By JEREMY TEPPER For the MV Independent If the Thomas Jefferson girls soccer team learned one thing from last season, it’s that things don’t always go quite as planned. Fresh off a 16-4 season and WPI...

By Zack Zeigler For the MV Independent The McKeesport girls soccer program is on the rise after falling out of the WPIAL conference circuit prior to the 2017 season. The Tigers are entering their thir...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Elizabeth Forward School District will await a hearing in Common Pleas Court this afternoon that will determine if they will return to school Thursda...

By EMILY BENNETT ebennett@yourmvi.com An attempt to replace Andrew Kuzma as president of the Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners was turned aside at another tense meeting Monday. The effort was ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen School District’s choice to join other area schools in partnering with Seneca Valley School District could save taxpayers as much as $100,000 this year. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com When Belle Vernon Area High School students head back to school next week they will be greeted by new leadership. Last month, the board voted to hire Dr. Michael Sable...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A local senator is all for Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to reform charter school law — and the Pennsylvania School Board Association is too.   Sen. Jim Brewster said he welc...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi borough has a new councilwoman.   After unanimously accepting the resignation of Robert Hodgson during a business meeting Monday night, council appoi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Washington Township man accused of breaking a dog’s leg and a police officer’s wrist earlier this month will stand trial in Westmoreland County Court. Kenneth Warr...

Ruth Ora Bartolozzi, 98, of Roscoe, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Roscoe on Aug. 9, 1921, she was the daughter of William and Frances Anderson Lilley. Ruth was re...

John G. “Jack” Green, 88, of Charleroi, passed away Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in The Residence at Hilltop, Carroll Township. Jack was born Nov. 11, 1930, in Speers, the son of the late Gilbert and Daisy ...

Judy A. McFeely, 79, of New Eagle, died Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born June 13, 1940, in Monongahela, she was the daughter of Ray and Erma Fast Yeager. A 1958 graduate of ...

Edward C. Rach, 94, of Monongahela, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, in his home. Born Nov. 7, 1924, in Uniontown, he was the son of John and Anna O’Connor Rach. following his graduation in 1943 from the f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A few weeks ago, McKeesport Councilman Tim Brown “heard it through the grapevine” that there were some kids in the city who would be heading back to school on Tuesday ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Severe storms caused the Roscoe Volunteer Fire Company to have a busy afternoon on Sunday. Assistant Fire Chief Brian Billy said a severe storm with heavy winds ripped...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward Superintendent Dr. Todd E. Keruskin released a document Saturday answering “frequently asked questions” regarding a court injunction the district fil...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The first day of Donora Historical Society’s annual Cement City Home and Walking Tour will be held the same day as the borough’s fall festival next month, and org...

By RON PAGLIA It’s a question often asked by trivia aficionados in the Mid-Monongahela Valley. And the answer is always the same: Yes, television variety show host and New York newspaper columnist Ed ...

John S. Gira Jr., 86, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at his home. Born Aug. 19, 1932, in Monessen, he was the son of John S. and Mary Sramko Gira. A residen...

By JEREMY TEPPER For the MV Independent Voluntary summer workouts can serve as a time to shake the rust off, to get in shape and to attempt to hone in on things before mandatory workouts start. The Se...