By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania reported its highest number of new COVID-19 cases Friday, and Allegheny County had its highest daily total since July. Pennsylvania’s Department of H...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Salvation Army is on a mission to rescue Christmas. The Salvation Army in Monessen kicked off its Red Kettle Campaign early this year with a virtual 5K fun run i...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The sound of church bells will soon be ringing over the Mon Valley from Fells United Methodist Church. The bells, which usually ring out twice a day with hymns,...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Light-Up Night is less than two weeks away in Elizabeth. While there will be changes due to COVID-19, there will still be festivities in the community. The even...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Incumbent Republican Bud Cook and Democrat Nick Pisciottano both claimed victory Thursday in their respective races for state House seats. Cook, R-West Pike Run Townsh...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With a new surge of COVID-19 cases in the area — Thursday’s count of 2,900 new cases marked a daily high point for Pennsylvania — officials are preparing to ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A group of Charleroi Area High School students stepped virtually into an operating room recently to witness open heart surgery. Michele Piatt worked for more than a ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Borough Council plans to accept a preliminary budget that will hold the line on taxes at its voting meeting next Thursday. Borough Administrator Terri Petr...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors announced Thursday they will retain the services of a new engineering firm. Greentree-based Gannett Fleming is slated to be the ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Samantha Feld and Shannon Anthony of Monessen took advantage of the beautiful weather to take fall photos of Shannon’s daughter, nine-month-old Skylar Koschalk,...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the Rostraver Township commissioners Wednesday did not adopt an emergency declaration at their monthly meeti...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon native Helena Barch-Kuchta took an interest in law and politics as early as the seventh grade. Just ask her teachers and classmates who were in ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mayor Michael Cherepko confirmed McKeesport will have a Festival of Trees celebration this year. He said officials plans for the Christmastime event are still being de...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Parking will remain free in Charleroi throughout the new year. In August, Councilwoman Jeannine Motycki proposed not collecting change from borough parking meters be...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several voters in Washington Township say they waited in line four to five hours to vote Tuesday. With their teeth chattering and their fingers numb from the cold, som...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Incumbent Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run, looked to hold onto his seat as state Representative from the 49th District, fending off challenger Randi Barli, D-Coal ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com According to unofficial election results from Westmoreland County, incumbent state Rep. Eric Davanzo, R-South Huntingdon, appears headed to his first full term as re...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com State Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Union Township, held a healthy lead over Democratic challenger Sara-Summer Oliphant of South Park in the 39th Legislative District l...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Incumbent Democrat Jim Brewster was leading in Allegheny County Tuesday night in his race to retain the state’s 45th District senate seat against Republican challenger...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Monessen resident has organized a trap, neuter and release program for feral cats in the city and has a GoFundMe page to get it off the ground.   Carissa Barcus...