By DAN PALM MVI Sports Twenty-five wrestlers from four local schools will descend on Canon-McMillan High School today trying to earn a trip to the PIAA state championships in Hershey next weekend. But...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Area graduate Zach Hartman sits at No. 15 in the 165-pound weight class according to Intermat’s NCAA Division 1 rankings. Hartman and Bucknell are currently ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny students who are in science-based majors recently learned their educational experience is getting an upgrade. Last Friday, the Penn State ...

John Peter Croussouloudis, 88, formerly of Monessen, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at the Masonic Village of Sewickley. John was born in Monessen on Feb. 21,...

Robert A. Hillman, 64, of Monongahela, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Select Specialty Hospital, McKeesport. Born July 21, 1955 in New Eagle, he was the son of the late Charles H. and Kathryn “Kati...

John H. Morton, 86, of Monongahela, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Jan. 21, 1934, in Floreffe, he was the son of the late Corn...

Charlene A. Steele, 70, of McKeesport, died peacefully at home surrounded by family on Feb. 27, 2020. She was born on Jan. 20, 1950, to the late Charles E. and Ann Stinson McLaughlin. An inspiring wom...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A handful of Carroll Township residents turned up for Wednesday’s public hearing about keeping chickens and bees in residential areas. Of those five people, only ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A business soon to call the Alta Vista business park home in Fallowfield Township is still a mystery. Supervisors hoped the developers would announce the name of the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board unanimously voted to hire a new business manager at Wednesday’s meeting. Joan Wehner will officially take over the position of business ma...

No. 6 Belle Vernon Area topples No. 7 New Castle to advance By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com All season long, Joe Salvino and some of his players knew the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team ha...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A blistering hot start by Chartiers Valley was too much for Thomas Jefferson to overcome as the Jaguars quest for a WPIAL 5A girls basketball title fell short 65-43 Wednesda...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Shane Stump stepped foot on several college campuses over the last two years. Some schools seemed better than others, while a few didn’t exactly stand out. Duquesne,...

Donna DiCenzo Adamczyk formerly of Monessen and Rehoboth Beach, Del. Donna DiCenzo Adamczyk, 87, formerly of Monessen and Rehoboth Beach, Del., died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Overlook Green, Pittsb...

Olga Mychalisn Pierotti Perryopolis Olga Mychalisn Pierotti, 95, of Perryopolis, passed away Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at her home. Born May 11, 1924, in Donora, she was the daughter of the late John and...

Herbert D. Pelzer North Charleroi Herbert D. Pelzer, 75, of North Charleroi, passed away on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Born on Jan. 17, 1945, he was the son of the late Joseph and Zella McGrady Pelzer. He...

William ‘Bill’ Maxon Jr. Roscoe William “Bill” Maxon Jr., 95, of Roscoe, died Wednesday Feb. 26, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Elco on Feb. 8, 1925, a son of William and Eliza Giles Ma...

Regina Feryok Monessen Regina Feryok, 93, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Havencrest Nursing Center. She was born on Aug. 17, 1926, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Michael and Anna ...

Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson’s Noah Pierce leaves the court after the Jaguars lost to Laurel Highlands in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals Tuesday night.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It was a night of changes for the Elizabeth borough police force Tuesday as one new officer was sworn in, resignations were accepted for two part-time officers ...