By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco is unhappy that county residents who die with COVID-19 symptoms aren’t being tested for the virus. “There are several factors...

By Teghan Simonton Trib Total Media In the McKeesport Area School District, Superintendent Mark Holtzman estimated more than a thousand families either don’t have reliable internet access or the neces...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The victim of a fatal head-on crash on a busy state road in White Oak Thursday afternoon has been identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Donald ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Educators and more than 1.7 million K-12 students across Pennsylvania learned their schools will remain shuttered for the remainder of the academic year as a result of...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Pennsylvania Thursday, a figure that has increased every day this week. There are now 18,228 positive cases i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A local state representative wants to know the plan to get Pennsylvanians back to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, sen...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Several homes in Donora mistakenly got posted with shut-off notices Thursday from the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi, but Mayor Jim McDonough wants residen...

For the MVI The Charleroi Area Interact Club recently donated fleece blankets to SPHS Connect’s homeless assistance programs.   SPHS Connect Supervisor Tracy Scott visited Charleroi Area High School t...

For the MVI United Way of Mon Valley President and CEO Phillip Sparacella announced the organization received a portion of a $3 million grant given to the United Way Worldwide COVID-19 Relief & Respon...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi wants to crack down on occupancy permits and home inspections. Councilman Frank Paterra brought up the issue of stricter enforcement several weeks ago and ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com New Eagle council unanimously agreed to extend a state of emergency in the borough as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread. Mayor Charles Fine declared the stat...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com   Allegheny County Police Department’s accident reconstruction unit is investigating after a man died as a result of a two-car accident that occurred in White Oak on T...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Members of the Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel in Monessen gave an early Easter treat to local children Wednesday during their meal delivery. Capt. Joel Thw...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A case of COVID-19 is in at least one Mid-Mon Valley community in Washington County. On Monday, North Charleroi Mayor Steve Hega said he was notified of the first co...

For the Mon Valley Independent Many boroughs and cities in the Mon Valley that are at risk of being under-counted in the 2020 U.S. Census have already fallen behind. Grant Cole, community outreach spe...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Severe thunderstorms swept through the region early Wednesday morning, leaving some area residents without power and damage to their cars, yards and homes. The warni...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mary of Nazareth Catholic School educators, students and their parents are adjusting well to remote learning that has come as a result of state-mandated COVID-19 schoo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Steel is delaying construction of its $1 billion project at the Mon Valley Works and will take aggressive action to secure its long-term future amid the coronavir...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Bob Mesher and Tom Gregg of the Rostraver Lions Club take barbecued chicken off the grill to package it for families in need during a food giveaway Tuesday for ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After two days in which the number of new cases of COVID-19 had shown a decrease or a leveling off in Pennsylvania, Tuesday’s figures brought an increase again. T...