By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Sheetz will launch a free meal program today. On Wednesday the company announced the program, aimed to help children and families in need during the COVID-19 pandemi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township Commissioners held a virtual meeting Wednesday night to meet the needs of social distancing during the current health crisis and to keep reside...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent An online social media campaign, called “Let There be Light” encouraged residents to place luminaries and candles outside their home Wednesday as a show of supp...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A portion of state Route 906 between Monessen and Interstate 70, which has been under an emergency closure since 2 a.m. Monday as the result of a landslide, will not b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Local senior citizens — despite not being able to see their families face-to-face in many cases — are keeping busy. Activity directors and families of those practici...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Municipal meetings have become a tricky thing during the coronavirus pandemic, and some local leaders have found guidance from the state lacking. The Centers for ...

By Deb Erdley   Trib Total Media Stimulus checks, already exempt from federal taxes, would be exempt from state and local taxes as well under legislation state Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, expects...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “We invite folks to utilize our green spaces to get literal and metaphorical breaths of fresh air to stay mentally and physically healthy while we all work together, a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com President Donald Trump declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania Monday night, and by Tuesday another 756 cases of coronavirus were confirmed. There are now 4,843...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Local Centers of Excellence are not going anywhere despite the spread of the coronavirus. COEs, an initiative by the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and Go...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Some construction projects related to state roads and bridges previously put on hold throughout the state will resume. On Tuesday, PennDOT announced more than 60 eme...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Route 906 between Interstate 70 and Monessen is closed in both directions as the result of a landslide caused by heavy storms that brought down trees and left th...

During this unprecedented national emergency as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on local businesses, the Mon Valley Independent has made the difficult decision to temporarily alter its ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf ended speculation that things might return to normal any time soon Monday when he announced schools will remain closed until further notice. “Until ...

For the Mon Valley Independent Until the COVID-19 virus closed schools, Belle Vernon Area students were making substantial progress on building a high-tech device that will be of special value to engi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Police are investigating after a Pittsburgh man was shot in Monessen Sunday night. Monessen police Lt. Dave Yuhasz said officers were called to the area of Fourth Stre...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Storms rolled through the Mon Valley over the weekend, causing flash flooding and packing high winds. National Weather Service-Pittsburgh placed the entirety of the Mi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Washington County, which had 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday, is now under Gov. Tom Wolf’s and stay-at-home order. Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monongahela resident had a hot commodity to give   away Friday. William Hefner parked his truck, filled with individually wrapped rolls of toilet paper, at Mononga...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’   “To this ...