By Jeff Oliver MVI Sports The Belle Vernon Area girls soccer team is in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals for the second time in the program’s history. But if the Leopards are going to reach the champions...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com It has been a tale of two different Bentworth teams through the first two rounds of the WPIAL Class A playoffs.   After a first-round win over Mohawk, Bentworth head...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Kash family of North Belle Vernon dressed as the Addams family for Saturday’s North Belle Vernon Halloween parade. From left are Betty Sullivan of Rostraver...

By JOE GRATA For The Mon Valley Independent Westmoreland County has begun deodorizing picturesque Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver. That is, three comfort stations with “pit toilets” — reminiscent of ear...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Thanks to a new program at Thomas Jefferson High School, students with physical and social disabilities can now feel at home at Jaguar football games, attend...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Marching Band is seeking community support to attend an event in Tennessee. The Belle Vernon Area Marching Band Boosters will host its annual v...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Public Library wants to help you find a job.   In an effort to keep Rostraver residents employed, a free program is available twice a month ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny will soon celebrate its largest social affair of the year. From 6 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, the McKeesport-based campus’ Wunderley Gymnasium...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Elections Division encourages registered voters who need an absentee ballot to apply as soon as possible as the state deadline is Tuesday. This ye...

Marie A. Hodge, 82, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. She is the daughter of the late Thomas and Marie Danko Valiknac and was born July 28, 1937, in Duquesne. Along with being a homemaker, Marie was a press...

William O. Pocky, 80, formerly of Charleroi, died Friday Oct. 25, 2019 at Southwestern Veterans Center Pittsburgh. He was born in Charleroi on Sept. 20, 1939, a son of William and Alice Frocheur Pocky...

Mary Lee Barker White Oak Mary Lee Barker, 72, of White Oak, passed away Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. She was born Nov. 15, 1946, in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late Ralph and Roberta Dunlap Jo...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area had no problem running through rival Ringgold in both teams’ regular-season finale Friday at James Weir Stadium. The Leopards took advantage of o...

By paul schofield TTM News Wire Services High school football is a game of swings; just ask No. 1 Jeannette.   During the opening minutes of Friday’s WPIAL Class A Eastern Conference showdown against ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com It wasn’t until recently that Jalen Brice could grip a football, let alone step under center for Monessen.   The senior has been recovering from a broken thumb the l...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports McKeesport had little trouble in scoring 223 points in its last five games. But none of those opponents was Gateway, which only allowed 35 points in Class 5A’s Big Ea...

By Zack Zeigler MVI Sports Thomas Jefferson’s defense held West Mifflin to negative yards in a 53-0 victory Friday night. The Titans were at minus-42 yards at halftime and minus-32 for the game. “Our ...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Although Frazier and Beth-Center were both out of playoff contention in Friday’s regular season finale, tthe Commodores had two things left to fight for — pride and revenge. ...

By the Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Forward scored 31 unanswered points en route to a 38-6 victory over Yough in Big East Conference play Friday night on Cougar Mountain.   Evan Lewis completed 7 ...

Ben Bamford / For the Mon Valley Independent From left, Emma Trowbridge of Rostraver Township, Kenzie Sellew of North Belle Vernon, Elisabeth Olbrys of Rostraver Township and Colton Muzina of Perryopo...