By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports With its roster depleted and the one freshman on the roster starting, McKeesport won the battle of Tigers squads on Tuesday night, handing the defending state champions a lo...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen Elementary School students had a chance Tuesday to shop in Santa’s Workshop, which was hosted by the Monessen PTA. Second-graders Arian Ward and Joshly...

By Brian C. Rittmeyer Trib Total Media More than half of the flu cases reported in Pennsylvania so far this season are in the Greater Pittsburgh area, with Allegheny County having the most of any coun...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After a tough year, a Monessen family recently received a much-needed Christmas blessing. Monica Hazzard and her children moved to the area after leaving a domestic ...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent   Matt Shimko, a California Area High School senior who plans to attend Penn State to study electrical engineering, is one of about 30 students spending t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s Physical Therapy Institute will hold a toy drive tonight to collect items for the Salvation Army. Starting at 6 p.m., Santa will be on hand to accept g...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon council and three state lawmakers recognized the borough’s Volunteer of the Year at Tuesday’s meeting. “Every year we have a thing where we give an ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Several Belle Vernon Area School Board committees have been restructured in order to more efficiently address the needs of the school district. After the ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A well-known McKeesport area real state agent was recently recognized by Howard Hanna Real Estate Services for his commitment, not only to running the Wilson Baum Howa...

Reverend Beverly L. Wilkerson Monongahela Reverend Beverly L. Wilkerson, 62, of Monongahela, passed away on Dec. 4, 2019. Visitation for family and friends will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec.13, 2019 at ...

Delores J. Cheroki, 86, of Monessen, passed away on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019 in Allegheny General Hospital. She was born in Richeyville, a daughter of the late Henry and Anna Marcovitch Haftman. She was a...

Irene Watkinson Charleroi Irene Watkinson, 103, of Charleroi, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Born on July 25, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Philip and Catherine Marchinetti. She was a...

Kathleen Sichi Belle Vernon Kathleen Sichi, 72, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec.10, 2019. A daughter of the late Donald and Margaret White Sterner, she was born in North Char...

Roseann Steefe Cochran Donora Roseann Steefe Cochran, 86, of Donora, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. She was born on July 24, 1933 in Donora, and was a daughter of the lat...

Randy J. Anthony Monongahela Randy J. Anthony, (known to friends as DJ Rockit Randy), 62, of Monongahela passed away at his home surrounded by family and friends on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Randy was b...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area head coach Joe Salvino felt a sense of deja vu Monday night. Two days after the Leopards endured first-half struggles before picking things up in t...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR MVI Sports In a clash between a pair of Mon Valley girls basketball teams, one squad got a really nice tune-up, while the other team may have taken a big step back Monday night. ...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Thomas Jefferson’s hockey team is certainly not short on confidence. But on Monday, the Jaguars wanted to prove something. They wanted to prove that they were the best team...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Forward Township supervisors are pleased with the service provided by SouthEast Regional Emergency Services, but questions are being raised regarding how em...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board voted 9-1 to hire a state trooper as chief of the district police force. Board President Joe Lopretto and directors James Brown, Diane Eli...