By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The school year has wrapped up at Mary of Nazareth Catholic School, and after a successful academic year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the principal is hoping for a g...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela residents and children looking forward to using the newly renovated Mounds Park will have to wait a bit longer for the park to be finished. Origi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A growing problem with slum landlords was brought to the attention of California Borough Council Thursday. Resident Janet Bateman said the borough had addressed...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area will help make sure students are not hungry while enjoying their summer vacation. On Thursday, with school officially out of session, children between...

Hannah Yorty received flowers from her brother, Thomas, before commencement at Monessen High School Friday evening.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two communities have asked to meet with the leadership of Mon Valley EMS to discuss some recent concerns. Bill Hess, Mon Valley EMS chief, attended this week’s Ch...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com More than $1.5 million in mandatory fines, fees and other charges went uncollected by the Washington County Clerk of Courts office between Jan. 1, 2016, and Dec...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com More proof of life returning to normal after the year-long COVID-19 pandemic was evident in Monongahela Friday afternoon. The Monongahela Area Revitalization...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Washington Township’s supervisors this week named an employee of K2 Engineering as the township zoning officer. K2 Engineering provides engineering services for the to...

Jaymee McKelvey, Bailey McLaughlin, Autumn Thomas and Jamie Beldin prepare for commencement services Thursday at Elizabeth Forward High School.

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania lawmakers have voted to end Gov. Tom Wolf’s pandemic disaster emergency declaration. In place since March 6 of last year, the pandemic emergency...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In another reversal, Donora Council voted Thursday to give the borough’s part-time police officers a raise that they decided to take back just last month.   The r...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com California Borough Council went on record Thursday officially opposing the state integration plan that would combine California University of Pennsylvania with ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Middle school students from Monessen were celebrated Wednesday as they graduated from the Positive Action After School program. The program, administered in partners...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fire destroyed a vacant house in Elizabeth Township early Thursday. According to acting Police Chief Adam Blake, the Allegheny County Fire Marshal has been call...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Area High School Class of 2021 graduates, in the front, from left, Lorenzo Axton, Madison Vieck and Corey Astolas move their tassels from the right to...

Monessen’s Hazel Brock Rone is the only original, surviving member of Mount Calvary’s gospel chorus By the MVI The only surviving original member of one of the oldest church gospel choirs in the Mon V...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela Valley Hospital plans to merge with the Penn Highlands Healthcare system in Clearfield County, a move that will likely go into effect this fall. The h...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) officials heard nearly three hours of testimony Wednesday on the integration plan that would merge six st...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Joe Manning is ready to help Charleroi Borough move forward. On Wednesday, by a 5-1 vote, council approved his contract as the new borough manager. Councilman Frank ...