By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Tom Alper’s widow, Joyce,   walked around the turf at Elizabeth Forward’s Warriors Stadium with tears in her eyes Tuesday. It’s not the first time and it won’t be ...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports With time dwindling in the second overtime, Elizabeth Forward’s Andrew Smith took a cross and blasted it past Steel Valley’s goalie into the bottom corner of the net.   The...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Sept. 17, 1952, is a date that’s etched into the memories of Collinsburg residents, even if they weren’t born yet.   That’s the day a Rostraver Township school ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com PA Coach Lines has once again been ordered by Allegheny County Judge Christine Ward to provide transportation to all students in the Elizabeth Forward School Di...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Alliance has rejected two separate officers to purchase the Coyle Theater. On Tuesday, Mon Valley Alliance CEO Ben Brown said the offers, submitted by...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The West Jefferson Hills School District is moving forward with its plans to empty, clean out and dismantle the abandoned Thomas Jefferson High School at 310...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The office of state Attorney General Josh Shapiro has issued a warrant for the arrest of a McKeesport man accused of using the credentials of a UPMC McKeesport doctor ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School District has hired a new business manager with a five-year contract that takes effect in November. The board unanimously name...

Florence Buono, 87, Monongahela, Riverhill, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Jefferson Hospital. She was born Oct. 21, 1931, in Donora, the daughter of Walter and Helen Opatkiewicz Kotlensky. Florence...

Greta Marlene Spicer, 85, of Charleroi, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at home with her family around her. She was born Aug. 9, 1934, in Canonsburg, daughter of the late Melv...

John L. Wadsworth Sr., 85, of Daisytown, Pa., died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. He was born Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1934, in Daisytown, Pa., son of the late Harry and Mary Staley Wadsworth. In addition to his ...

Sharon Joy Young, 63, formerly of Long Branch, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at Davenport Hall Personal Care, Charleroi. Born in Charleroi on Dec. 12, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Ch...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Since suffering a season-opening loss to Laurel Highlands on Sept. 3, the Elizabeth Forward volleyball team hasn’t experienced a whole lot of losing. The Warriors fo...

By DAN PALM For the MV Independent The Belle Vernon Area girls soccer team used a very workmanlike performance Monday night to beat Greensburg Salem, 5-0, and remain in first place in Section 2-3A. Th...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Back when Reiley Wiant was 5 years old, he’d often play hockey in his kitchen, fantasizing that he was playing for Team USA.   Wiant will no longer have to lean on that fan...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Paige Marshalek scored a team-high five goals and became just the second player in Bentworth history to score 100 goals in her career as the Bearcats rolled past Cha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Kane Family Council commemorated its 10-year anniversary this week during the Kane Foundation Fun Walk 4 Kane. Formed in spring 2009 by cousins Janet Kulis and the...

By Jacob Tierney More than 350 children in Elizabeth Forward School District may not be able to take a bus to school this week as the contract spat between the district and its transportation provider...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com For the second week in a row, Aimee Schmidt’s daughter had issues regarding her school bus. Last week, the Elizabeth borough fifth-grader was one of two student...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Eliciting cheers and applause from those in attendance, the Jefferson Hills Zoning Board voted unanimously Monday night to uphold an appeal from Jefferson Hi...