By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com While local youth teams are getting back on the playing fields following the COVID-19 pandemic, sports camps are picking back up as well. Fayette County Baseball L...

By JOSÉ NEGRON MVI Sports The last time a Mon Valley school won a state championship was 2004 when the Monessen Greyhounds girls’ basketball team won both WPIAL and PIAA Class A titles.   Now there ar...

Charles R. “Chip” James, of Donora, entered into the gates of heaven on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at the age of 78. He was born on Feb. 8, 1942. The son of the late Jes-se and Dorothy James, he was al...

Submitted Florida resident Zechariah Cartledge, 11, ran a mile carrying the Blue Line American Flag Monday to honor Jefferson Hills police Officer Dale Provins, who died Saturday after being involved ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Lock Four Volunteer Fire Company in North Charleroi accidentally had a Confederate flag flying at its station for part of Sunday and Monday. Firefighters purchas...

By Jeff Stitt and Kristie Linden jstitt@yourmvi.com klinden@yourmvi.com Aaliyah Johnson of McKeesport was alone before falling to her death from her ninth-floor apartment window May 26, according to A...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Historical Society and the Donora Public Library have announced that the World War II exhibit on loan from the Heinz History Center is once again open for ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a three-month hiatus, Little Things for Little People made a comeback Monday in Belle Vernon, handing out bags of clothing, diapers and toiletries for a r...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Council took another step Monday night toward reinstating a former borough police officer who was fired in 2018 after being accused of assaulting his wife. A...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania has announced a plan to welcome students back to campus this fall.   A reopening guide published on the university’s website hi...

Mark Thomas Clement, 63, raised in Dunlevy, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2020, in his home in Pittsburgh. Mark, a beloved father, grandfather, uncle and brother, is survived by his two children, ...

Phyllis Gresh was born in Pricedale, on April 19, 1935, and is the daughter of Edward Gereshenski and Elizabeth Johnson. She was a loving spouse, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her life wa...

Caroline Patton, 76, died peacefully with her family at Frick Hospital in Mount Pleasant, on June 11, 2020. Carol was born Oct. 26, 1943, in Arnold City to Carl and Christine Komperda. She attended Cl...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Mark Black altered his future plans prior to the final rounds of the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft Thursday. Not being selected in the five-round event only made ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Tamir Pone, 8, Tai’lyn Pone, 7, and Gio DeSefano, 13, all of Monessen, enjoyed the warm weather this week at City Park.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After Donora council voted Thursday to repeal the ordinance that would have forced longtime borough police Superintendent Jim Brice — and any other police officer...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of demonstrators marched peacefully through the streets of McKeesport Friday — and at one point even laid down on a city street in silence. The group is deman...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A Jefferson Hills police officer injured in a crash earlier this month has died.   According to a release posted on the Jefferson Hills Borough Police Department Fac...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An annual fundraising event for Westmoreland County trails will take a do-it-yourself approach this year.   Residents can choose to bike, walk, jog or run in the 21s...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents and teams hoping to use fields in Jefferson Hills will soon have to sign a waiver to be able to step onto the recreational facilities. And it’s due...