By DYLAN CLELAND For the MV Independent Defending WPIAL and PIAA Class 4A champion Thomas Jefferson didn’t miss a beat kicking off 2020 at West Mifflin, scoring 45 points in the first half before comp...

By Jamie Rankin For the MV Independent South Allegheny took an early lead in Friday’s WPIAL Section 3 (3A) football opener, but host Mt. Pleasant scored three unanswered touchdowns and withstood a lat...

Frazier fans watch the game from behind a fence as the Commodores defeated Charleroi in the season opener Friday night. Attendance at games throughout the WPIAL is limited this season due to the COVID...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Valley residents young and old gathered at the front steps of Monongahela’s First United Methodist Church Friday evening, but it wasn’t for a typical service...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A longstanding tradition in Charleroi will be held virtually this year. Earlier this month, council discussed having a virtual concert series for Community Days inst...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than 35 years, a Fallowfield Township family has access to city water. Philip Caldwell and his family have lived on Old Route 71 for decades. He bought th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A public hearing will be held Monday in Monessen’s council chambers to discuss $15 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve the city’s ...

Angela L. Palombo Caporossi, 94, of Monessen, died Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. She was born in Monessen, on May 16, 1926, daughter of the late Frank and Catherine Treat...

Lucas M. Gessel, 28, of Monongahela, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, at home. Born Jan. 4, 1992, in Monongahela, he is the son of Edmond D. and wife Janice Gessel of Daisytown, and Carole Ann Ingram Ch...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Julian Nahas, a 6-year-old from Monessen, is proof that you’re never too young to do good in your community or to give thanks to America’s military and first responder...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has temporarily moved all Serra Catholic High School students to online learning as a result of two students testing positive for CO...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Regular visitors to downtown Monongahela will soon see a change in the city. At Wednesday’s meeting, Monongahela council approved an amendment to its outdoor...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With fall right around the corner, a local community garden hopes to dig up some interest — and promote local businesses — with its first ever “guess the weight” fun...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley was represented in Harrisburg Tuesday when elected state officials gathered with first responders during the Move Over Rally at the state capi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Borough Council will send a letter to the Mid-Mon Valley Transit Authority Board in support of a possible new bus stop at Spartan Health Center in Carroll ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com All students in the Elizabeth Forward School District are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch through the end of the year. The district posted the no...

By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Charleroi’s Brady Barbero and Frazier’s Greg Boggs are just excited to get back on the gridiron. Now don’t get the wrong idea; both head coaches badly want their teams to w...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Mon Valley Independent’s broadcasting abilities got another boost Thursday with the absorption of the fledgling Mon Valley Sports Network into the MVI’s umbrella. MVS...

Kevin J. Lisovich Sr., 56, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Aug. 21, 1964, in North Charleroi, he was the son of Edward a...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Sometimes all it takes to spur a person to action is a word, especially if it’s the wrong word. A series of Facebook posts prompted a group of young women who g...