By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Forecasters predict great fall weather this weekend, and Donora organizations are taking advantage. At 8 a.m. Saturday, the Mon Valley Salvation Army will hold ...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Some of the most haunting film sequences to ever appear on the silver screen were captured in the Pittsburgh area some 30 years ago.   Buffalo Bill’s House i...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Miller Hartley, front, Olivia Kostalec, Leah Klinger and Carsen Hartley brought flowers and gifts to give to the Charleroi Area High School girls soccer seniors...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A Ringgold School District parent and a high school teacher expressed concerns about understaffing and racially motivated bullying to board members during the d...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com John Easoz has resigned as chairman of the board of directors for the Mon Valley Alliance and Mon Valley Alliance Foundation. Easoz submitted his resignation Monday,...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The deadline to order a veterans banner in Charleroi has been moved up. Councilwoman Nancy Ellis, who is is organizing the effort to replace the banners lining the b...

By Joseph Augustine For The MVI With the season of giving approaching quickly, 17- year-old Cole Telegraphis is seeking donations for our military troops overseas to earn his Eagle Scout badge through...

By the MVI Alumni and friends will return to the campus of PennWest California for Celebrate California Homecoming 2022. Highlights of the day include the parade at noon Saturday, which will begin at ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Rotary Park on Third Street in California was a special sight yesterday as the late Marshall Craig was honored by his family and friends in two celebratory walks. On w...

Charleroi Elementary Center hosted Donuts with Grown-Ups for kindergarten students on Tuesday. Students could invite one grown-up to have breakfast with. JeanAnne Olstein is with her daughter, Teagan,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After hearing from the Washington County District Attorney and the owner of Bob’s Tavern in Finleyville Tuesday, a county judge decided to approve the preliminary...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township is nearly six months behind on completing its 2021 financial audit, according to Township Manager Greg Butler.   “This year, they (Horner,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Marshall Craig would have been 29 today.   His family and friends, members of Marshall’s Revolution, intend to celebrate him with two walks today at Rotary Park o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Area students involved in the Students Against Destructive Decisions program did their part this week to spread the word about safe driving among teens. The U.S. Depar...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora residents have started a GoFundMe campaign for a local man whose dog, Lucy, lost her leg after another dog attacked her at the former Donora High School ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi council got its first look at a preliminary “bare-bones” budget for 2023 on Monday and has some tough decisions to make in the coming weeks.   Borough Mana...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s solicitor at Monday’s council meeting said progress continues to be made on the borough’s quest to collect delinquent garbage bills. In February 2021, coun...

PennWest California carpenters Ed Gauden (on the aerial lift), Frank King and Bailey Lincoski attach the homecoming banner to Booker Towers at the university’s entrance Monday morning. A homecoming pa...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A large number of Mon Valley communities are experiencing police shortages, but Elizabeth Township added to its force Monday.   Officer James Pepiot was swor...

Brittany Teslovich-Palfrey, owner of Sweet Stems in Stockdale, holds her 10-month-old son, Nelson Palfrey, at Community Fest, which was held Saturday at North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park.