Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Children at Rostraver Public Library got to experience Chinese ribbon dancing Saturday afternoon. From left are Natalie Weightman, 6, of Belle Vernon, Anastasia...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport council recently approved a new contract with the city’s firefighters. The four-year pact requires firefighters to pay a deductible for their health coverag...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Joined by more than 30 people Saturday, Rev. John Parker held a cross made of frozen holy water and tossed it into the Monongahela River to dissolve.   This act c...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It may be hard to believe today with players swearing, spitting and serving suspensions, but baseball was once called “a gentlemen’s sport.” Monongahela nati...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com To help offset any financial stressors for the family of Tyler Garrity, a family friend has organized a restaurant benefit in honor of the Monongahela tee...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Line painting will take place this week along Route 48 (Scenery Drive) in Elizabeth Township.   The work will take place between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. today through...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Just 1:56 into its PSAC West showdown with Edinboro on Saturday afternoon at the Convocation Center, the Cal U men’s basketball team was in an 11-0 hole. But there was no pan...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The Chartiers Valley girls basketball team’s winning streak extended to 43 games Saturday. A 10-0 run to begin the second half broke open a tight contest and helped t...

By the MV Independent A pair of streaks were broken in a matchup between a pair of area rivals Saturday afternoon.   Charleroi put an end to its three-game losing streak by earning a 46-33 victory ove...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Fourteen local hockey players will get the opportunity to play in the PIHL Class A and Class B all-star games at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center Jan. 2...

Ella Marion Kelley Eversburg formerly of Belle Vernon Ella Marion Kelley Eversburg, 92, formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away Jan. 5, 2020. Born Sept. 29, 1927, in Chicago, Ill., she was the daughter ...

Theresa DiPiazza Monessen Theresa DiPiazza, 98, of Monessen, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, in Hallsworth House, Monessen. She was born Sept. 14, 1921, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Joseph and ...

Susan ‘Sue’ Penjak Bonafed Monessen Susan “Sue” Penjak Bonafed, 98, of Monessen, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, in Westmoreland Manor, Greensburg. She was born on Nov. 6, 1921, in Donora, the daughter ...

Joseph T. Lupetin Monongahela Joseph T. Lupetin, 84, of Monongahela, died Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in his home. He was born July 26, 1935, in New York, N.Y., the son of Joseph and Albina Bambino Gambiras...

By Paul Peirce Trib Total Media More than 300 emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters and police officers gathered under a steady rain Friday in Monongahela to honor Matthew C. Smelser...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen Councilman Anthony Orzechowski plans to ask council member Don Gregor and City Administrator John Harhai to step down from their positions in lig...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Representatives from U.S. Steel joined state Sen. Jim Brewster, state Rep. Bill Kortz, leaders of the West Mifflin Community Foundation and local officials on Friday t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After receiving several complaints from McKeesport residents earlier this week that their garbage hadn’t been picked up, County Hauling has increased its number of res...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two men have been charged in connection with a bar fight in McKeesport last month that nearly turned fatal. Brock Juwan Cochran, 29, of McKeesport, was arrested by All...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With one thunderous dunk, the Leopards’ Mitch Pohlot brought the house down inside Belle Vernon Area’s gymnasium. From that point, the 5:40-mark of the fourth quar...