By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Elementary Center will close today after a teacher and one student tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich sent a letter out to pare...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The North Belle Vernon Recreation Commission is planning for its last event of the year this weekend. The annual Light Up the Night celebration will welcome Santa to...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Washington Township officials shed some light on why lines were so long on Election Night at the municipal building. Several Washington Township voters told the Mon Va...

BY JEFF OLIVER For the Mon Valley Independent Seventy years ago, Barto “Poppi” Ferrara parlayed a desirable vehicle into a piece of Monessen business history. Back in 1950, Ferrara was working in the ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The president of the Mon Valley NAACP addressed Charleroi Borough Council on Tuesday, representing community members who were upset that a Confederate flag was displ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council was once again the scene of several arguments Tuesday night. While the disagreements danced around several financial issues initially, event...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s important to Dustin Pierce to make sure he does his part to honor his comrades. A U.S. Army veteran, Pierce works as a plant shift manager at U.S. Steel’s Clairto...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Some men who were drafted and sent to Vietnam in the late 1960s enjoyed their time serving their country — Terry Gnora of Donora is one of them. Gnora is the comm...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After a dozen years in the Army National Guard, Raymond Dicks is ready to focus on the next chapter in his life. Dicks, 32, of Charleroi enlisted after he graduated ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Nearly a decade removed from active military duty, Jefferson Hills resident Michael Thatcher continues to protect the public and serve as a community leader....

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Mon River Fleet Alpha Leo Club members at McKeesport Area High School used their creativity this month to show their gratitude for the service and sacrifice of are...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Borough Municipal Authority board spent much of Tuesday’s meeting attempting to clear up confusion regarding bills and construction projects. The ...

Kaiden Lint, Malik Whitfield-Harden and Brandon Arnold, all of Charleroi, waited for some friends to play basketball Monday afternoon.

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi couple is concerned for the safety of their tenants as a neighboring home is in jeopardy of falling onto their property. Frank and Dolores Coppi have own...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Students at William Penn Elementary School in the Elizabeth Forward School District will have another day of remote learning today after a third staff member te...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Sewage Authority recently released its approved budget for 2021, which includes a reduction in operating expenses. The Authority’s total opera...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora is considering a new ordinance that may make it easier to bring down dangerous structures.   When abandoned buildings become so dilapidated they create a h...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council plans to take PennDOT up on an offer to evaluate the safety of the busy intersection at Long Run (state Route 48) and Ripple roads. That portion of R...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com Under blue skies and with summer-like weather, hundreds of people lined downtown Monongahela Saturday afternoon to honor American heroes and pay tribute to those ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s been six days since polls closed for the general election, but the race for the 45th District state Senate seat is still too close to call. Republican Nicole Zicc...