By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It’s rare for a person to meet and befriend their rock ‘n roll idols. But for Belle Vernon native and guitarist and singer Jon Belan, that dream came true in...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Grant applicants for local projects that would total more than $2 million have been recommended for approval by the Washington County Local Share Account Review C...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough police Wednesday were able to reunite a family from York County after an elderly member wandered off. The police department was notified early...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A preliminary hearing for a Monessen woman charged with animal cruelty was continued Wednesday when her attorney failed to show for the hearing. “I need to get ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The financial budgets of three local nonprofits got a big boost on Wednesday thanks to #1 Cochran Toyota in North Huntingdon. The dealership donated a combined total o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A snow squall blanketed the Mon Valley on Wednesday afternoon making for difficult driving conditions. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, a war...

By staff and wire reports President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the C...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA MVI Sports The California boys basketball team feels good heading into its holiday break. The Trojans started fast and and ended on a high note, a 58-47 win over visiting Yough Wedn...

By DAN PALM MVI Sports The Ringgold wrestling team couldn’t overcome a short roster due to injuries in a 41-27, 3A Subsection 2B, loss to Upper St Clair at home Wednesday. The Rams (0-2, 0-2) won five...

By JOE SABOLEK MVI Sports As the temperature outside dropped Wednesday in the Mon Valley, things heated up inside Charleroi’s gymnasium as Ringgold defeated Charleroi in a high-scoring affair, 88-78. ...

Esterina Iannetti Turcic Donora Esterina Iannetti Turcic, 103, of Donora, died peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, at her home. She was born on Nov. 8, 1916, in San Egidio, Italy, the daughter of th...

Mary Theresa Olexa Monessen Mary Theresa Olexa, 75 of Monessen, passed away on Dec. 18, 2019, surrounded by her family, in her home. She was born in Pittsburgh on May 13, 1944, a daughter of the late ...

John C. Mayfield Monessen, formerly of New Martinsville, W.Va. John C. Mayfield, 77, of Monessen, formerly of New Martinsville, W.Va., died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, while at Allegheny Hospital in Pitts...

Dawn A. Gagliardi Elizabeth Township Dawn A. Gagliardi, 77, of Elizabeth Township, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Born in New Eagle on Sept. 17, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Roy E. and Sara M....

Elizabeth A. Johnson Donora Elizabeth A. Johnson, 96, of Donora, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 at the Hallsworth House, Monessen. She was born in Donora on March 5, 1923, a daughter of the l...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Forward High School senior Nick Taylor dressed up as an elf and served coffee to Lois Verminski and Kathy Banfield, both of Greenock, at the 40th annu...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough council is ending the year with a firm hand on its finances and no tax increase for 2020. Council approved the budget and tax ordinances for n...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Thanks to musician and art instructor Kirk Salopek, Thomas Jefferson High School will soon have its very own School of Rock. Salopek, the school’s art depart...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With the start of the holiday season around the corner, Pennsylvania American Water wants to remind residents not to invite fats, oils and grease clogs to holiday ga...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School District wants to know how well it served former students and how well the district prepared them for life after high school. The district is ...