By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The new year is bringing some changes to Charleroi-based cfsbank, with the retirement of bank president and chief executive officer Neil Bassi effective Jan. 1....

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Jefferson Regional Foundation is doing its part to make sure the upcoming U.S. Census runs smoothly — at least in the South Hills and Mon Valley areas. T...

By the MV Independent More than 100 Mon Valley snowbirds and former residents will bask in the Florida sunshine next month as they come together for their 40th annual reunion. The 2020 Florida Mon Val...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania State Police investigated 460 crashes over the New Year’s holiday enforcement period and 30 of them   involved alcohol. A total of 87 people were injured ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com California’s Malik Ramsey scored his 1,000th career point in Friday night’s Section 3-2A contest against Serra Catholic, but it was the Eagles who were celebrating...

By JOE SABOLEK MVI Sports As Monessen entered Friday’s matchup with Geibel, both teams were hoping to take sole possession of second place in Section 2-A. The Greyhounds used a huge first half for a 5...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA MVI Sports Belle Vernon Area has made great strides under second-year head coach Joe Salvino, but Friday at Uniontown the Leopards learned they still have some growing to do to cont...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports The pattern of late for Thomas Jefferson is to hang on and win close. After the Jaguars did it again Friday with a 58-54 win over Montour, Jaguars guard Isaac McNeil simply...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Turnovers and a cold-shooting first half plagued Ringgold in the first half of its Section 3-4A game Friday at Waynesburg. But seniors Chris Peccon and Luke Wyvratt led a sec...

By JAMIE RANKIN For the MV Independent For Charleroi’s boys basketball team, it’s all about the 3-pointers. “We don’t have much size inside. Our biggest kid is 6-1,” Charleroi coach Bill Wiltz said. “...

By the Mon Valley Independent South Allegheny remained atop the Section 3-3A standings and moved to 9-1 overall after knocking off visiting Valley, 59-45, Friday. Antonio Epps led the way, draining fo...

Robert John Reeb Monongahela Robert John Reeb, 46, of Monongahela, “stood in the door” and made his final jump on Jan. 2, 2020. Born June 26, 1973, in Abington, Pa., he was the son of San-dra Cassel R...

Robert James Dragone Charleroi Robert James Dragone, 59, of Charleroi, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, in his home. He was born June 29, 1960, in North Charleroi, the son of the late James and Margaret L...

Duane Pasquale Gatto Cumming, Ga. Duane Pasquale Gatto, 88, of Cumming, Ga., passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. He was born in 1931 to the late Peter and Catherine Gatto. He attended Bethelview U...

Justina ‘Jay’ E. Lombardi Santoro Belle Vernon Justina “Jay” E. Lombardi Santoro, 95, of Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Dec. 21, 1924, in North ...

By zack zeigler MVI Sports Elizabeth Forward kept pace with teams near the top of the Section 3-4A standings by defeating West Mifflin, 62-58, Thursday night.   EF (5-4, 3-1), McKeesport and Belle Ver...

By Joe Sabolek MVI Sports Entering Thursday night, South Allegheny head coach Leslie McPherson knew her team was preparing for a “must win game.”   She understood the significance of the Section 3-3A ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team will find out exactly where it stands tonight when it heads to Uniontown to face the defending Section 3-4A champion Red...

By Jason Black For the MV Independent The Southmoreland girls basketball team didn’t earn a lot of style points during Thursday’s Section 3-4A home game against Ringgold.   But despite the Scotties no...

By the MV Independent Alyssa DeAngelo and Dalaney Ranallo combined to score 49 points in Thomas Jefferson’s 76-63 victory over Lincoln Park in Section 1-5A play Thursday night.   DeAngelo poured in a ...