By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com In the few games since his team locked up the Section 2-2A title with a win over California on Jan. 29, Serra Catholic head coach Justin Walther has noticed a lack o...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. For the MV Independent On a night where McKeesport honored its four seniors, a former head coach and a 42-point scorer, the Tigers surely made members of their fanbase a little ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area graduate and Penn State freshman pitcher Bailey Parshall picked up her first career win, and loss, in her first two appearances with the Nittany ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Friday night’s game against Canon-McMillan was nearly   a disastrous playoff tuneup for the Ringgold boys basketball team. But following the Rams’ 59-47 loss on se...

By JASON BLACK For the MV Independent The last thing the Frazier boys basketball team wanted to do on senior night in its home finale was get blown out. But after Southmoreland built a 20-5 lead after...

By JEFF OLIVER For the Mon Valley Independent When it came to getting to know Stan “Nunnie” Milchovich, I always considered myself lucky. I came to know Nunnie in the late 1970s. I was a Monessen guy ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Last month, Donora council President Jane Ackerman eliminated all committees in an effort to run borough business through council as a whole rather than having is...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Changes are on the horizon for the way residential garbage is collected within McKeesport’s city limits. At Wednesday’s meeting, council unanimously voted to enter int...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com   A Mon Valley maestro will be remembered for his decades of dedication to the music industry in the Mon Valley. A lifetime love of music began for Joe Campus while ...

A 37-year-old McKeesport man is in custody following a drug bust at his home Wednesday. McKeesport detectives and Allegheny County Probation officers executed a search warrant at Dennis Cash Jr.’s hou...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township man accused of causing an accident while driving drunk that injured a child was ordered to stand trial. Anzalone Jones, 62, of Kings Way appeare...

William Randall “Randy” Curcio, 68, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was born May 22, 1950, in Char- leroi, son of...

Stanley “Nunnie” Milchovich, 83, of Ellsworth, died Thursday morning, Feb. 7, 2019, at Washington Hospital. He was born July 10, 1935, a son of Chuck and Eathel Lundy Milchovich. He served with the U....

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There may not be a hotter team entering the WPIAL basketball playoffs than the Belle Vernon Area girls. The Leopards went into section champion Elizabeth Forward’s...

By ZACK ZEIGLER For the MV Independent Senior night is always a special night.   Thursday night, the Charleroi boys followed the girls’ upset win over Beth-Center with a 73-50 win over the Bulldogs in...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent If there were a title of “Mr. Charleroi,” that moniker would have belonged to Stan “Nunnie” Milchovich, who died Thursday at age 83. Over the last 55 years or mor...

BY DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. For the MV Independent Jake Sepesky’s steal in the waning seconds helped Belle Vernon Area hold on for a 77-72 win at California Thursday in a game scheduled to help both playof...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two vehicles traveling in opposite directions crashed into each other after colliding with boulders, mud and debris scattered across state Route 906 early Thursday m...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora officials say the Mon Valley Alliance is trying to sell railroad spurs in the borough at the MIDA Industrial Park. Councilwoman Cindy Brice said Dyno Nobel...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Tensions were high Thursday at a standing-room-only public hearing to discuss air quality violations in the Mon Valley. The hearing was requested by state Sen. Jim Bre...