By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Sometimes a loss can bring positive influences into the following season. The California girls basketball team ended its 2019-20 campaign with a second-round playoff ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports High school teams, no matter what the sport, have the challenge of replacing players year in and year out. This makes coaching a lot harder, especially when the turno...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Last season was a special year for the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball program. The Leopards reached the WPIAL championship game and nearly advanced to the PIAA ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There may not be a new coach around the Mon Valley who earned instant respect with their teams faster than Kaitlyn Slagus. The former All-American at Bucknell and ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com COVID-19 continues to rear its ugly head around high school sports in the Mon Valley. But as of now, fall sports have been completed and we’re on to winter. Welcom...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Journey with us into the season of the great unknown. COVID-19 continues to rear its ugly head for nearly a year now, holding high school athletics in limbo day in...

By JOE GRATA For The Mon Valley Independent Nearly 50 choice Fraser fir trees used to elaborately decorate the inside of the White House every Christmas holiday carry a Mon Valley touch. They are grow...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Christmas got both warmer and brighter for an Elizabeth Township couple Wednesday. JED Heating and Cooling of Donora installed a new high-efficiency furnace in ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the past two years, Charleroi council has had to fill a vacant seat in council chambers. The trend continued Wednesday as council accepted the resignation of Cou...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Like many organizations that provide public services to residents in their community or region, the Monessen Public Library has experienced financial woes as a result ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports It has been 11 seasons since the Yough girls basketball team has qualified for the WPIAL Playoffs. Along the way, the Cougars have lost 97 consecutive section games a...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com City-owned properties in Monongahela may soon be available for purchase. At Wednesday’s council meeting, city officials discussed the possibility of putting ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Moving up a classification is tough in any sport, but moving up a classification with a young roster can be even more daunting. The Bentworth girls’ basketball team and third...

Robert Dickie III, 70, of Rostraver Township, died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.Born in North Charleroi on Oct. 17, 1950, Bobby was a retired maintenance worker for Rostraver Township. He is survived by hi...

Eileen M. Barker, 80, of Monessen, died on Nov. 18, 2020. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at noon Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, in Epiphany of Our Lord Church, 44 Pennsylvania Blvd., Monessen. Interment w...

Donald Alvin Reed, 84, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born March 31, 1936, in Monessen, he was the son of the late Paul Reed Sr....

              Albert J. Vargo, 93, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at Hallsworth House, Monessen. Born April 19, 1927, in Richeyville, he was the son of the l...

Grace T. Gibino, 100, formerly of Dunlevy, passed away on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. Born on Nov. 17, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Cardinale Ricotta. She was born in Monessen and ...

Father John A. Harvey, 89, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Monongahela, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Little Sisters of the Poor, Pittsburgh. Born March 14, 1931, in Monongahela, he was the son of Edward a...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Members of North Belle Vernon Borough Council received a surprise Tuesday. At their meeting at the North Belle Vernon VFD Social Hall, long-time councilman R...