By BETH HOPE-CUSHEY For the MV Independent New Eagle resident Keith Richardson addressed an ongoing water problem at his residence during Tuesday’s council meeting.   Richardson said it has been an is...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Carroll Township native and former Ohio Congressman Jim Renacci will hold a meet-and-greet event at Donora Public Library Sunday. Area residents can meet Renacci ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Justin Komondor struggles to care much about how his hair looks. The 32-year-old Monongahela resident used to only get a haircut once or twice a year and would ge...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent The normally quiet confines of the McKeesport Carnegie Library were filled Monday with the loud voices of local residents venting frustration with the health care c...

By BETH HOPE-CUSHEY For the MV Independent Carroll Township Police Chief Paul Brand will receive the Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award March 4 at the Laurel Highland Council Boy Scouts of Americ...

Mary Manyak McConville Bell, 88, of Perryopolis, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at Annalisa Person Care Home, Perryopolis. Born March 23, 1930, in Brownsville, she was the daughter of the late Michael and...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When Dan Bosnic was hired as the Monessen boys basketball coach, he vowed the expectations would not change with the Greyhounds basketball program. Check the first...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area officially punched its ticket to the WPIAL playoffs with a 72-64 victory over Elizabeth Forward in Section 3-4A play Tuesday.   In a game that feat...

By DEAN   DELLAMALVA JR. For the MV Independent The Ringgold Rams had hit the skids. What they really needed was to win a tough, hard-fought game to overcome adversity. Tuesday, they got just what the...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com As Monessen girls head coach Janine Vertacnik sat waiting for a post-game interview, a number of her players approached her with arms wide open. Tears and hugs fol...

By the Mon Valley Independent Khalil Smith reached the 1,000 point mark in Serra Catholic’s 72-32 rout of Brentwood in Section 2-2A play Tuesday night.   Smith finished with a game-high 26 points to a...

Joseph P. Kostolansky Jr., 85, of Donora, died on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at the Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela, with his loving family by his side. Born on March 25, 1933, in Donora, he was a son t...

Ella Prucy, 91, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on Feb. 5, 2019. Born on Aug. 17, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John L. and Ocie Jane Sisley Keilbach. She was a seamstress at Kay’s Clean...

Joseph Allen Reale, 87, of Monongahela, died peacefully Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in his home. He was born May 20, 1931, in New Eagle, the son of Joseph and Martha Furiga Reale.​ Joe was formerly emplo...

Nancy C. Smock, loving wife, mother and grandmother, 81, of Newell, passed away Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born Jan. 5, 1938, in North Charl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two years after the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh merged five Washington County parishes, the diocese has announced four of the parish’s buildings will close nex...

By the MV Independent Two Monessen councilmen and the city’s controller recently responded to accusations leveled against them by Mayor Matt Shorraw.   Last month, Shorraw, who has missed 24 consecuti...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township is starting over in its attempt to update its pipeline ordinance.   Township commissioners unanimously voted Monday to send the original version o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The organizers of last year’s inaugural Great Allegheny Passage Trail Relay race say it was such a success that they are bringing it back for a second year. Runners wi...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Almost 100 new state troopers will soon begin patrols — several in the Mon Valley.   Acting Commissioner Robert Evanchick announced Friday that 96 cadets graduated i...