By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Over the past few weeks, the Allegheny County Health Department has monitored air quality throughout the Mon Valley following heavy fogs that kept some unhealthy ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 47-year-old Monessen man who barricaded himself inside his Westmoreland Drive home for 10 hours on New Year’s Eve was charged with multiple crimes Thursday. Mon...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Bond was modified Thursday for a teen being charged as an adult in the beating of a Monongahela man in December. Judge John DiSalle increased bond for Jamie Wat...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Lisa Snow drove the Westmoreland County Transit Authority’s 4F bus to and from Pittsburgh on Thursday, the same route she’s operated over the past few years. There...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Children will have an opportunity to take the controls of five different model train displays — starting and stopping trains, emptying hopper cars and blowing t...

Elizabeth Marie “Betty’’ Benedict Hart, 80, of Webster, died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, in Greenery Specialty Care Center. Born in Hanover on Aug. 26, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Doig and Mar...

Vernon Majors, 42, Monessen, left this side of life on Dec. 27, 2019. He was the son of Ronald Towler and Beverly Majors. Vernon was a Monessen Greyhound’s football and basketball player and in the Cl...

Norma Ann Reale, 85, of Monongahela, died peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. A complete obituary will appear in next week’s publication of the Mon Valley Independent. The Frye Funeral Home Inc. is...

Judith A. Ritter, 76, of Finleyville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Jefferson Hills Borough. She was born June 27, 1943, in Allenport, daugh...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With a new year’s arrival, there’s plenty of memories to look back on when it comes to Valley sports. Many of our local sports teams suffered the lowest of lows, s...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It’s not an uncommon sight to see a Mon Valley product move on to college and find success, whether it’s immediate or a few years into their careers.   Every year, a...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent About 25 people gathered in Glassport Wednesday to start the new year by jumping in the Monongahela River. Ranging in age from 6 to 65, they challenged the e...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com For more than 10 hours Tuesday, Monessen police and a Pennsylvania State Special Emergency Response Team team attempted to coax a Monessen resident from h...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As Magisterial District Judge Larry Hopkins nears retirement, he has a few things planned: fishing with his grandson, joining the YMCA and getting back to work. His ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Being the caretaker for another human being, whether it be a child, a spouse, a parent, another relative, a friend or a neighbor, is a big responsibility. Caring for s...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township may be spread out over 23 square miles, but to outgoing commissioner Don Similo it has always had a small town feel. After serving 40 years a...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela Valley Hospital has been chosen to participate in a new program to test the financial viability of hospitals in rural areas across Pennsylvania. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The state Department of Community and Economic Development has approved more than $5 million in revitalization projects, including two in the Mon Valley. The DCED...

Katheryn J. Vrabel Booher Star Junction Katheryn J. Vrabel Booher, 72, of Star Junction, peacefully passed away Dec. 30, 2019, at her home with her husband by her side, after a long battle with COPD a...

Albert Oscar Austin Monessen Albert Oscar Austin, 63, of Monessen, went home to be with the Lord on Dec. 29, 2019. He was born in Charleroi on May 31, 1956, a son of the late Oscar Austin and Jennie P...