By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two state lawmakers, including one from the Mon Valley, plan to introduce legislation that would offer health care workers and first responders working on the front li...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley was open for business Friday after a long period of COVID-19 lockdown. Tara Bottino, who owns Just 4 You Gift Shop in Monongahela, said she had a f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of McKeesport in three locations Friday to bid farewell to a beloved teacher and McKeesport councilwoman. Jamie Brewster-Filotei...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi Regional police officer under investigation for drug-related crimes has resigned from his position as K-9 officer. William M. Gardner, 39, is charged wit...

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By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council changed its leadership Thursday and repealed a 40-year-old ordinance that likely would have forced the retirement of police Superintendent Jim Bric...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