By MICHAEL LOVE For the MV Independent The St. Joseph and Monessen boys basketball teams met Thursday at West Allegheny with both a spot in the WPIAL 1A semifinals and a trip to the PIAA tournament on...

By JERIN STEELE For the MV Independent With Quaker Valley pushing Elizabeth Forward to the edge late in the fourth quarter, Bri Spirnak did what she had been doing all game: She stayed tough and found...

Gilda Rocca Egidi, 90, of Monessen, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in the Mon Valley Care Center. She was born in Monongahela on Sept. 14, 1928, to the late Luigi and Lavinia Masi Rocca. Surv...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Heading into its WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal matchup, Serra Catholic coaches and players were well aware of how dominant Our Lady of the Sacred Heart forward Ashley ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Coming off last year’s disappointing loss in their opening game of the WPIAL playoffs last year, the Serra Catholic boys basketball team has switched things up. He...

By Jeremy Tepper For the MV Independent Central Valley and McKeesport are two very disparate teams. The Warriors have plenty of size, while McKeesport doesn’t. McKeesport isn’t a great shooting team, ...

Beatrice “Bea” Imbrogno, of Elco, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at Walnut Ridge Memory Care Greensburg. She was born in Elco on Oct. 5, 1939, a daughter of Charles “Scotty” and Lillian V. Gabrik Brown...

By Dan Palm For the Mon Valley Independent Another big weekend of high school wrestling is upon us.   While the Class 2A grapplers continue their individual postseason in the Southwest Regional at IUP...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Alta Vista Business Park in Fallowfield Township is one step closer to being fully developed. The Mon Valley Alliance and Frontier Railroad Services, LLC, announced ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi woman wanted for her alleged involvement in a violent home invasion in Penn Hills last month has been arrested.   Lauren E. Dumm, 30, of Crest Avenue was...

Norma Rolison, 90, of Mapleview, passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. She was born Dec. 16, 1928, in Aliquippa, a daughter of the late Frank and Anna Amatangelo DiRocc...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com California borough officially has a new police chief, who says the people of the borough will get used to seeing his face. Chief Timothy Sheehan, who was sworn in last...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com An alleged thief who was tackled by an off-duty police chief last week has been charged in connection with a retail theft that happened earlier that week. Gregory...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny announced Wednesday night that the McKeesport campus’ THON dance team raised $10,000 to help fight pediatric cancer. THON is a student-run...

“Edges” is the first show on the spring calendar for California University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Music and Theatre.   Showtimes are 7 p.m. tonight and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday in Steele Hall’s ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak borough engineer Ken Hillman provided an update on two ongoing projects at the borough-owned Heritage Hill Pool complex. Council unanimously voted to make a ...

Roxanne Leigh Russell, 51, of Monessen, passed away on Feb. 14, 2019, at her home. She was born on Aug. 2, 1967, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of James T. “Rock” and Shirley Boyd Russell of Monessen. Ro...

Frank E. Sorton, 88, of Elizabeth Township, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Born in Elizabeth Township on Aug. 31, 1930, he was the son of the late William ...

Dolores Marie Veschio, 89, a lifelong resident of Donora, was called to her heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior peacefully in her residence on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Born in Donora on Aug....

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward Superintendent Dr. Todd Keruskin beamed with pride Wednesday night as he acknowledged the school board for being named a 2018-19 D. Richard Wynn Sc...