By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It was a record-breaking week for three local players on the soccer pitch this week as three programs saw all-time leading scorer records fall. Two records fell la...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area boys team set up yet another section showdown with a 5-0 win over Uniontown at Bill Power Stadium. Aaron Brown scored twice in the first half...

By JASON BLACK For the MV Independent The Frazier and Geibel volleyball teams are no longer section rivals, but the rivalry between the Commodores and Gators is still very strong. On Monday, the two t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley constituents who wanted to hear what candidates hoping for their votes in November had to say filled the Monongahela Fire Department social hall Monday ni...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When Ruth Koontz left Monday’s meeting of the Mon Valley Sewage Authority, she was hopeful. Her Gilmore Avenue residence has flooded six times this year, most recent...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Tensions and emotions were high at White Oak’s council meeting Monday night as several residents complained that raw sewage backed up into their homes during rainstorm...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Airport will begin the final phase of a rehabilitation project next month, thanks to a $657,162 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. Westmorelan...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners rejected a motion Monday to refer proposed amendments to the township’s oil and gas ordinance to both the township plan...

FIGHTING BLIGHT MAY GET a little easier in Fayette County as the commissioners are expected to become the first in the state to grant land bank powers to the county’s redevelopment authority. It’s a p...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two employees resigned from positions in Donora borough over the past month, and some officials are questioning how one replacement was hired. A sanitation clerk ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Fayette County is expected to become the first in the state to grant land bank powers to its redevelopment authority this week, making it easier for local officials ...

By Jamie Martines As the wheels on the bus go ’round, Yough middle schoolers will be tapping away on their laptops. Starting today, three of the 20 buses that shuttle students to and from Yough Interm...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny is once again confronting modern attitudes toward race, gender and politics as part of its Crossing Bridges Summit. The McKeesport-based c...

By Matt Petras  For the MV Independent Kimberly Vanderlaan, an English professor at California University of Pennsylvania, says she likes to assign books that students enjoy reading. She’s found over ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The atmosphere is set to be spooky next month in two Mon Valley-based parks. In celebration of the Halloween season, Allegheny County is inviting residents to enjoy a ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Over the course of his lengthy tenure as Serra Catholic head baseball coach, Brian Dzurenda has worked with a number of talented ballplayers. He’s had the pleasure o...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Despite seeing its four game shutout streak come to an end, the Charleroi boys soccer team continued to roll through Section 3-2A play Saturday. The Cougars scored i...

By the MV Independent The California University football team built a 34-point lead at halftime and never looked back, claiming a 57-14 victory over Shippensburg for its first win of the season Saturd...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The firepower and assorted weapons of the Charleroi offense were on full display Friday at Myron Pottios Stadium. After a Frazier drive chewed up nearly half the f...

BY DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. For the MV Independent The scoreboard operator was busy Friday night at Memorial Stadium in Monessen. Unfortunately for the visitors, it was all on one side of the board. It too...