HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With a spike in coronavirus cases expected to continue growing, Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh and 1.2 million residents, imposed a one-week shutdown of bars and restauran...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen veterans hope residents will help them raise money to restore two war memorials in the city. Ron Chromulak, co-chairman of the Monessen War Memorial Trust, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Steel and members of Clairton’s American Legion joined forces the year the Vietnam War ended to plan and design a new veterans memorial in the city. The group cel...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at fishing but didn’t want to make the commitment of obtaining a license, Saturday may be your best opportunity. The P...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mayor Michael Cherepko talked briefly during Wednesday’s council meeting about how annual summer events in the city will be impacted as the state, county and country g...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com While work on the Elizabeth Bridge will continue into the fall, the last suspension cables will be replaced next week, meaning an end to the periodic half-hour ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council may shelve the idea of putting a basketball court or any other type of recreational facility on borough property along First Street. The idea of in...

By Stacy Wolford swolford@yourmvi.com It took a global pandemic to cancel my family’s annual Independence Day reunion. For the first time in 110 years, the Rosborough family reunion won’t take place o...

Charleroi Area High School hosted commencement Wednesday at Myron Pottios Stadium. Shown, clockwise from top, are new graduates Leo Iacovangelo and Zach Summers; Jamie Protz and Dominic Pellegrini pos...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of Mon Valley residents walked from bar to bar in McKeesport purchasing to-go drinks Wednesday evening. But, they weren’t participating in your typical bar cra...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com In an effort to curb an uptick in COVID-19 cases throughout Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday an executive order requiring all residents to wea...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the first time in more than a century, Belle Vernon area residents won’t munch on Potato Patch fries, relax on the carousel or defy gravity on the Steel Curtain ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With a new order signed Wednesday by Gov. Tom Wolf requiring residents to wear masks while in public spaces, anyone who attends the fireworks display in Charleroi is...

From left, Brianna Evans, Emma Hurley and Ariana McCarthy were all smiles at McKeesport Area High School’s commencement ceremony Tuesday. The Class of 2020 at MAHS had 218 graduates.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Notice went out Tuesday to everyone in the Belle Vernon Area School District that someone with a known case of COVID-19 attended last Wednesday’s graduation cer...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For restaurants and bars in Allegheny County, Tuesday was last call for alcohol as the county’s second round of COVID-19 restrictions took effect at 5 p.m.  ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District has decided not to hold a traditional, in-person graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020. The final date administrators reserved for a ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s no secret McKeesport is proud to show off its patriotism. In its 2020 Most Patriotic Cities Awards, Insurify, a research company that helps consumers shop for ins...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority will take over California University’s Vulcan Flyer shuttle service this year.   MMVTA Executive Director Ashley Seman made the ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Four-year-old Athena Nestor of Monessen sits outside Monessen Public Library Monday evening waiting for story time to start.