By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After learning via Flexible Instruction Days on Friday and Monday as a result of school being closed due to threats of violence, Ringgold students will head back to sc...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A team of students at Elizabeth Forward Middle School is looking for public support to propel them to the front of a competition. The students produced a video ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District will be closed and will operate on a Flexible Instruction Day again today while administrators and district police investigate threats of ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Have you or someone you know been touched by dementia or one of its many offshoots? If so, mark you calendars for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27 to attend the Dementia Fr...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Dr. Clarissa Confer, a Cal U historian, believes Native American history doesn’t receive the recognition it deserves. Native people played an important ro...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Three state lawmakers, two of whom are from the Mon Valley, were recognized during the National Rifle Association’s 2020 Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg last...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com When speaking with college coaches about Dan Deabner, Thomas Jefferson head football coach Bill Cherpak mentions one thing more than anything else.   “They’re gettin...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Beating the Elizabeth Forward girls bowling team is easier said than done.   That’s because it hasn’t been done before.   In two years of existence, the Warriors hav...

By the Mon Valley Independent Malik Ramsey poured in a game-high 32 points to lead California past Bentworth, 72-44, in Section 2-2A play Saturday.   Ramsey and the Trojans (11-9, 6-6) led 37-22 at ha...

Bertha Louise Dietz, 80, of Fitz Henry, Pa., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Horn Dietz, she was born in Fitz Henry on ...

Sandra L. McGurk, 64, of Charleroi, passed away with her family by her side on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born Aug. 18, 1955, in North Charleroi, the daughter of ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Winter weather sent a chill throughout the Mon Valley on Friday, bringing the first major snow storm of the winter season.   Slippery road conditions caus...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two members of the Pagans were found not guilty of attempted homicide Friday, but were convicted on charges of aggravated assault, conspiracy and simple assault i...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The “We Can Do It! World War II” traveling exhibit from the Heinz History Center had its official opening Friday evening in the Donora Public Library Community ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School in Belle Vernon will host an open house at 12:30 p.m. Sunday for prospective students and their families.   The eve...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Landlords in Donora may soon have to pay additional fees if their properties don’t pass the borough’s inspection. At its work session Thursday, Donora counci...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The Serra Catholic boys basketball team had the chance to do as its female counterparts did Thursday night and cut down the nets as co-section champs.   After a fast ...

By Jason Black For the MV Independent It’s amazing how far the Southmoreland boys basketball team has come in the second half of the season.   At one point this year, the Scotties were sitting with ju...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports In many ways, the deck seemed stacked against Clairton on Friday. The Bears had lost two in a row, including a 45-point loss to Leechburg three days ago. Plus, Kanye Hawkin...

Mildred M. Teasdale, 96, of Brownsville, died on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, in Mon Valley Care Center. She was born on March 19, 1923 in Bentleyville, to the late William Prosser Sr. and Manila Kuhn Pros...