By Dan Palm For the MV Independent The high school wrestling season is in full swing as all eight local teams were in action this weekend at three different individual tournaments and two multi-team d...

By RICK BRUNI JR. For The MV Independent Kevin Kovach admittedly felt butterflies while coaching his first varsity-level game Friday with the Mc-Keesport boys basketball team. The feeling didn’t last ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Mistake- and foul-filled action made it evident it was the first game of a long basketball season Friday at Monessen High School. In the end, though, Greensburg Ce...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com With 6-9 senior forward Jimmy Moon out with a lower-body injury sustained during pregame warmups, the Serra Catholic boys basketball team was forced to conduct busin...

By Dean Dellamalva For the MV Independent The Charleroi and Monessen girls basketball teams should get used to seeing each other. With rosters full of underclassmen, the Cougars and Greyhounds could b...

By RICK BRUNI JR. For The MV Independent A heaping helping of seconds and thirds. Scoring chances, that is. That’s what the Belle Vernon Area basketball team surrendered Friday in a 68-41 loss to Fran...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Gigi Mele-Madigan scored 15 points and Serra Catholic took advantage of South Allegheny’s shooting woes as the Eagles cruised past the Gladiators, 33-11, at the Serr...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Ringgold boys basketball team nearly stunned Norwin in Friday’s opening game of the Mt. Pleasant tournament. Ringgold’s Jaden Taylor put up a game-winning shot...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport and Amvets Post 8 on Friday recalled a moment that launched the United States’ involvement into World War II. At 12:55 p.m. — 7:55 a.m. Hawaii t...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com Charles Cardinale is settling into his new role as general manager for the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi, but he’s no stranger around the office. Cardinale ...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Families of loved ones who are addicted to opioid drugs and worry about how they would react in the event of an overdose will have the opportunity to obtain naloxone f...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A group of Ringgold High School students are planning a two-week trip to Paris and Mediterranean Europe in June 2020. Spanish teachers Kristen Marena and Margarit...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley Sewage Authority Board member’s trial for allegedly defrauding a retired teacher in Lancaster County has been postponed until next year. Yancey Taylor, ...

By DAN PALM Three seasons ago, the Belle Vernon Area wrestling team won its first and only WPIAL team title using a combination of talent and depth. That 2015-16 team not only had some of the best wre...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com California’s Jelani Stafford had lifelong dreams of playing Division I football. He wasn’t your prototypical running back. A beast of a player, he’s 6-2 and weighs...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com “Divine intervention.” That’s what Debbie Smith believes helped her make it to the holiday season. On Oct. 18, Smith, 60, of Forward Township suffered a massive hear...

For the MV Independent California University defensive back Lamont McPhatter II and junior offensive lineman Craig McCorkle were both named American Football Coaches Association All-Americans this wee...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com The halls are decked at Renziehausen Park’s Jacob Woll Main Pavilion and the McKeesport Heritage and History Center for the city’s 33rd annual Festival of Trees. There...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying possible suspects in a grisly attack on a dog. Around 9:30 a.m. Nov. 19, officers were called t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi councilman says the future of the Magic City is on the line and a potential solution could come from following in Tube City’s footsteps. At the close of ...