By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com In three seasons as coach at Vincentian Academy, Tim Tyree built an impressive resume, winning more than 60 games along with a pair of WPIAL championships.   The Roy...

By Jeremy Sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com Every championship has its own unique story, but there are still key components to most. No matter what the story is about, there’s always a hero or a band of them...

Jeffrey J. Martin, 63, of Charleroi, died June 10, 2020. Jeff was born on Jan. 17, 1957, son of the late William and Martha Jursik Martin. A graduate of Charleroi High School Class of 1974, Jeff conti...

Karl M. Radek, 58, of Pricedale, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2020, at Leah’s Personal Care Home, Scottdale. Born March 14, 1962, in Long Beach, Calif., he was the son of the late Marvin P. Radek an...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Zykavia Hairston, Qitarah Hardison and Malaya Harcom were among the members of the Class of 2020 at Monessen High School who received their diplomas Friday. A p...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A special committee has come up with options designed to allow Belle Vernon Area High School’s Class of 2020 to graduate as a group. The committee was formed at...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington County Agricultural Fair has been canceled.   Despite restrictions being lifted in western Pennsylvania, the Washington County Fair Board voted to can...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park was bustling on Friday.   The park closed for several months during the COVID-19 pandemic, but reopened Monday with several up...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts will continue its virtual concert season Sunday. The MVAA is a nonprofit organization that provides arts and cultural programs th...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The grounds at Fallingwater will reopen today for the first time since its closure for the COVID-19 pandemic March 15. The home designed by architect Frank Lloy...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Historical Society went to council this week in hopes of finding a safe place for extra money raised for the city’s veterans banners. Laura M...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com As we inch closer to the return of sports here in the Mon Valley, excitement is evident about the creation of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League. ...

Alan Armand Alvarez, 77, of Mars, Adams Township, formerly of Donora, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at Paramount Memory Care, Mars. Born in Monongahela on Feb. 21, 1943, he was a son of the ...

On Sunday, June 7, 2020, Dennis “Denny” Bugar, loving husband, father, son-in-law, brother, grandfather, and friend passed away at the age of 67. Denny was born on March 29, 1953, to the late Albert a...

Harold Jack “Casey” Coulter, 90, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2020, at Highlands Hospital, Connellsville. Born March 20, 1930, in Charleroi, he was the son of the late Harold ...

Tracy Poskon Day, 50, of Charleroi, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020. A daughter of the late Jennifer Fisher Poskon and Chester Dixie Poskon, who survives and resides in McClellantown, Pa., she ...

Bill R. Ross, 98, of Monessen, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Mon Valley Care Center. A son of the late Clarence Lloyd and Bessie Sanders Ross, he was born in Gibsonton on Jan. 3, 1922, bu...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Cousins Nolan Carson, 5, of Eighty Four and Charlee Carson, 5, of Fallowfield Township enjoy looking at the horses at Round Hill Park in Elizabeth Township.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora residents turned out Thursday night and filled every seat in a socially distanced banquet room meeting to support police Superintendent Jim Brice. They wer...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com The video speaks for itself. That’s the consensus of attorneys representing the Mon Valley Independent and a Monessen resident in a lawsuit claiming Mayor Matt Sh...