By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com After almost a year of uncertainty, Dr. Michele Dowell is officially Belle Vernon Area School District’s superintendent.   On Monday, the school board unanimously ap...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com A McKeesport man accused of crashing through a Carroll Township yard and landing in a ditch while driving under the influence Saturday also allegedly tried to fight p...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Area fire departments and ambulance companies throughout the area will be receiving funding this year thanks to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Offic...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Health Department’s continuous air quality monitoring data shows that there may have been a potential exceedance for the 24-hour “Particulate Matter 2...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent The 2019 softball season is year 1 A.B. for Belle Vernon Area. “After Bailey,” as in Bailey Parshall. The flame-throwing, hard- hitting Parshall, now pitching for...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent There’s a new sheriff in charge of Frazier’s baseball program. And while he is well-known in these parts, you can bet things will be done quite differently on the...

By ZACK ZEIGLER For the MV Independent Last season represented a youth movement for South Allegheny’s baseball team. Many starters were sophomores or freshmen and the inexperience caught up to the Gla...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Brian Charlton lives in Cement City and has taught history and social studies for the Belle Vernon Area School District for decades. He loves history, so ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After a fire destroyed a Monessen home Saturday morning, a family of eight is now starting over with help from the Mon Valley community. Municipal Fire Chief Chris R...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District Education Foundation is preparing for the sixth volume of the group’s biggest fundraiser. A Blast from the Past Volume VI, schedul...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County has far fewer local races for the May 21 primary election that do not have enough candidates to fill open positions compared to other Mon Valley ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com “Grease” is the word in Monessen School District this week. The Monessen High School/Middle School Group for the Performing Arts will host its annual spring musical ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For the second consecutive year, the Serra Catholic baseball team opened its season by capturing the championship trophy at the Serra Invitational held at Kelly Auto...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There may not be a local baseball team with a bigger bull’s-eye on its back than the Ringgold Rams. That’s what winning a state championship will do for you. The d...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Monessen baseball coach Billy Matush has fond memories of the way his team played last season. Despite going 2-3 in their first five Section 2-A games, the Greyhound...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent Trey Tilghman saw good and bad with his Charleroi softball team a year ago. The bad was an overall 2-10 record. The good was those two wins came in the final two ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com A new era of Monessen softball officially kicks off next week. Carlee Wickstrom, a former player at Seton Hill and Cal U, has taken over the Greyhounds program and...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. For the MV Independent California baseball coach Lou Pasquale hopes the program is headed in the right direction coming off a disappointing season. After four consecutive sectio...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Yough softball team has established a winning culture over the last four seasons, and the success speaks for itself.   Under the guidance of sixth-year head coac...

By the MV Independent A three-run sixth inning for Spring Ford was the difference as Elizabeth Forward suffered a 3-1 loss at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex Friday.   Bri Sersevic led the way...