By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the holiday frenzy begins to wind down, decorations are packed away and the tree is untrimmed, some gifts could leave lasting impressions long after Santa has ret...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Braving the frigid temperatures Saturday, a couple of McKeesport firefighters threw on Santa hats and delivered Christmas Eve meals to local families. In a Facebook po...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several McKeesport-area youths have a group of parishioners from Mary, Mother of God Parish to thank for at least some of their Christmas gifts this year. Each year, p...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com With temperatures set to remain dangerously low over the weekend, authorities across Southwestern Pennsylvania are focused on public health and transportation. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com What a difference a year makes. When Monessen’s new administration took over during the first week of January this year, Mayor Ron Mozer announced they had been l...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com South Allegheny School District held an event to get its Latin American students into the Christmas spirit while embracing their unique cultures. Twelve students, rang...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com You’re never too old for Santa Claus. This holds especially true for two Mon Valley natives, Jay and Jennifer Lewis, who know they fill big shoes each year as they p...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Mishaunda Fitzgerald, 8, of Donora was excited to get a treat bag from Santa and Mrs. Claus as they were escorted through town by the Donora Volunteer Fire Co. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Rain and chilly conditions couldn’t prevent locals from gathering Thursday afternoon to pray for peace and unity in McKeesport. A large group of McKeesport area spirit...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen will open two warming centers by noon today. Mayor Ron Mozer announced the warming center openings during last night’s council meeting, which...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com You can find life’s great stories at the library — sometimes you don’t even need to open a book. The Donora Public Library recently launched a year-end fundrais...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com So often work meetings become dreadfully redundant. Couldn’t we have covered that in an email? For Belle Vernon Area School District teachers who gathered Th...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors said they put residents first when preparing next year’s budget. In addition to unanimously passing a roughly $2 million spending pl...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Before Santa jumps on his sleigh Christmas Eve for his world tour, he will hitch rides on some Mid-Mon Valley fire trucks to visit children. Since the 1930s, several f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The suspect wanted in the shooting death of his classmate turned himself in to authorities Wednesday. Terry Newton, 16, was taken into custody on a warrant for the Nov...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Come mid-January, there will be no more daily or weekend Mass at Corpus Christi Church in McKeesport or Saint Robert Bellarmine Church in East McKeesport. That was mad...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board hired a new high school principal Wednesday during the final public meeting of 2022. The administration selected Gregory Saraceni to f...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A formal policy may be coming next year to handle a commissioner who Rostraver officials say is undermining the township’s top employee. Township Manager Jef...

By RALPH STONE For the MVI It was at the Monessen Thanksgiving parade of 1940, just a few weeks prior to my 7th birthday, that my youthful vision of Santa Claus was completely shattered. As I excitedl...

Parishioner and staff volunteer Sharon Zunic pushes a cart with desserts during Tuesday’s Food and Fellowship luncheon at First Presbyterian Church in Rostraver Township. The church luncheon, free to ...