Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen’s Zykavia Hairston, left, and Kendelle Weston react after Tuesday’s 34-30 loss to Aquinas Academy in the WPIAL playoffs.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has negotiated a consent order with Westmoreland County Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township to corre...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela residents were given an update on the city’s proposed renovations as the Monongahela Main Street Program held its annual meeting Tuesday night. H...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon borough council adopted a new rental ordinance Tuesday that requires landlords to pay annual inspection and licensing fees for each rental unit they own. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Tuesday’s redevelopment authority meeting in Monessen lacked the drama — and police presence — of January’s meeting. Last month, city Administrator John Harhai an...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Glassport borough council thanked state Rep. Bill Kortz, D-Dravosburg, Tuesday night for all his hard work on behalf of the borough.   Kortz announced last m...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A man attempting to repossess a vehicle in McKeesport was killed after he got pinned under a tow truck early Tuesday.   Andrew Sester, 42, was pronounced dead at the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Three students from Mon Valley Career & Technology Center have been charged after allegedly working together to create a fake social media account to bully another stu...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com It might not have won Thomas Jefferson a title Tuesday, but a solid defensive effort certainly brought the fifth-seeded Jaguars one step closer as they rolled past N...

By ashley chase MVI Sports Down five at halftime, the No. 12 seed California girls basketball team dialed up the intensity and battled for a 36-35 victory over No. 5 Greensburg Central Catholic in the...

By ashley chase MVI Sports After a dominating start, the Monessen girls basketball team saw its opening round game in the WPIAL Class A playoffs slip away in a 34-30 defeat by Aquinas Tuesday evening....

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports The Ambridge boys basketball team has certainly been in the news this season. The Bridgers (11-8), who take on Ringgold (13-9) in a WPIAL Class 4A playoff contest tonight at ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It’s been exactly two weeks since the Belle Vernon Area boys were on the basketball court in a meaningful game. That performance against Thomas Jefferson on Feb. 5...

By jeremy tepper MVI Sports At halftime of Tuesday’s WPIAL Class A first-round game, Clairton’s Iyauna Chapman practiced some layups.   With each attempt, a Clairton player pushed her in the back, but...

By Paul Schofield Trib Total Media Shane Momyer and Glenn Christner did something Friday at the WPIAL Class AA section tournament that is a rare occurrence in Yough wresting history. They won section ...

William H. Gillingham Jr., 92, of Speers Hill, passed away on Feb. 15, 2020, at Jefferson Hills Manor. Bill was born on Aug. 1, 1927, in Jefferson Township, son of the late William H. Sr. and Sarah Ac...

Edward J. Magera, 82, of Coal Center, passed away on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, in Allegheny General Hospital. A son of the late Frank and Stella Magera, he was born in Ellsworth on Feb. 12, 1938. Catholi...

James Schettler, 75, of Monongahela, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. He was born Aug. 8, 1944, in Pittsburgh, the son of the late Robert Schettler an...

Stephanie Thurston (née Taylor) was born in February 1957 and passed away in the early morning of Jan. 10, 2020, in Washington, Pa. Stephanie was preceded in death by her parents Ann and Leroy Taylor,...

Nora Lee Watson, 81, of Allenport, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. She was born Saturday, Aug. 13, 1938, in Monongahela, a daughter of the late David Nicholas Willey and Julia Marie Donovan Willey. She...