By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports California boys head coach Aaron Balla thought he had his team ready to play on Saturday. The days leading up to California’s playoff matchup against Shenango showed signs ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Clairton knew its back was up against the wall in their Class A first-round matchup against defending WPIAL champion Nazareth Prep Saturday at Thomas Jefferson High School. B...

By JOSE NEGRON MVI Sports McKeesport’s quest for a WPIAL Class 5A championship begins tonight when the fifth-seeded Tigers take on No. 12 West Allegheny in an 8 p.m. first-round playoff matchup at Nor...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area girls basketball team will see their short layoff come to an end as they begin WPIAL Class 4A playoff action tonight. The No. 10-seeded Leopa...

Frank Oliver Nahar Monongahela Frank Oliver Nahar, 91, of Monongahela, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in his home. He was born June 8, 1928 in New Eagle, the son of John O. and Mildred Peters Nahar. Fr...

George D. Malaga Jr. Belle Vernon George D. Malaga Jr., 69, of Belle Vernon, passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 in UPMC Mercy Hospital. He was born in North Charleroi on May 15, 1950, a son of the la...

Carole Ruch Watkins Carroll Township Carole Ruch Watkins, 85, of Carroll Township, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 in Jefferson Regional Hospital after a lingering illness. She was born Saturday, June 16, ...

Clarita Billick Monessen Clarita Billick, 90, of Monessen, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in Hallsworth House, Monessen. She was born on Aug. 20, 1929 in Monessen, the daughter of the late Joseph and E...

Charles V. Crampo Sr. Lansing, Mich., formerly of Rostraver Township Charles V. Crampo Sr. of Lansing, Mich., formerly of Rostraver Township, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 with his ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Carlynton head coach Mike Kozy wrote the word “team” on the board prior to Friday’s opening round playoff game against Charleroi. He knew it was going to take a te...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com South Allegheny’s Bryce Epps isn’t one to let his critics faze him.   So when he went to the free throw line with the game tied at 46-46 with 19.1 seconds on the clo...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Monessen enters the WPIAL playoffs with a losing record, but the Greyhounds believe they’re better than their 10-12 mark indicates.   The Hounds are the seventh seed in Clas...

By MIKE CIAROCHI For the MV Independent WASHINGTON – South Side Area made 13 of 15 free throws in the fourth quarter and held off pesky Frazier for a 61-47 win in the first round of the WPIAL Class AA...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After stewing over the belief his team was under-seeded entering the WPIAL playoffs, Serra Catholic head coach Justin Walther focused on preparation the past few d...

Mike Darnay / Mon Valley Independent South Allegheny fan Abel Cook holds up a picture of Wesley Digiorgio during Friday’s WPIAL playoff game.

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More homes will soon be torn down in Elks Place. Heavy flooding has plagued the area for more than a decade and township supervisors have been working to fix the pro...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Valley residents will soon have a chance to step back in time — 1834 to be exact — when Rostraver Township’s historic Fells Church opens its doors after a le...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council voted this week to appoint a new fire chief and hire a new full-time police officer. Delmar Hepple was appointed as municipal fire chief, having ...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Jeffrey Scales, a member of the Mon Valley Jeepers board, believes owning a Jeep is an extraordinary experience.   “When you own a Jeep, you enter into this frate...

Valerie Sloan Murrysville Valerie Sloan, 69, of Murrysville passed away quietly on Feb. 7, 2020. She was born in Monongahela on Feb. 11, 1950, the daughter of the late Herbert Ashton Sr. and Margaret ...