By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent When it comes to taking teams to the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs, Bill Cleary has been more successful than most coaches. In his 32nd season guiding Serra, Cl...

By DAN PALM For the MV Independent The WPIAL individual wrestling season gets under way today at Canon MacMillan High School with the Class 2A section championships. The top four wrestlers from each o...

By CHRIS HARLAN For the MV Independent California’s Malik Ramsey, one of the top scorers in the WPIAL, won’t take part in the basketball playoffs. He’s healthy. He’s academically eligible. He’s a huge...

By CHRIS HARLAN For the MV Indpendent Public school advocates leading the boundary vs. nonboundary debate were surprised to learn that a state representative plans to introduce legislation to create s...

It is with a heavy heart we announce the recent passing of Ethel Mappas in Easton, Md., while visiting with her son, John M. Mappas. Mrs. Mappas would have been 97 in March. Mrs. Mappas, who loved to ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com As snow fell outside, things were heating up on the dance floor as Belle Vernon Area life skills students attended the fourth annual Valentine’s Day dance. Each year...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several communities are still under a boil water advisory after a third break on Wednesday on the same waterline. The original advisory was issued for North Charlero...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In a surprise move, a Charleroi councilman abruptly resigned from council Wednesday. With about three years left on a four-year term, Councilman Larry Celaschi submi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Bunola River Road in Forward Township is once again closed after part of a hillside came crashing down on Wednesday. The closure is not new for area residents who fr...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council has formed an ad hoc committee to help coordinate this summer’s 250th anniversary. A celebration will be held Aug. 8 through Aug. 11 thro...

Sylvester Jerome “Boom Boom” Bronson Sr. departed this life Feb. 7, 2019. Sylvester was born Feb. 24, 1944, to the late William and Zadine Bronson. He was a former member of Union Baptist Church, Mone...

Regis Carroll, 86, of Speers, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. He was born June 15, 1932, in North Charleroi, son of the late John Regis and Virginia Steen Carroll. Regis w...

Eleanor “Cookie” Dando, 71, of Jefferson Township, Fayette City, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Allegheny General Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 25, 1947, in Mone...

Russell Jeter was born on May 8, 1944, in Uniontown, son of Ellen and James Jeter and the baby brother of seven siblings. His parents moved to Chicago when he was about 7 years old. He attended an ele...

Janet A. Jones, 69, of Allenport, passed away Dec. 20, 2018, at home with her family by her side. Janet was born on May 20, 1949, in Newtown, Ohio, daughter of the late Charles and Lois Howell. She is...

Audrey M. Miles, 85, of Tyrone, Pa., and a guest at Epworth Manor, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. She was born on Feb. 5, 1934, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Charles G. and Mary Amelia Grant Went...

Theodore “Ted” Pitsilos, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, at home with his loving family. He was born Sept. 26, 1920, son of Eirini Fisfis and Nicholaos Pitsilos. He joined the Greek Merchant ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com After losing 15 seniors to graduation, the Elizabeth Forward football team defied the odds in 2018. The Warriors went 8-2 overall and 7-1 in Class 3A’s Big East Conf...

By Jeff Oliver For the MV Independent When Mike Steeber took over as Frazier’s football coach, the Commodores’ program was considered pretty much an also-ran. Under Steeber’s leadership, all of that c...

Harry V. Radek, 78, of Pricedale, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Son of the late Charles and Margaret Corbett Radek, he was born in Pricedale on July 9, 1940. He was a member of the Char-Belle ...