By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County is encouraging its customers to make a New Year’s resolution to drink more water. MAWC is partnering with Illinois-based...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com As Fayette County residents set their New Year’s resolutions, many are dedicating themselves to bettering their overall health.   In 2019, the Fayette Living Well Co...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Ringgold boys basketball team looked like two different teams in their Section 3-4A matchup against Waynesburg Central Friday. In the first half, they were the...

By Zack Zeigler For the MV Independent Serra Catholic continued their hot string of play winning their sixth game in a row as they toppled California, 71-52, Friday. Despite the win, signs of rust by ...

By JOE SABOLEK For the Mon Valley Independent There was no rough water on Uniontown’s journey to the Mon Valley. The Red Raiders enjoyed smooth sailing in an easy 85-36 win over Belle Vernon Area in S...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Monessen evened its overall record and started off the section slate on the right foot Friday with a dominant win at Geibel in Connellsville to start off Section 2...

Mary S. Brady, 90, of Monongahela, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at Hallsworth House in Monessen. She was born Sept. 16, 1928, in Elizabeth, the daughter of Joseph and Ann Dorchinitz Spernak.​ Mary was...

Richard E. “Giant” Dell Jr., 65, Forward Township, passed away on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at home. He was the founder and owner for Giant’s Landscaping in Elizabeth. He was a former truck driver of 37 y...

Mildred T. Furio, 98, of Monessen, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Hallsworth House. Born on July 8, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Banus Mihalik. She was a member of Epiphan...

Former East Washington Police Chief, Mark Harper Griffith, 66, of Washington, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Donnell House. He was born Feb. 3, 1952, in Monongahela, a son of the late Clinton Willia...

Harold L. Legler, 98, of Rostraver Township, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. Born in New Eagle, on July 3, 1920, he was the son of the late John L. and Edith Rose Garbart Legler. Harold was a glazier and o...

Margaret E. Smith, 93, of Charleroi, passed away on Jan. 3, 2019, at Mon Valley Care Center. She was born on July 28, 1925, to the late John and Saluda Strolher Schuyler in Florence, S.C. Mrs. Smith h...

Thomas “Troxy” Trocksa, 74, of McKeesport, died on Jan. 3, 2019, at home. He was born on Jan. 28, 1944, in McKees- port, Pa., son of the late John “Troxy” Trocksa Jr., and Rose “Kitty” Spehar. Tom was...

By KAYLIE MOORE kmoore@yourmvi.com Half a dozen fire departments responded to a fully involved structure fire at 1319 Sycamore St., Monessen, Thursday night.   As firefighters from Monessen Hilltop, M...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com With the new year under way, Monessen council hopes state legislators’ resolutions will include removing Mayor Matt Shorraw and Councilman Gil Coles from office.   C...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora borough’s solicitor and council members want to know more about what is going on at the Mon Valley Sewage Authority. Ever since Donora resident Ruth Koontz...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Investigators believe an early Thursday morning fire in downtown McKeesport was deliberately set. McKeesport fire and police departments were called out 1:53 a.m. to t...

By Taylor brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Carroll Township man accused of possessing more than 20 videos depicting child pornography is behind bars.   Chris R. Schibik, 51, of Nantucket Road is charged wit...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Improvements are coming to a local section of the Great Allegheny Passage, and trail council leaders say the upgrades will make for a more enjoyable bicycle ride as tr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has announced a new state program aimed at helping formerly incarcerated or arrested individuals “get their lives back on track.” Gov. T...