By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com More than 600 tires have been removed from the Youghiogheny River between Cedar Creek Park and West Newton over the past two years, and it’s estimated there are...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Citing the need for police officers to have a use-of-force option other than guns, Versailles Borough Council President Lisa Fleckenstein asked council to consider app...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township residents have a limited amount of time to apply for Allegheny County’s Vacant Property Recovery program. The program is designed to put vaca...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Bryan Fegley isn’t accustomed to losing.   Back at Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pa., Fegley helped lead his team to a state championship berth. He went on to play for a...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports Entering his 28th season at Thomas Jefferson, head boys soccer coach Doc Kulish has never seen a season quite like the one 2020 will be.   Just getting on the field h...

By JASON BLACK For the Mon Valley Independent In 2019, the Frazier golf team did something that is extremely hard to do. The Commodores finished with 13 wins and suffered just three section losses, ye...

Frank Ellsworth Lusk Jr., 79, of Athens, Ga., passed away on Aug. 5, 2020. Born on Jan. 11, 1941, in Charleroi, he was the son of the late Frank Ellsworth Lusk Sr. and Madeline Campbell. He was raised...

Mrs. Linda Lee Smerilli Goad, 73, of Claudville, Va., passed away Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, at her home, surrounded by family. Mrs. Goad was born Oct. 30, 1946, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Ni...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Borough of White Oak Office of Emergency Management, joined by volunteers from all of the borough’s first responder agencies, held a drive-thru Community Preparedn...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man who was convicted of posting a threat to teachers on Facebook during the 2017 Ringgold School District teachers’ strike has lost his appeal. George Shallenb...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A Washington County woman wants police officers to know she has them covered — literally. Three members of the Elizabeth Borough Police Department who contracte...

  For the MVI Greenock United Methodist Church in Elizabeth Township will do a “Drive By & Donate” cash or checks to benefit local food pantries and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The “Dr...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Special needs students in the Mon Valley received a boost Friday when they learned the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission awarded $11,016 to Intermediate ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A daycare program for school children in the Elizabeth Forward School District is on hold for now, but the pastor who created the plan isn’t giving up on it. Th...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Even with the uncertainty of whether or not COVID-19 will effect the season, Ringgold girls soccer coach Olivia Wilkerson can’t hide her enthusiasm as she welcomes the Rams f...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Given the program’s success in past years as well as the talent on his roster, new Thomas Jefferson girls soccer coach Sean Richter believes his team can once again ...

Harry A. Bellora, age 79, of Carroll Township, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, at his home. He was born in North Charle- roi on Jan. 3, 1941. Harry was a veteran serving with the U.S. Army fro...

Eula M. Peters, 88, of Rostraver Township, died Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Born in Orlando, W.Va., on April 17, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Thomas R. and Erma Wyant Sandy. Eula was a graduate o...

Charleroi Area High School senior Madison Vieck participated in Friday’s annual painting of the paws on the driveway leading to Myron Pottios Stadium.

By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s new police accountability board was sworn in Friday and the members are ready to help their community by working with those who protect and serve. Ro...