By the Mon Valley Independent Serra Catholic scored 21 unanswered points en route to a 21-17 victory over South Allegheny in Three Rivers Conference play Friday night.   Trailing 17-0 in the third qua...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports There was very little Mapletown could do to slow down Monessen’s dynamic quarterback Friday night at Memorial Stadium. Whether it was on the ground or through the air...

By MIKE CIAROCHI For the Mon Valley Independent Ask any Frazier fan how the homecoming football game against Brownsville went and they’ll likely give you a one-word, maybe two-word answer. “Fine, just...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Students at St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School in North Belle Vernon took advantage of Friday’s sunny weather to spread some sunshine of their own. Approxim...

By JEFF STITT and TAYLOR BROWN jstitt@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than seven months of investigating, Washington Township police have filed charges in the case of Otto, a 3-year-old Germ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania American Water will invest more than $1 million to upgrade aging sewer main lines in Mc-Keesport. On Wednesday, the company announced the start of const...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The family of the late Alyson Higdon joined Mc-Keesport officials Thursday morning for the installation of an “Aly’s Rules” safety sign at the intersection of Eden Par...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents of Jefferson Hills will soon see a new volunteer fire company serving the borough. A result of a year-long decision by Jefferson Hills firefighters...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon man is accused of shooting a dog during a birthday party in Monessen earlier this month. James Victor Scirotto, 46, allegedly fired seven shots f...

Dina M. Kotlar Rostraver Township Dina M. Kotlar, 48, of Rostraver Township, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m on Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednes...

Shirley A. Gottke Charleroi Shirley A. Gottke, 91, of Charleroi, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Born on June 18, 1928, she was the daughter of the late John and Rosina Loftus. She was a member ...

Howard W. Grimm MCKEESPORT Howard W. Grimm, 79, of McKeesport, passed away on Thu., Oct. 10, 2019 at UPMC McKeesport Hospital following a brief illness. A former Glassport resident, he was a son of th...

Dominic Devito Roscoe Dominic Devito, 79, of Roscoe, passed away Thursday, Oct.10, 2019 at Havencrest Nursing Home, Carroll Township. Born January 19, 1940 in Monessen, he was the son of the late Thom...

BY Jeremy sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com Cold and soaked, there was no better feeling for Belle Vernon Area boys coach Rob Miele than ringing the victory bell at James Weir Stadium. While a section champi...

BY zack zeigler For the MV Independent After 80 minutes, neither offense was able to break through in Thursday’s Section 1-2A matchup between Elizabeth Forward and South Park.   It came down to the fi...

BY JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Nothing quite like a double hat trick to get you closer to 100 career goals and help your team end a six-game losing streak. That was the case for Monessen senior Ca...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports When the Charleroi Cougars opened the season getting spanked by Washington, 42-14, there were some who wondered what type of impact the Cougars would have this season in Clas...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After nearly six hours, a police standoff in Rostraver Township came to a peaceful conclusion Thursday night. Rostraver police were called to West Spring Grove Boule...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two women spoke out at Donora borough council’s meeting Thursday about their experiences during home burglaries this year, and they both had ideas about how safet...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township woman who had been missing since Tuesday was found dead Thursday in Allegheny County. Dina Kotlar, 48, was reported missing by her family T...