By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen is expected to finally receive its share of a recent settlement with ArcelorMittal. During a council meeting Thursday, councilmen Dave Feehan and Anthony Or...

By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor It has been several months in the making, but the Mon Valley Independent is proud to announce we will be officially opening our second office at the new Tube City Cent...

Loma Jean Benedetti, 92, of Coal Center, passed away Saturday March 30, 2019, in the Mon Valley Hospital. Born in Stockdale on July 22, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Amy Astle. Lom...

Janice Elaine Santo, 66, of Roscoe, died Friday, March 29, 2019. She was born Sunday, April 20, 1952, in Coal Center, daughter of the late John E. and Dorothy Higbee Davis. In addition to her parents,...

Josephine D. Troth, 84, of Coal Center, formerly of Fayette City, passed away Saturday, March 30, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Sept. 27, 1934, in Monessen, daughter of Wesley Beeman and ...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent Thank God that the first impressions are not always the most lasting. If so, I probably would have never considered John Zunic such a dear friend. You see, I firs...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com A year after going through ups and downs with a young core of players, Elizabeth Forward head coach Frank Champ has loftier expectations than previous seasons. Enter...

By the Mon Valley Independent Three first inning runs were all Ligonier Valley needed in a 3-1 victory over Belle Vernon Area in nonsection play Saturday. The Rams (4-0) took an early 2-0 lead in the ...

John Edward Zunic, 71, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2019. A son of the late John S. and Edna Mary Albright Zunic, he was born in West Brownsville on July 25, 1947. A resident of B...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen Hilltop firefighter whose social media activity sparked a heated debate at Thursday’s council meeting denies her comments were racially motivated.   Volun...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The U.S. Census Bureau is searching for people who live in the Mon Valley to help conduct the 2020 census. On Monday, the bureau will celebrate Census Day 2019 in reco...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board is offering early retirement incentives to the district’s non-professional and professional employees. During this month’s board meeting, th...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A local nonprofit group is hoping to raise enough money to give a park in the Magic City a much needed update. The Charleroi Community Park Board of Trustees has lau...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Another round of mini-grants have been awarded by the Mon Valley Alliance.   The newest recipients are the Rostraver Township Historical Society and the Mon City Com...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Members of the Serra Catholic baseball team spent hours at Thursday’s practice, hitting fastballs and curveballs thrown by head coach Brian Dzurenda.   An emphasis o...

By JEREMY TEPPER For the Mon Valley Independent When McKeesport’s softball team won just four games last season, Jason Elash said it was a shock. Elash hasn’t been McKeesport’s coach for long, but he’...

By the Mon Valley Independent Some of our local athletes have continued to impress as spring sports on the collegiate level have gotten under way over the last few weeks. Here’s a look at how a few ar...

Former Elizabeth Forward basketball standout Tre Mitchell, who left the WPIAL for a prep school in Connecticut, committed to Massachusetts on Friday. Mitchell revealed his decision on Twitter. In maki...

Evelyn Marraccini Caloccia, 80, of New Eagle, died Thursday, March 28, 2019, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born June 16, 1938, in Gallatin, she was the daughter of Nello Marraccini and De...

Richard “Rich” Marchezak, 76, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully, surrounded by those he loved at Rosewood of Ohio Valley, March 27, 2019. He was born Sept. 20, 1942, in Washington, Pa., son of the ...