By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports It’s been a long time since an all-girls youth ice hockey team competed in the Mon Valley. In fact, it has been over 20 years. That streak will come to an end Saturday mornin...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Over the years of Thomas Jefferson’s prolific football run, its program has developed some hallmarks.   The Jaguars have always been consistent, mature and most importantly...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The WPIAL Class 2A football semifinals have been completely refreshed from just a year ago. Washington, Brentwood, Avonworth and Riverside have been replaced with Apo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Incumbent Republican Bud Cook and Democrat Nick Pisciottano both claimed victory Thursday in their respective races for state House seats. Cook, R-West Pike Run Townsh...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With a new surge of COVID-19 cases in the area — Thursday’s count of 2,900 new cases marked a daily high point for Pennsylvania — officials are preparing to ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A group of Charleroi Area High School students stepped virtually into an operating room recently to witness open heart surgery. Michele Piatt worked for more than a ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Borough Council plans to accept a preliminary budget that will hold the line on taxes at its voting meeting next Thursday. Borough Administrator Terri Petr...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors announced Thursday they will retain the services of a new engineering firm. Greentree-based Gannett Fleming is slated to be the ...

Russell LeeRoy Yost, 94, of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Born in Rostraver Township on Sept. 13, 1926, he was the son of the late Chester and Rose Richie Yost. He honorably served a...

Norma L. Simmen, 96, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital surrounded by her loved ones. She was born June 21, 1924, in Monongahela, the daughter of the late J. Albert an...

Mary Jo Vecho Michalowski, 62, of Monongahela, Carroll Township, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Jefferson Hospital. Born Jan. 30, 1958, in Monongahela, she was the daughter of the late William and J...

Joanne M. Funtal, 84, of Finleyville, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born Feb. 24, 1936, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of Arthur Jacob and Catherine Jane Bennett H...

John A. Taylor, 55, of Charleroi, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Born on May 13, 1965, he was the son of the late John Taylor and Donna Gray Taylor, who survives, of Charleroi. He had worked as...

Darlene E. Thompson, 78, formerly of Donora, passed away Oct. 25, 2020, in Savannah, Ga., following a year-long battle with cancer. She was born April 13, 1942, the only daughter of the late John Chal...

Jon Biddle, 72, of Charleroi, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at Havencrest Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Carroll Township. He was born June 30, 1948, in Charleroi to the late Lloyd Biddle and Ros...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Samantha Feld and Shannon Anthony of Monessen took advantage of the beautiful weather to take fall photos of Shannon’s daughter, nine-month-old Skylar Koschalk,...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Third-seeded Elizabeth Forward’s upcoming WPIAL Class 3A semifinal matchup against No. 2 North Catholic serves as a chance for the Warriors to earn a bit of revenge....

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports For nearly 38 minutes, the ninth-seeded Yough girls soccer team was on its heels despite holding its own at No. 5 Avonworth in the WPIAL Class 2A semifinals. Two late...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Execute on offense, dominate on defense. It’s a simple formula for the Clairton Bears. Nothing changes at this point in the season as the Bears (7-0) prepare for a...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the Rostraver Township commissioners Wednesday did not adopt an emergency declaration at their monthly meeti...