By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf and state health officials warned Monday that rising COVID numbers combined with overworked hospital personnel have put Pennsylvania and its he...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area school board is under the direction of a new president after reorganization took place Monday evening. Board member Dan Engstrom was unani...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Three new low-interest loan approvals through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority will help companies in three counties, including Westmoreland...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Domestic violence takes on new characteristics during the coronavirus pandemic and the Blackburn Center is offering two free Zoom seminars through the Rostraver...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Feral cats have again become a topic of conversation in Charleroi.   The issue has been a problem in the borough for more than a decade, and after helping to clean u...

The Salvation Army in Monessen hosted a Red Kettle Popup Event Saturday at various businesses throughout the Mid-Mon Valley. Participating businesses collected monetary donations for the Salvation Arm...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen students are forming their first BOTS IQ team. The manufacturing workforce development program helps high school students learn the ins and outs of manufact...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Christmas came early Saturday for a pack of rescued dogs in White Oak. Three brothers — Chase and Ty Kretzler and Presley Buttermore, all students of the Quaker Valley...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com If you want to relive Monongahela’s 250th celebration from 2019, the Monongahela Area Historical Society has just the ticket for you. The society is now sell...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Mia Strickler, 6, of Collinsburg handed out treat bags, courtesy of Big’s Sanitation, to Alice Allen, 6, and Freddie Allen, 5, both of Fellsburg, during Rostrav...

Rostraver Elementary School’s PTA held a drive-thru Festival of Trees Friday evening at Lowe’s Home Warehouse in Rostraver Township. It featured decorated trees by the students, along with Santa Claus...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The body of a 15-year-old Jefferson Hills resident who had been missing since Nov. 21 was found Friday after an extensive search. Elizabeth Borough police Chief...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In his 2021 mayoral budget message and during Wednesday’s council meeting, Mayor Michael Cherepko offered an update about garbage and recycling hauling in McKeesport. ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com December might not seem to be the best time to head to the river, but the winter season for rowing will soon start in the Mon Valley. While it’s a bit too cold to hi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Monessen, COVID-19 has reared its ugly head in several areas of the city’s operations.   City Hall had to close all of Thanksgiving week and the first couple o...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com To Monongahela resident Laura Magone, baking cookies means more than just satisfying a sweet tooth. Magone, president of the Monongahela Area Historical Soci...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Vine Street Park in West Newton looks like a scene from a Hallmark Christmas movie. Though annual holiday festivities were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although the city’s Recreation Board had to scale back some aspects of the celebration due to pandemic restrictions, McKeesport’s Festival of Trees kicked off Thursday...

Lennie Boso puts the finishing touches on a flocked Christmas tree at Joseph’s Nursery in Monessen. They are still taking orders for flocked trees and have a variety of colors.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The former superintendent of Belle Vernon Area School District violated the state ethics act by taking district equipment home for his personal benefit — includin...