By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Throughout the fall, winter and spring sports seasons, Elizabeth Forward’s Bri Spirnak is a consistent contributor in each of the three sports she participates in. T...

By Dan Palm For the MV Independent Third-year Ringgold wrestling coach Todd Miller is cautiously optimistic about his team entering the new season. Even after coming off of a 4-12 campaign, numbers ar...

By Dan Palm For the MV Independent The South Allegheny high school wrestling team took their lumps last season in Frank Cortazzo’s first year as head coach. Limited numbers and experience led to a lot...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Ringgold stretched its winning streak to four games with a 9-3 victory over Morgantown in PIHL Division 2 play Monday night at Rostraver Ice Garden. The Rams (8-2), ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There will be a new face guiding the Monessen softball program next season after last month’s resignation of Bo Teets, who coached the Greyhounds for nine seasons....

By DAN PALM For the MV Independent Things are looking up for the Yough wrestling team. Numbers are up, expectations are high and the work in the wrestling room has been something that has third-year c...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The days of children simply cutting snowflakes out of white paper or creating homemade clay as Christmas ornaments are over at Elizabeth Forward’s Mt. Vernon Element...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com The final curtain will not fall for the Coyle Theater. After more than a year of work to determine the feasibility of the theater on Mc-Kean Avenue in Charleroi, pl...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com A North Charleroi couple have both been charged after an argument over a dog toy allegedly became physical on Monday. Heather A. McGuire, 43, and John. J. Kossar, 4...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Longtime Director Roberta Bergstedt will head the Monessen School Board next year. With more than a decade of board experience, Bergstedt, the former vice president,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission has upheld the majority of its findings against a former Donora borough councilman. In a consent agreement reached with t...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Lou Rood will remain president of the Belle Vernon Area School Board next year. At a reorganization meeting Monday, Rood was re-elected as president of the school b...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Rostraver man is accused of trying to run from the mental health unit at Mon Valley Hospital, allegedly assaulting several people along the way. According to Ca...

IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE , but Christmas is three weeks from today. We are once more calling on our readers to help needy children in the Mid-Mon Valley. The Christmas Cheer Club at the former Valley Inde...

By Dan Palm For the MV Independent Frazier’s Buck Watkins knows this will not be a typical season for him as a high school wrestling coach. While the Commodore’s second-year head coach will feel the s...

By the Mon Valley Independent Seairra Barrett posted a pair of double doubles to lead the No. 20 California University women’s basketball team to a weekend sweep over Millersville and West Chester in ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When it came down to deciding on a college, Ringgold’s Ashley Ficorilli needed to make a decision whether or not she wanted to give up the sport she loves. Well, s...

For the MV Independent California University defensive back Lamont McPhatter II was selected as the D2CCA Super Region One Defensive Player of the Year Friday morning. McPhatter also earned first-team...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com One year after their Christmas album filled many homes with holiday cheer, Kristy Ochs’ fifth-grade students are making music once again. Ochs, a music teacher at Ce...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley attorney was recognized for his decades-long dedication to his community by the Washington County Bar Association. Herman J. Bigi, a partner of Bigi & W...