Cameron Joseph Abbey, 24, of Charleroi, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, after a five-year battle with cancer. Born on Aug. 25, 1995, he was the son of the late Scott and Leasa Abbey. He was a...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It’s been nearly a year since Charleroi and Washington last met on the football field.   The Cougars toppled the Prexies, 64-33, for the first time in 10 years and e...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For those who have watched Cochise Ryan compete, it’s crystal clear the type of elite athlete he can be.   Whether it’s on the basketball court or on the football fi...

By Jeremy Tepper For the MV Independent The Thomas Jefferson volleyball team doesn’t have to search far for motivation. In fact, that motivation came last November, and has stuck with the team ever si...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Monessen head coach Mike Blainefield was pretty adamant when he said his Greyhounds were going to win Class A’s Tri-County South Conference. The march to a confere...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The owner of Rhythm House Studios in Charleroi will open the facility to the public for the first time this weekend. Bob Arthurs II, who also serves as executive pro...

By EMILY BENNETT dilullo ebennett@yourmvi.com More parents than ever are choosing to not vaccinate their children because of medical, religious or philosophical reasons in Western Pennsylvania.   The ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several people will be honored during the Mon Valley NAACP Human Rights Banquet next week. The annual event, which is the organization’s largest fundraiser, will beg...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent Music and laughter filled the lower level of Donora Public Library Wednesday evening as the Mon Valley Community Band rehearsed for its performance at the McKeespor...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man has been charged after allegedly pouring gasoline around the inside of his Grover Street residence and throwing a match at the fuel while his wife, da...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 9 for a Glassport woman who allegedly drunkenly waived a butcher knife at her teenage son and daughter and cut one o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Supporters of Westmoreland County parks will be honored at an annual luncheon next month. The 16th annual Westmoreland County Parks and Recreation Citizens Advisory ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Thursday night that it has placed the Rev. Father Robert Cedolia on administrative leave. He has most recently been servin...

All heaven rejoiced when the Lord called Patricia home after a lengthy illness on June 2, 2019. She was born on March 28, 1937. She was preceded in death by father and mother, John and Mary Kelemen; s...

Joseph R. Tesznar, 61, of Donora, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at Manor Care Health Services in McMurray. He was born Sept. 7, 1957, in North Charleroi, son of the late Joseph Tesznar and the late He...

Eula Mae Dietrich Tintori, 91, of Belle Vernon, formerly of Traverse City, Mich., left this world on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. A daughter of the late Mathias James Dietrich and Ella Genevieve Cady Diet...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For those heading to Renziehausen Park this weekend, be sure to bring a big appetite and maybe some extra handwipes for the all of the mouth-watering barbecue sauce an...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday $13.7 million in grants will be used to upgrade 29 airports statewide, including a handful that service the Mon Valley. ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A Monessen man accused of selling heroin and fentanyl that led to the deaths of three people this summer will stand trial in federal court. Delmar Pritche...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nearly a dozen residents who live on closed Fox Stop Road in Fallowfield Township could see relief by the end of this year. On Wednesday, Supervisor Earl Sadler gave...