By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Bentworth wasted little time getting on the scoreboard Wednesday, using the early momentum to cruise to a 5-0 Section 4-A victory over Monessen. The Bearcats (2-0, 2...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Going into Elizabeth Forward’s opening game against East Allegheny, Rob Hrabosky admits he was nervous. Season openers are often a time for excitement and boundless optimis...

Sadie R. Altimore, 92, of Monessen, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. She was born in Eagleville, Tenn., on April 2, 1928, the daughter of the late Samuel and Willie ...

Barbara Ann Luketich, 91, of Monessen, passed away on Sept. 15, 2020. A lifelong resident of Monessen, Barbara “Barb,” lived a long and full life and enriched the lives of her family and friends. Born...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It’s not always easy to bounce back after a lopsided loss in soccer. Especially so with a young team. But the young Charleroi girls soccer team impressed head coac...

By Jason Black For the MV Independent Entering the 2020 season, the Connellsville girls soccer team believed that if it wanted to win the Section 2 (3A) title this year, it would likely have to go thr...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Tuesday night’s girls soccer match between Ringgold and Greensburg Salem was changed to Offutt Field in Greensburg so fans of the Rams could attend the game.   Ringgo...

Jackson Keranko and Brock Henderson (standing), along with Ethan Hartley and Dylan Klinger, all of Fallowfield Township, helped out as ball boys at the Charleroi Area High School girls soccer game Tue...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s code enforcement officer has sent a warning letter to the Monessen Redevelopment Authority about the condition of one of its properties on Sixth Street...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com When the Belle Vernon Area Leopards take the field at James Weir Stadium Friday night, there may be as many as 750 spectators in the stands. That was the decisi...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The air is becoming cooler, the days are growing shorter and leaves are changing color. Fall is right around the corner, and with it comes one of the most be...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A veterans’ garden is now in place outside the Rostraver Township Historical Society, just one part of an Eagle Scout project carried out by the grandson of one...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Although a federal judge has ruled shutdown orders and restrictions on gatherings imposed by Gov. Tom Wolf unconstitutional, the Charleroi Area School Board will con...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Communities across the Mon Valley have been awarded a variety of grants for local projects including the arts, infrastructure and renovation. Several elected officia...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Founders’ Hall Middle School student has tested positive for COVID-19. In a Sept. 15 letter to parents obtained by the Mon Valley Independent , the McKeesport Area S...

Martin A. Yavorsky, 92, of Donora, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born July 23, 1928, in Donora, the son of the late Michael and Anna Yavorsky. Martin graduated fr...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Instead of opening the season with multiple scrimmages and a couple exhibition games, the Belle Vernon Area and Ringgold boys soccer teams renewed their rivalry in...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com With the departures of Cullin Woytovich and Jace Kepich, the Charleroi boys soccer team entered the fall season having to replace a whopping 71 goals between the pai...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr.   MVI Sports Thomas Jefferson got off to a fast start in its Section 3-3A opener Monday night and never looked back. The Jaguars had several early scoring chances, took advantag...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State and Allegheny County officials toured a new drive-thru COVID-19 testing facility Monday in the RIDC Industrial Center of McKeesport. The site, located in a repur...