvania court will decide
Latest News, Main
By ByANGELACOULOUMBIS Spotlight PA 
December 21, 2024
Spotlight PA sued after the Pennsylvania Senate refused to turn over emails between lawmakers and lobbyists. HARRISBURG — As the Pennsylvania legislature prepared to pass sweeping updates to the state...