By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area head coach Joe Salvino admitted he was worried about Tuesday’s game against visiting Elizabeth Forward. The Leopards were able to overcome persis...

By Jeremy Tepper MVI Sports McKeesport head coach Kevin Kovach didn’t need to elaborate much or mince words on what played out Tuesday between his team and Penn Hills.   His analysis was straightforwa...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Charleroi was held to a season-low point total in a 51-39 Section 4-3A loss to McGuffey that put an end to the Cougars’ four-game winning streak Tuesday night.   Wit...

By GEORGE GUIDO Trib Total Media Leechburg couldn’t have scripted a better senior night. Jake Blumer went over 1,000 points in his career, Dylan Cook scored a career-high 36 points and the Blue Devils...

Helen M. Bucci, 89, of Fellsburg, Rostraver Township, passed away at Paramount Bethel Park on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Mrs. Bucci was born on June 28, 1930, to the late Joseph and Anna Kortina Urda in Ch...

Derrick A. Dow, 41, of Donora, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Donora. He was born in North Charleroi on July 26, 1978, the son of Larry Dunseath and the late Cynthia Gwendolyn Dow. D...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports After one period of Monday night’s PIHL Division B matchup between Ringgold and Elizabeth Forward, the Rams’ unbeaten streak was in jeopardy. The Warriors had a 1-0 l...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com After a victory last week over Washington, Charleroi girls coach Bill Wagner was adamant about his team not simply coasting into the upcoming WPIAL   playoffs.   “We...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com McKeesport head coach Eric Smith knew his girls basketball team was in for a dogfight Monday at Ringgold.   Despite dropping the first meeting to the Tigers, 55-19...

By JAMIE RANKIN For the MV Independent Judging by the scoreboard, the Southmoreland girls basketball team coasted to an easy victory over visiting Belle Vernon in Section 3(4A) Monday. In truth, it wa...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Marsha Adams, children’s program director at Monessen Public Library, reads a book about dogs during story time Monday evening. Listening to the story are Ollie...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After nearly two years, there may be an end in sight for the closure of Route 906 between Fayette City and lower Belle Vernon. On Monday, officials from PennDOT Dist...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Independent and a city resident have jointly filed a third lawsuit claiming Mayor Matt Shorraw violated the Sunshine Act during his first meeting b...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com An attempt to unseat a board member of the Mon Valley Sewage Authority Board has been paused due to unanswered questions of legality.   Brooke Farmer said...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com One person was flown to a Pittsburgh area hospital with a compound fracture of his leg after a car went out of control in Charleroi Monday night and drove throu...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Brownsville girl recently used her birthday to generate needed items for homeless animals at an area shelter. Lila Mitchell, who turned 9 on Jan. 27, asked party g...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township is taking steps to tackle blight, including looking for ways to reduce demolition costs. Commissioner Andrew Kuzma said the code enforcement ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Community College of Allegheny County is doing its part to halt the declining number of volunteer firefighters in Pennsylvania. But is anyone noticing? The s...

Thelma I. Cuthbert Rostraver Township Thelma I. Cuthbert, 92, of Rostraver Township, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. Born in Webster on Feb. 6, 1927, she was the daughter of the...

Helen E. Cleri Yencsik Lynnwood, Belle Vernon Helen E. Cleri Yencsik, 96, of Lynnwood, Belle Vernon, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at 7:31 a.m., in the comfort of her home, surrounded by her loving famil...