By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Another Monessen resident has tossed his cap into the ring for the mayoral race in the November election, but his status has been challenged in Westmoreland Count...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com When Charleroi Area School Board directors unanimously approved a reopening plan last month without a mask mandate, they didn’t anticipate a new variant of COVID-19 ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A car accident Monday has closed a Charleroi doctor’s office indefinitely due to apparent structural damage. According to Charleroi fire Chief Bob Whiten Jr., a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A local nonprofit group of motorcycle enthusiasts known for helping neighbors from the Mon Valley and beyond is honoring Vietnam veterans and those who made the ultima...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A former Mon Valley Hospital therapeutic recreational specialist is suing the hospital in federal court, alleging he was fired following “racially motivated discrimina...

Jesalyn Arnold, 9, of Charleroi gets her hair styled by Alexis Walter, a cosmetology student at Douglas Education Center, during the DEC’s back-to-school haircut celebration Monday morning. Free hairc...

By the MVI staff President Joe Biden declared Monday that he stands behind his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, despite “gut-wrenching” images coming out of the country after the swi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The first order of business at Monday’s Belle Vernon Area School Board meeting was to seat a new board member, filling the vacancy created last month by the res...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A member of White Oak’s planning commission criticized council members in attendance at Monday’s council meeting, alleging a lack of communication on a personnel-relat...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi residents may have to abide by new burning restrictions in the future. During a business meeting Monday, council discussed a proposed ordinance that ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two of the counties that are part of the Mon Valley have seen increases in population, according to figures from the 2020 U.S. Census. Allegheny County’s population ha...

Thomas Jefferson lineman Nick Bryan, left, and Charleroi’s Jacob King enjoy a slice of pizza during the Mon Valley Independent sports department’s football photo shoot Sunday at Snapshot 47 studio in ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen has made its curfew ordinance easier to enforce. The ordinance as it exists remains in place, but it has been amended to eliminate some of th...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Capital improvements are planned for the 2021-22 school year in the Elizabeth Forward School District, building on projects over the past year. Buildings and gr...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A local charity that provides weekend food bags to students in the Belle Vernon Area hopes to restock its shelves in time for the first day of school. The Bag Brigad...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Antioch Baptist Church in Belle Vernon did not hold its annual picnic last year because of caution in the face of the pandemic. This made Sunday’s picnic even more special, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster is trying to bring resources to veterans in the Mon Valley and other parts of his senatorial district. The Democratic senator from McKeesport r...

Brayden Stinogle, 10, of Charleroi, Brennon Lennex, 10, of Charleroi, Morgan Dodd, 10, of Carroll Township and Sienna Chiprich, 11, of Monongahela cooled off this week under the Big Bucket Splash at P...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com With their spending habits and expenses under recent scrutiny, Pennsylvania senators announced a new reporting system this week to make all Senate expenses a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A major roach infestation is once again a topic of frustration for Donora residents. This time it’s in the area of the 200 blocks of Meade Street and Castner Aven...