By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Valley pride is a term used often around the Mon Valley, especially by us sports guys. We use it when local teams are making deep runs through the WPIAL or PIAA play...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Over the last four years, including the last three under head coach Denny Willaman, the WPIAL quarterfinals have served as the ceiling for the Serra Catholic softbal...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area baseball coach Daryl Hixenbaugh thought his team overachieved a bit last season, especially with Mother Nature flexing her muscles in determining...

By ZACK ZEIGLER For the MV Independent Entering his 10th season as head softball coach at South Allegheny, Hal Minford has seen a lot of success over his tenure. He has led the Gladiators to the WPIAL...

Thaddeus “Ted” R. Duda Jr., age 63, of Donora, died Monday, March 18, 2019, at his home. He was born April 22, 1955, in New Eagle, son of the late Thaddeus R. and Lillian “Betty” Bisacky Duda. Ted was...

John T. Popik, 82, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Country Care Manor. A son of the late John and Anna Hanustak Popik, he was born in Homestead on Aug. 6, 1936. Formerly of...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com There is no shortage of optimism surrounding the Elizabeth Forward softball team entering the 2019 season.   The Warriors appeared in the WPIAL championship game las...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent When Alex Massari was a student at Bethany College, she played on the school’s volleyball and track squads. However, when the Ringgold High grad from Monongahela ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “One a penny. Two a penny. Hot cross buns.”   Those are some of the lyrics the children at Christy Park United Methodist Church sang Tuesday while they made hot cross ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com An investigation led by the Washington County District Attorney’s Office could soon begin at Mon Valley Sewage Authority.   During a meeting last week, board member Y...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council voted to purchase new Tasers for the police department, but a motion to buy a used car died for lack of a second. In a work session last ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Two more area communities have thrown their hats in the ring for the fourth annual America’s Main Streets Contest.   Downtown Elizabeth and downtown Washington, Pa.,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Patrons who visit Grand Theatre in Elizabeth this weekend will be taking a journey to a far away swamp that is home to a big green ogre. Mon River Art’s production of ...

Long-term lane restrictions on the Elizabeth Bridge on Route 51 in Elizabeth, Jefferson Hills and West Elizabeth boroughs began Monday. Restrictions are implemented in each direction on Route 51 and t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A preliminary hearing for a Braddock police officer accused of being under the influence of fentanyl while on duty will be held in McKeesport. Renee Christine Jones, 2...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com The Washington County Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists Tuesday for the Washington County ATHENA Leadership Award and the recipient of the Washington County...

James V. Alfieri, 101, of Mapleview, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving caretakers on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. He was born March 10, 1918, in Charleroi, the son of Thomas and Mary...

Martha C. Ermlich (nee Clutter), age 84, of Bay Village, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019. She was born on May 3, 1934, in Charleroi, to Frank and Helen (nee Nelson). Loving wife of F. Kenneth Er...

Mary Louise Haywood, 67, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in her home. She was born Jan. 24, 1952, in McKeesport, the daughter of Joseph and Adeste Gilmore Boehm. Mary was a graduate of W...

Reverend Joseph J. Kleppner, S.T.L., Ph.D., 73, passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019, on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, at Concordia at Villa St. Joseph, Baden. Born June 18, 1945 in North Charleroi, he ...