By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon native preparing to graduate from Saint Vincent College in Latrobe was one of three recipients of the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society’s Maria Leonard...

Polly Sue Mathews, 54, of Jeannette, died peacefully, surrounded by her family, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. She was born on Oct. 10, 1964. Polly was a surgical technician at Jeannette/Excela Health and re...

Betty Swanson (Elizabeth Marie Soltis Swanson), 95, of Charleroi, passed away on March 7, 2019. She was a beautiful person who always put others first. She was a devoted wife to her husband, Frank Swa...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Three people were stabbed multiple times following an altercation at Just A Tavern on the 500 block of Broad Avenue early Thursday morning. North Belle Vernon poli...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw is once again at odds with council members over alleged inaccessibility to city hall. Late last year, Councilman Anthony Orzechowski anno...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mark Alterici is back on Charleroi council and he plans to hit the ground running. During an agenda meeting on Wednesday, council unanimously voted to appoint the bu...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The California University women’s basketball team scored 43 points off of 28 Gannon turnovers to advance to the PSAC semifinals with an 80-68 win over the Golden K...

By DAN PALM For the MV Independent The biggest weekend in Pennsylvania high school wrestling is upon us and the Mon Valley is well represented. Five wrestlers from four local schools will compete for ...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent Julia Amendola has had a busy week. In addition to volunteering at the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, making pirogies at her church, bingo and her weekly gi...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com At this point in past seasons, the buzz about District 10’s Class A champion has been all about Kennedy Catholic. With the Golden Eagles soaring to Class 6A, D-10 ...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent There is good news and bad news for Ringgold going into Friday’s PIAA 4A first round playoff game against Bishop McDevitt. The good news is the last time the Rams...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the Mon Valley Independent Carroll Township supervisors heard about storm-water runoff concerns from three residents this week. Residents Dennis Fedorchak, Gary Leavengood and ...

Donald “Don” Ray Harris, 74, of North Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Olan and Alva Baer Harris, he was born in California...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Mon Valley Independent sports department announced its annual MVI-BeeGraphix Super 6 award winners during an MVI Live webcast Tuesday evening.   The awards are for bo...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After losing its head coach and five senior starters, expectations were cloudy for the Belle Vernon Area girls basketball program. Loaded with young talent but not...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Kaitlyn Riley’s collegiate basketball career didn’t exactly get off to the kind of start she envisioned when she signed her national letter of intent to play at Penn...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen’s police pension fund saga has reached a partial conclusion. Last week, council members Dave Feehan and Anthony Orzechowski and Lois Thomas unanimously appr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although none of its members were present, Versailles Mayor Jim Fleckenstein commended the borough’s volunteer fire department at Tuesday’s council meeting for a quick...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward School District has improved its financial rating, according to district officials. Moody’s Investors Service, a business and financial services...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s K-9 Unit is one of eight in southwestern Pennsylvania-based receiving cash thanks to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. An announcement was made Mon...