By PAUL PIERCE Trib Total Media Although Monessen voters elected a new district judge last November, it could be at least March — or longer — before he is finally sworn in. Wayne P. Vlasic, 63, confir...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With more than 8,000 fire calls under his belt, Charleroi firefighter Robert Whiten Sr. does not plan to slow down anytime soon. On Wednesday, he was begrudgingly br...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Friday is Valentine’s Day, but students from Belle Vernon Area School District and nearly a dozen other schools felt the love Wednesday when BVA hosted its a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen will either be looking for a new city controller or, as one councilman fears, talking to a judge about council’s move to oust the sworn-in official this ...

By TAYLOR BROWN and JEFF STITT Staff Writers Love is in the air throughout the Mon Valley. With only one day left until Valentine’s Day, area business owners are gearing up to help sweeten plans for t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monongahela is keeping its solicitor but switching law firms. City Solicitor Todd Pappasergi, who had been a lawyer with Bassi, Vreeland and Associate...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For Thomas Jefferson’s Ashley Guidone, playing in the J. Budd Grebb Memorial Summer Basketball League was a game changer. She said it was pivotal for the developme...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Leaving the WPIAL pairings Tuesday night, I was kind of impressed by how many of our local basketball teams and their coaches were pleased with where they landed i...

By ZACK ZEIGLER MVI Sports The Cal U men’s basketball team gave rival IUP all it could handle in the teams’ second meeting. But the No. 9-ranked Crimson Hawks walked out of the Convocation Center with...

Norma Jean Jobes North Belle Vernon Norma Jean Jobes, 85, of North Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. A daughter of the late Charles and Lois Scott Jobes, she was born i...

Edward M. Kallok WEST SPRINGFIELD, VA. Edward M. Kallok of West Springfield, Va., departed this life on Feb. 6, 2020, at his home, with his family. Born on Feb. 27, 1929, in Star Junction, he was pred...

Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ L. Seroka Monessen Jacqueline “Jackie” L. Seroka, 90, of Monessen, died Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 in Mon Valley Care Center. She was born on Aug. 9, 1929, in Monessen, the daughter of ...

On Feb. 9, 2020, Dorothy Elizabeth Ford, 91, God in his infinite wisdom transitioned Dorothy from earth to glory. She was born Dorothy Elizabeth Stevenson on Sept. 22, 1928, in Avella. She was precede...

Agnes L. Shash White Oak Agnes L. Shash, age 94, of White Oak, died Feb. 9, 2020, at home. Born Nov. 5, 1925, in Boston, Pa., she was the daughter of the late John C. and Anna Hartig Ruffing and the w...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charles Keller Sr. was honored Tuesday by the Monessen #1 Volunteer Fire Department for his 50 years of service. Keller is a third-generation firefighter and ha...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL released the 2019-2020 playoff field at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree. The Mon Valley will be represented by 11 boys teams in this year’s tournament...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com After winning the Section 2-2A title for the third consecutive season, the Serra Catholic girls basketball team was rewarded for its efforts Tuesday night.   The Eag...

By Ashley Chase MVI Sports There’s a new man at the helm of the Monessen high school football program, looking to steer the ship in what he believes is the right direction. “Everyone knows the traditi...

BY JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports When the Cal U men take on visiting Indiana tonight in a huge PSAC contest, the Vulcans will be battling two opponents. Not only will the first-place Crimson Hawks (19-2, 14-...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen will try again to get a tax anticipation loan when it meets with other banks next week, and this month’s bills will be paid upon receipt of funds. During...