By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen High School’s graduation is set for 6 p.m. Friday and organizers have tried to provide the gist of a traditional commencement ceremony. Each graduate can...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills borough continued Monday to move forward with the recertification of the Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company, as borough officials unveiled a pr...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A multi-racial, multi-generational peaceful protest took place Sunday afternoon in California borough. Approximately 150 to 200 participants marched from the ce...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic put a strain on membership-based philanthropic and veterans’ organizations, but leaders are hopeful now that Southwestern Pennsylvania is in th...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com If images of thousands of demonstrators nationwide walking arm-in-arm have you nervous that a second outbreak of coronavirus could be right around the corner...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The four cooperating witnesses who helped with the prosecution of two Pagans convicted of aggravated assault have had their cases resolved. Last month, Matthew Va...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Cal U Puppet Brigade hopes something positive can come from the COVID-19 pandemic — a larger audience. Created as part of Sabrina Hykes-Davis’ puppetry class, th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents who’ve been cooped up as a result of stay-at-home orders and the economic shutdown were finally able to get out Friday. Allegheny, Fayette, Washin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Graduating Charleroi Area students were honored for their accomplishments Friday with a parade. Between 75 and 100 seniors attended the event, which was organized by...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area High School graduation has been scheduled to take place in four sessions over two days later this month. The traditional ceremony for the ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It looks like it’s going to take the official count to determine the winner of the primary race for the Republican nomination for the 39th Legislative District....

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey visited Washington County Friday to help the county enter into the green phase as coronavirus restrictions continue to be lifted. Flanke...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts’ EQT/MVAA 2020 Summer Concert Series kicks off this weekend with local favorites The Wally Gingers Orchestra, and the con...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A local restaurant will turn its parking lot into a makeshift drive-in movie theater this evening.   The Tree House Restaurant, located in the Belle Vernon American ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Forward High School senior Rikkyia Magwood, right, poses with her brother Diego before her graduation ceremony Thursday evening.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com At its meeting next week, Donora council will once again consider repealing an ordinance that would require police Superintendent Jim Brice to retire because he i...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Power outages were reported throughout a few Mon Valley communities due to storms that swept through the area Thursday evening.   Nearly 1,700 customers in Washingto...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Judge Gilfert Mihalich is being remembered as a man of fairness and integrity by his friends and family.   The 93-year-old Monessen native who spent decades as ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A volunteer group started in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is living up to its name. Small Towns, Big Hearts, a group of local volunteers led by Fallowfield Town...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com As the counties that encompass the Mon Valley move into the green phase today, there were just 15 new cases and no new deaths reported overnight due to COVID-19. ...