By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Jim and Connie Rach are unsure if they’ll be able to open the Pine Cove Beach Club pool in Charleroi this year, but they’re positive it won’t happen by Memorial Day. “...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area High School Class of 2020 Executive Committee will be remembered as selfless in the face of adversity. On Friday, the group of nine girls donated ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce “family” is getting bigger.   On Friday, the Twin Rivers Chamber of Commerce, based in Rostraver Township, announced on F...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Police accident reconstruction team is trying to determine the cause of a head-on collision around 9:15 p.m. Thursday. The crash occurred i...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Monessen woman involved in a two-car crash Thursday on Grand Boulevard was pronounced dead two hours after the crash occurred. According to Monessen police...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The counties that envelope the Mon Valley moved into the yellow phase of reopening this morning, nearly two months after COVID-19 mitigation efforts began closing...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council changed its leadership Thursday and repealed a 40-year-old ordinance that likely would have forced the retirement of police Superintendent Jim Bric...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The thought of no prom and a virtual graduation ceremony doesn’t exactly sit well with Belle Vernon Area senior Natalie French. “After our 12 years of hard work and ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to cost the Elizabeth Forward School District an estimated $1.2 million in lost revenues for the 2020-21 school year. That’s a...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents will be able to shop inside certain Wine and Good Spirits locations today. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced 155 stores in countie...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One of two Monessen women who were involved in a “near head-on” crash on Grand Boulevard Thursday morning was in “very critical condition,” according to Monessen polic...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A City of McKeesport councilwoman and retired district teacher will be remembered for her dedication to her family and community. Jamie Brewster-Filotei, a McKeesport ...

Rick Vedder of Donora took his grandsons Luca, 6, and Skyler, 8, to Donora’s Palmer Park to see how high they could fly their kite on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independe...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com PennDOT will be open bids next month for a contract which includes drainage repairs on Tyrol Boulevard. The work is designed to replace a collapsed and clogged ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Most birthday surprises aren’t life changing for either the giver or the recipient; but some are life-changing for both. Dave Lenik, owner of Lenik Greenhouse i...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com ArcelorMittal has submitted its official WARN Act notification to the state regarding layoffs at the coke plant in Monessen. According to the notice submitted t...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel in Monessen teamed up with the Pasta Shoppe in Monessen, Perked Up Cafe in Charleroi and Galiffa Productions of Donora t...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Like the hit song by Simon and Garfunkel, the summer of 2020 looks like it will be filled with the sounds of silence. While schools and businesses have felt ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board unanimously approved a preliminary 2020-21 spending plan Tuesday that includes a tax increase which would give the district Washingto...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The new majority on Monessen council — which includes Mayor Matt Shorraw and Councilman Gil Coles — voted Tuesday to repeal an ordinance approved last year in hop...