By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A portion of Ravine Street closed since last week reopened Wednesday. The brick road runs under the Versailles Avenue Bridge, and a small portion of it between Point S...

Students at Charleroi Area Elementary Center celebrated “twos-day” (2-22-22) by bringing donations in for the Harvest Bounty Program. First graders Sophie Elliott, Gunner Fleming and Xavier Arnold wor...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council was given a talking-to Tuesday. A team of consultants hired by Strategic Management Planning Program pressed the council to finally...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Debate club is coming back to the Charleroi Area School District.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com During her report at Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Ina Jean Marton said White Oak Police Department’s efforts to have a traffic study done in the area of Francis McC...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There have been potholes popping up along a section of Interstate 70 in the Mid-Mon Valley, and PennDOT District 12 confirmed Tuesday that it’s aware of the situation....

Aayla Howell, 5, of Monessen, Brielle Galis, 6, of Coal Center and her brother Ben, 2, were cheering on the Monessen girls basketball team in Monday’s playoff game against Riverview.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Following a destructive fire at the McKeesport Public Works garage, White Oak Council on Monday unanimously approved the sale of a 1997 Peterbilt dump truck to the cit...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board unanimously appointed Janis Niemiec to fill a seat left vacant when Justin Kosanko resigned in January.   To read the rest...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Masks will be optional, but highly recommended, for students and staff in the Charleroi Area School District starting today.   To read the rest of the story, please ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Several Mon Valley residents have been honored by U.S. Steel for their commitment to community service. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesda...

These young Frazier fans cheered for the Commodores in Friday’s win over Carmichaels. From left are Greyson Roycroft, 6, Charlotte Smith, 6, Dena McGowan, 6, and Parker Roycroft, 4.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Lions Club on Saturday held a celebration of community and international service that’s been a century in the making. To read the rest of the story, ple...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 22-year-old Van Voorhis woman passed away after the vehicle she was driving was struck by a train Saturday in Monongahela. To read the rest of the story, please...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Thirty-one years ago, Anthony Madison Sr. had just arrived in Saudi Arabia as part of the U.S. Army Reserves’ 14th Quartermaster Detachment. To read the rest of t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The kittens and dogs at White Oak Animal Safe Haven got a little extra love Friday that came in the form of a $25,000 donation. To read the rest of the story, please s...

By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media PennDOT is planning to begin work this summer on replacing the bridge that carries Fayette Street over Interstate 70 in North Belle Vernon. To read the rest of the stor...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The parents of a 6-month-old baby boy found hidden behind the bedroom wall of their Charleroi home could face the death penalty if convicted of his murder. To rea...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Before Calvin Terza had career aspirations or a 4.41 GPA to leverage for college applications to top-ranked schools, he was killing time in the summer betwee...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The Tube City Writers have announced the publication of “The Corona Diaries,” a 300-page collection of blog entries written by the group’s members from March 2020 to March 202...