By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As the mandatory two-week shutdown of schools in Pennsylvania continues, districts in the Mon Valley are making arrangements to continue their meal programs for...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Today’s special election to fill the vacant 58th District state House seat is expected to be held as scheduled, despite widespread cancellations and shutdowns beca...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pleasant Hills borough announced new guidelines at Monday night’s commissioners meeting concerning how emergency calls and o...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Diocese of Greensburg, which includes all Roman Catholic churches in Westmoreland and Fayette counties, will be suspending all public weekday and weekend Ma...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in Western Pennsylvania grew to five over the weekend, with one of those cases reporte...

Area senior centers will be closed in connection with the coronavirus pandemic starting Tuesday.   The Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Agency on Aging made the decision in conjunction with the commissi...

By Teghan Simonton Trib Total Media The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has canceled all weekday and Sunday Masses starting Monday to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “Although in many ways it saddens m...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Frank Paterra, commander of the American Legion in Charleroi, isn’t happy Monessen is no longer in the rotation to host the region’s annual Veteran’s Day parade. Mon...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com While students will be off school across Pennsylvania for the next two weeks, school administrators are still in the process of determining what that means for ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The first presumed case of coronavirus has been reported in Washington County, though county officials are still awaiting details from the Pennsylvania Departme...

On Friday afternoon, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the closure of all Pennsylvania schools from Monday through March 27, after many area superintendents had already started making decisions for their distri...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Tenacity and persistence appear to be the key words in the Belle Vernon Area School District. After more than a year of contract talks, including two marathon s...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi is adopting a series of temporary policies and procedures. Now through April ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Office of Commonwealth Libraries has directed all public libraries in Pennsylvania to close for routine serv...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The day before Washington County became the first in Western Pennsylvania to have a positive case of coronavirus, Donora council formed its committee to combat th...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Allegheny County medical centers are responding to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills and Kane...

enn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Fifth-grade Girl Scouts from Charleroi Area Elementary School were out in the spring-like weather Thursday morning to raise the flag. From left are Kasmira Banks...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Education Association and Belle Vernon Area School Board reached agreement on a new five-year contract late Thursday, preventing a strike ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Local school districts will likely update their coronavirus response plans once superintendents participate in a video conference this morning with the Pennsylvan...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the coronavirus spreads throughout the state, physicians are urging area residents to take precautionary measures — and some religious and educational organizatio...