By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents will have an opportunity to learn more about the Mon Valley Opioid Coalition during a public meeting April 30.   Formed to combat the ongoing op...

Sandra Grey Boyle passed away March 22, 2019, with her husband and her son by her side. She was the daughter of the late Dorothy and Eugene Grey. She was a member of Rolling Hills Community Church in ...

Gaylord Cook, 67, of Clairton, passed away on April 1, 2019. He was born on April 3, 1951, in Pricedale, to the late Charles Ray Cook and Lucy Ada Johnson-Cook. Gaylord was a believer in Christ and wa...

Harry H. “Herb” Godlewski Jr., 68, of Donora, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Harry was the son of the late Harry H. Godlewski Sr. (1925-2010) and Florence D. Czarniak...

Alice A. Linderman, 92, of Belle Vernon, passed away, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in Residence at Hilltop, Carroll Township. She was born Feb. 21, 1927, in Charleroi, the daughter of the late Joseph and R...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com An aggressive approach at the plate led to a four-run first inning, providing Ringgold with all the runs it needed to top Belle Vernon Area, 4-3, in a pivotal Sect...

By ZACK ZEIGLER For the Mon Valley Independent The Warriors softball team had their foot on the gas right from the start, flexing their offensive muscles in Section 2-4A play Wednesday defeating visit...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward junior pitcher JC Schmidt tossed six shutout innings while the Warriors’ bats came alive late in a 4-0 victory over South Park in Section 3-4A play...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent The undershirts that are worn by the California Area baseball team stress one simple mantra: “Just get the W (win).” On Wednesday, the first-place Trojans got the...

By DAVE MACKALL For the MV Independent Shades of that PIAA championship victory two years ago kept creeping into Carolyn Alincic’s mind Wednesday as the Mt. Pleasant right-hander navigated her way thr...

By the Mon Valley Independent Kylie Gosliak’s RBI groundout in the eighth inning catapulted Ringgold to a 7-6 walkoff win over Thomas Jefferson in Section 2-4A play Wednesday afternoon.   With the gam...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More than two dozen Charleroi Area High School seniors took over the Magic City Wednesday during Student Government Day.   Since 1968 when the program was establishe...

y JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com About two dozen residents packed the chambers at Wednesday’s Washington Township supervisors meeting to find out if police are still investigating a case involving a de...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two weeks before his retirement with Washington County 911, Charleroi Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. is already excited to get back to work, but this time it’s for the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Eleven students from McKeesport Area High School filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the school district Wednesday. The students claim the district denied the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love” is more than just a motto in McKeesport, according to Mayor Michael Cherepko, who says citizens of the city strive to “exemplify” tho...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Two Mid-Mon Valley communities will soon benefit from a newly formed Westmoreland County demolition fund.   Dilapidated structures in Monessen and Rostraver Township...

By Madasyn Czebiniak A McKeesport man was sentenced to 10 to 40 years in prison Wednesday in connection with the shooting deaths of two women in 2017. Miras Moortell Kelly II, 21, pleaded guilty to on...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen man accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old child has been sentenced to prison.   Jose Cortes, 27, of Oneida Street was slated to stand trial this week b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A 32-year-old West Newton man accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl was jailed on $200,000 cash bond Wednesday. David L. Hresko of Greensburg Pike was ar...