By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Art lovers, wine connoisseurs and the just plain curious were on hand at Off the Wall Art Studio Thursday night to show their support for local charity. The ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Communities that jumped on the anti-smoking bandwagon for their parks and playgrounds several years ago are now expanding the ban to vaping. Rostraver Township ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent After working for years at Duke of Oil in Carroll Township, Gary Koteles has become the owner.   “I’m a lot happier when cars show up,” said Koteles, who began at...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The pieces are still being put together from Wednesday evening’s manhunt in Monessen, which resulted in a suspect being picked up on outstanding warrants. Charg...

John “Jack” Andrew Pivovarnik, 85, of Ellsworth, passed away Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, at Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care Washington. Born in Charleroi on June 8, 1934, a son of the late John S. ...

Paul Savko, 56, of Allenport, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, at Canterbury Place Pittsburgh. Born in Pittsburgh on Jan. 19, 1966, a son of Joseph and Margaret Podanie Savko. Paul was a member...

Catherine Ann Skrtic, 70, of Lawrence, Kan., formerly of McKeesport, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. She was born in McKeesport on Feb. 8, 1950 and is the daughter of the late Paul G. and Caroline D’Annun...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There was no doubting the fact that early on in its Class 4A first-round playoff matchup against Derry, the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team looked like a te...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A chant of “May-be next year!” from the Ringgold student section rung out across the Peters Township high school gym as victory came into view. The ninth-seeded Rams put an ...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Elizabeth Forward has seen games derail because of a single quarter. It’s the perils of a fairly young team, and something Matt Loftis has tried to lessen since he took ove...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The Charleroi girls basketball team has oftentimes excelled in competitive, close games this season. The Cougars’ WPIAL Class 3A first-round matchup against East Alle...

By TYLER NAULTY MVI Sports Top-seeded Serra Catholic ends its 12-day layoff tonight when it faces a familiar foe in ninth-seeded Winchester Thurston in the WPIAL class 2A quarterfinals at Penn-Traffor...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Walking through a “telephone booth” on Broad Avenue in North Belle Vernon will take you back in time to 1933. We’re not talking time travel, but it might seem like i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A portion of Bunola River Road in Forward Township that has been closed for nearly a month as a result of safety concerns was reopened for single-lane traffic on Wedne...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A part-time Elizabeth borough police officer is accused of forging a psychological report for another officer. Criminal charges of forgery, unsworn falsificatio...

BY JEFF OLIVER For the Mon Valley Independent Almost 12 years ago, Gina Lynn was named the executive director of the Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce. Under her leadership, the chamber expanded a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board voted Wednesday to offer early retirement incentives for the district’s professional and non-professional employees. The district’s non-prof...

Phyllis Williams Monessen Phyllis Williams, 73 of Monessen, departed this life suddenly on Feb.17, 2020. She was born on May 24, 1946, the daughter of the late Kathryn and James Cunningham. She was pr...

Sara Buylla Alterici Monongahela Sara Buylla Alterici, 92, of Monongahela, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Asbury Heights, Mt. Lebanon. Born April 2, 1927, in Donora, she was the daughter of Manuel and...

Virginia M. Hess White Oak Virginia M. Hess, 90, of White Oak, died Feb. 19, 2020. She was born in McKeesport on Aug. 14, 1929, the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Mima Godek. Virginia gradu...