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. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Jill Lape — the sister of late McKeesport Councilwoman Jamie Brewster Filotei— is carrying on her family’s legacy of public service to the city. During Wednesday’s in-...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Facebook Live video of protesters demonstrating in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis helped Monessen police investigate a car crash that occurred ...

Photos by Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent McKeesport Area High School twins, Donovan and Lukas Kelly, get ready to celebrate their anticipated graduation during a community parade Wednesday ev...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The emotions Ronalee Matthews displayed during Wednesday afternoon’s peaceful protest in Rostraver Township said it all. A West Newton resident and Caucasian mother ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Amid a backdrop of boarded-up buildings and a heavy police presence, demonstrators took to Pleasant Hills’ Southland Shopping Center on Wednesday afternoon t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi borough may be enhancing code enforcement efforts. During a meeting Wednesday, council discussed giving Code Enforcement Officer Bob Whiten power to write ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners Wednesday officially went on record opposing the construction of a leachate evaporation system at the Westmoreland Sanitary...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Ron and Christine Janney didn’t have to wait in a line and spent little time inside their polling place Tuesday   afternoon at Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Depart...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Incumbent state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, was claiming victory late Tuesday night in the 49th District. Cook said his sources told him he succ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, Allegheny County’s longest-serving Congressman, was leading at presstime in the 18th Congressional District race for the Democratic nomination ag...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The race for the 39th Legislative District was impossible to call before presstime Tuesday night due to a slower-than-normal vote reporting process.   Incumbent s...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Tensions are running high in Pleasant Hills as the borough and surrounding areas brace for a prayer vigil this afternoon to protest the death of George Floyd...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Crews were working Tuesday to restore water and natural gas service to homes in Washington Township affected by suspected mine subsidence Monday night. A reside...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Local disc jockeys threw their support behind Black Out Tuesday, a movement started by big names in the music industry. One of the first Mon Valley DJs on board was ...