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.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As a result of heightened fears about the spread of the coronavirus, the churches of McKeesport will not come together in fellowship this year for a summer festival to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County has experienced three straight days of its highest numbers of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic reached Pennsylvania in March. Allegheny C...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A week after announcing plans to move forward with the summer concert series on Plum Street, the Elizabeth Area Development Corporation has decided to cancel it...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Community Bank will no longer have a branch office in Monessen. President and Chief Executive Officer Barron P. McCune Jr. announced plans to consolidate its Monesse...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California Area School Board in a continued session Monday approved a $15.7 million budget for 2020-21 with a tax increase of .88 mills. The increase is the...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Whether intentionally put there or blown from trash cans, dumpsters, shopping carts or cars, most communities have experienced an increase of visible litter ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Jennifer Zdravecky of Monongahela puts the finishing touches on her daughter Sloane before her First Holy Communion Mass at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish Sunday...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After nearly 60 years of having “a great big dining room table,” Marian Hornby wasn’t sure how she felt about Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh turning a portion of her d...

By MADASYN LEE Trib Total Media Allegheny County officials on Sunday ordered all bars and restaurants in Allegheny County to halt on-premises alcohol consumption in response to the recent surge in COV...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club and three friends who allegedly conspired to hide two of his Harley-Davidson motorcycles while he is incarcerated were orde...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Pleasant Hills plans to move forward with its 26th annual National Night Out, scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. July 28. The bor...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi will host a monthly community-wide flea market beginning next month.   The effort, organized by Councilwoman Nancy Ellis, aims to draw residents from aroun...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Legend Davis and Joey Caruso celebrate at the Charleroi Area High School senior class picnic Friday at North Charleroi Recreational Park.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It has been said that the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man, but as evidenced by the Armed Forces Equestrian Center in Elizabeth, horses are mu...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic may have shut down most summer activities, but it won’t stop Monongahela from celebrating Independence Day. The Monongahela Youth Ma...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Friday’s hearing for one of three lawsuits filed against Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw and others for alleged Sunshine Act violations, the judge wasn’t happy wit...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It took more than a year of preparation to create Nathanael Stevens’ dream of a Mon Valley Rowing Club. Soon his vision will come to life when he sees a 60-foot rowe...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Signs have gone up at railroad crossings in several Mon Valley communities cautioning residents that the crossings will be closed for repairs next week. That ha...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop a decades-long tradition for senior girls in the Charleroi Area School District. For the past 73 years, the Athene Club has held up...