By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Ringgold girls basketball team had Belle Vernon Area right where they wanted them, but once again, the Leopards were able to squeak out a Section 3-4A win over...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Monessen had one goal in mind Thursday night: Upset the mighty Pioneers.   But while the Greyhounds controlled the game and held the lead through two and a half quar...

Thomas G. Byrne, 54, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System. Tom was born on Jan. 28, 1965, in Charleroi, to the late George and Betty Lou Byrne. He gra...

By the Mon Valley Independent Moon outscored Thomas Jefferson, 16-4, in the second quarter to take a lead it never relinquished in a 55-52 Section 3-5A victory. Reilly Sunday led Moon (10-4, 5-3), and...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township home was heavily damaged during a fire Thursday, though the family members and their pets escaped unharmed. The fire broke out around 10:45...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the one-year anniversary of the violent death of their Shiloh shepherd draws near, a Washington Township family was left “shocked and heartbroken” as charges agai...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com ArcelorMittal is in talks with two potential partners to work toward researching a co-generation project to redistribute the energy produced from the Mone...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Students at Thomas Jefferson High School received a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the film business Thursday when Chris Hampel, a former Los Angeles-based mov...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Do your kids know what to do if they find a gun? Students in pre-kindergarten through fourth grade in the Ringgold School District will soon learn a catchy tune t...

Chris “Papou” Bolias, 82, of Monessen, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, at his residence. He was born on April 9, 1937, in Monessen, the son of the late Louis and Irene Mascitelli Bolias. Chris was a lif...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Rep. Bill Kortz, D-Dravosburg, reminds residents and businesses that they no longer must re-register every five years to be on Pennsylvania’s Do Not Call List, a...

Valentine Cullen III, 83, of Leesburg, Va., formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away on Jan. 13, 2020. Born in Monessen, he was the son of the late Valentine Cullen Jr. and Anna Fekula. A graduate of Mon...

Paul Eugene McDavis, 57, of Duquesne, slipped away on Jan. 12, 2020, in Pittsburgh. He was born on March 13, 1962, to Mary McDavis and the late James E. McDavis Sr. He leaves to cherish his memory his...

Jeannine Metal, 63, of Coal Center, died Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. She was born Saturday, Aug. 11, 1956, in Brownsville, daughter of the late John and Virginia Wooldridge Conaway. In addition to her pare...

Minerva Mucy, 86, of Carroll Township, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. She was born July 6, 1933, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late Michael As...

Joseph J. “Moe” Weir, 80, of Donora, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. He was born Sept. 3, 1939, in Donora, son of the late Joseph Weir and the late D...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports California trailed for all but 17 seconds of the first half Wednesday night against rival Beth-Center. But in the second half, the Trojans never fell behind. In the t...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Maybe it’s fitting that Elizabeth Forward standout Ryan Michaels signed his national letter of intent on a Wednesday. The defending WPIAL champion at 113 pounds an...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports The Cal U men’s basketball team took a 40-minute drive up I-70 and used another 40-minute drive to roll past Seton Hill from start to finish on Wednesday night in Salvatti G...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Unique Mercer, 2, and Jah’nya Mercer, 4, of California were among the youngest fans at California Area High School’s basketball game Wednesday night.