By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward School District Superintendent Dr. Todd Keruskin beamed with pride as he honored two spring athletic programs for their outstanding seasons at l...

By Emily Bennett ebennett@yourmvi.com Community members trickled through the doors of the Monessen -based Salvation Army last night during its very first open house, meant to highlight the key focus o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department and first responders around the Mon Valley are mourning the untimely death of one of their own. Cope passed away Tuesd...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com While it may not mean much in the grand scheme of the playoffs, Dax Thomas State Farm took sole possession of second place in the Grebb League girls division Wedne...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com AMD Industries had plenty of talent on its bench when it took on Lee Supply Wednesday night. Unfortunately, AMD head coach Bria Rathway was unable to use assistant c...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Ringgold Rams baseball team will play on a much-improved surface in 2020. On Wednesday night, the Ringgold School Board accepted a $591,650 bid from Plavchak ...

Terry W. Chattaway, 70, of Monongahela, died Friday, July 12, 2019, in his home. Born May 10, 1949 in New Eagle, he was the son of the late Charles and Frances Donovan Chattaway. After his graduation ...

Neil B. Cope, 46, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at his home. Born Oct. 11, 1972, in Atwater, Calif., he was the son of Brian T. Cope of Monessen and Michele Baron Cope of ...

Bessie “Betty” Dean, 92, of Roscoe, died on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family. Born in California, Pa., on Oct. 18, 1926, a daughter of George and Lena Inks Campbell. Betty ...

Patricia Ann Harris, age 87, of McKeesport, died July 17, 2019.  She was born in McKeesport on Oct. 17, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Ida Mondin Forsberg and her late husband, Elmer. She is th...

Gary G. Zema, 66, of New York, N.Y., passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. A son of the late Sam Zema and Erma Amicucci Zema, he was born in North Charleroi on March 21, 1953. Formerly of Belle Ver...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport firefighters from Crew No. 2 found the off-ramp of the Mansfield Bridge covered in ice Tuesday morning, but it wasn’t because of strange weather patterns. A...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Six members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club will stand trial on charges of attempted homicide after security camera footage of the alleged attack was shown in court...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A West Mifflin man is behind bars after allegedly crashing a vehicle into a utility pole, causing it to fall over and strike a pedestrian. McKeesport police officer Br...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire a new high school principal and six teachers, who will all start working for the district at the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s mayor and police chief said they are elated that “the switch was flipped” Tuesday to activate a brand new traffic and pedestrian signal at the intersectio...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent C. Harper Auto Group and Wish FM honored 50 randomly selected local high school juniors and seniors with top grades Tuesday, but only one received the grand prize...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Glassport Councilman David Kowalski said a property at the corner of Monongahela Avenue and Fifth Street has been demolished, but it had nothing to do with r...

By JOE SABOLEK For the Mon Valley Independent Tri-County Realty punched its ticket to the Grebb League postseason Tuesday handling its business against Dairy Queen, 55-47. Coming off an upset loss to ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Union Cleaners held off a relentless Farmers Insurance squad to capture a 78-69 victory in J. Budd Grebb Memorial Summer Basketball League boys division action Tuesd...