By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com While Monessen Florist played without the services of the division’s leading scorer in Iyanna Wade and newly re-acquired Maggie Spell, Dax Thomas State Farm took ful...

By LIAM BELAN MVI Sports Trinity’s Eden Williamson and Seton LaSalle’s Mallory Daly combined for 42 points Wednesday night as AMD Industries claimed a 50-40 victory over Cedarbrook in Mon Valley Indep...

By The Mon Valley Independent When the Monongahela-based Wedding Cookie Table Community decided to band together to send gifts of love to Uvalde, Texas in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooti...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Lee Supply held a slim one-point lead over Edward Jones at halftime, but then the offense for Lee Supply really got going to start the second half, as they tallied the openin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Emergency medical services coverage has recently become a hot topic in several Mon Valley communities. On Tuesday, Charleroi officials announced they would immediate...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com St. John’s Episcopal Church in Donora was deconsecrated Wednesday after operating in the community for 97 years. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh K...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The 2022 Donald Asmonga Foundation Golf Classic is set to tee off July 15 with a large field of golfers committed. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monessen property owners will see a higher amount due when their school tax bills come in for 2022-23. The school board, with all members present, unanimously voted Tu...

Paul Balko, 93, passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Joliet, Ill., attended by his loving family. He was the husband of the late Esther Tsimonis Balko to whom he was married for 57 years. Paul wa...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township will look to modify a minimum lot size ordinance that — if left unchanged — could impede the progress of real estate development in the ar...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Sweeney’s Steakhouse in Rostraver has closed its doors. Owner Debra Hardy made the announcement Wednesday evening via social media, saying that after 26 years in busin...

Terri L. Vasquez, 65, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, June 28, 2022. She was born Sept. 14, 1956, in New Eagle, the daughter of the late Sanford “Sam” Myers Jackson and Margaret “Peggy” Anders Jackson, ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Makhai Valentine celebrated his 17th birthday in style Tuesday night.   The Steel Valley standout poured in a game-high 32 points as he helped guide Elite Physical T...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It was a whirlwind night in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League as Dax Thomas State Farm pulled off a trade with Union Cleaners to avoid a forfeit,...

Kara Austin, Justin Austin, Scarlette Austin, 5, and Trinity Palmer of Latrobe ride kayaks and an inflatable raft Tuesday afternoon on the Youghiogheny River at Cedar Creek Park.  

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Over a series of votes Tuesday, the Monessen School Board accepted the retirement of Superintendent Dr. Leanne Spazak, hired an acting superintendent and entered into ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Joe Grata’s legacy as an old-school journalist, steadfast community leader and the patriarch of his family will live on through the many hats he wore over the years....

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Mon Valley Emergency Medical Services was no longer the EMS provider in Charleroi. Borough Manager Matt Staniszewski made the announcement Tues...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Scenes from season two of the Paramount+ series “Mayor of Kingstown” will be filmed Thursday in Elizabeth Borough.   To read the rest of the story, please se...

P. Joseph Grata, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, a longtime journalist, Belle Vernon Area School Board member and community leader, died of cancer on Monday, June 27, 2022, at his home in Lynnwo...