By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A senior at Elizabeth Forward High School recently played a significant role in helping a local nonprofit organization receive a grant from the EQT Foundation. Thank...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com If the sight of empty toilet paper shelves last month wasn’t frustrating enough, brace for the next wave of shortages at your local grocery store. The corona...

By DEB ERDLEY Trib Total Media County leaders across Southwestern Pennsylvania are trying to convince Gov. Tom Wolf to allow them to begin reopening as soon as possible — regardless of what is going o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Food banks and independent pantries throughout the Mon Valley are making history. The organizations have adapted in the face of unprecedented distribution numbers si...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Joseph “Ol’ Pa” Bruno of Dunlevy has a lot of friends and family in the Mon Valley who were excited that he turned 100 Tuesday. Those loved ones intended to celebrate ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Creativity is at the heart of Mon River Arts, so it’s no surprise that creativity is keeping the nonprofit organization going during this time of social distanc...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Fans around the world mark May 4 as “Star Wars Day” with the phrase “May the fourth be with you.” The Addis sisters dressed up as their favorite characters to c...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council will consider creating the new position of city clerk at its voting meeting next Tuesday. In a closed workshop meeting last night, Mayor Matt Sho...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A bill that would allow take-out sales of liquor could make or break business for local bar and tavern owners,   Under HB 327, which passed in the Pennsylvania House...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One of the two Pagans who were found guilty of aggravated assault in February has been charged with violating a court order forbidding him to contact a witness. M...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Police Superintendent Jim Brice is concerned his borough could be about to experience something he thought was eradicated 16 years ago — a string of thefts...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf has released more guidance for businesses and nonprofits to follow once their counties have moved into the yellow phase and they’re able to reopen. ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Company volunteer is this year’s recipient of the Eric Hussey Memorial Scholarship. Travis Evans, 18, will receive the “Gift From E...

By JOE GRATA NBC’s weekly “Meet the Press,” the longest-running public affairs show in American broadcast history, debuted on small black-and-white television sets on Nov. 6, 1947. A program along the...

Editor’s Note:   Ron Paglia is away from his desk. This column, which originally ran May 11, 2006, is presented again by request. By RON PAGLIA Search the internet and you will find no less than 10 we...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Council is expected to vote today on a motion that would recognize racism as a public health crisis. An attachment to the motion, introduced by Distri...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township commissioners approved a proposal Monday for a new community notification system. The township had been using the free Nixel service, but the...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The coronavirus didn’t stop Mon Valley residents from helping a local priest celebrate an important milestone Sunday. An estimated 233 cars joined seven fire...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After Gov. Tom Wolf’s announcement Friday that no southwestern Pennsylvania counties would be part of the group moving into the less restrictive yellow category o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When the coronavirus took hold in the Mon Valley in March, services deemed non-essential came to a screeching halt — including the real estate market. Agents, buyers...