By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Band camp at South Allegheny has been shut down for 14 days after a student tested positive for COVID-19. The district said the student, who has not been publicly iden...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An annual fall festival in Finleyville will look slightly different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.   Each year, Trax Farms hosts a fall festival — and d...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As the Belle Vernon Area School District prepares for the new school year, there are concerns about electronic devices and internet connections for the students...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A large group of state and local lawmakers met with regional hospital leaders Monday at Monongahela Valley Hospital to discuss challenges facing rural community hospit...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Parents have decisions to make this week regarding educating their children in the Elizabeth Forward School District. In a special session Monday, the school bo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Jessica Mascara’s dreams came true — in more ways than one — when she gave birth to her daughter. Jessica and Joel Mascara of Rostraver Township welcomed their daugh...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township commissioners are moving forward with the creation of the newly formed township manager position. At their virtual meeting Monday, commiss...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With a 10-point halftime deficit, Monessen Florist head coach Chad Carroto continuously let it be known that he had a second-half team.   On Monday, he was right. ...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports   It has been quite a year in “Leps Nation,” and they are not quite done. Garrett Greco hit a walkoff single that scored Martin Marion in the bottom of the seventh in...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League announced Monday it was canceling the 2020 season due to concerns affiliated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The league made th...

Grace Buchta Buday, 92, of Charleroi, passed away on July 31, 2020. She was born on Jan. 25, 1928, to the late Anna and Joseph Buchta. She married John Buday on Oct. 4, 1949, and they spent their live...

Charlotte Jericho, 74, of Donora, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Monessen, on July 22, 1946, a daughter of the late Charles and V...

Rosalie R. Rhodaback, 98, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, in her home. A daughter of the late John W. and Ethol Firbank Culp, she was born in Belle Vernon on Feb. ...

“Mary” Rita Rose Pelter, 75, loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. She was born Sept. 28, 1944, in Pittsburgh and was th...

Estella Elizabeth Shosky, 98, of Belle Vernon, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, and has gone to be with the Lord. Born in Star Junction on Dec. 21, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Sophia V....

Heaven gained a beautiful angel when Catherine “Cathy” Storez, 70, of Harrisburg, died Saturday, July 25, 2020, at her home. Cathy was born in Charleroi and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Cat...

Mary Ann Varga, 86, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, transitioned from this life to her heavenly home on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Born in Charleroi on Sept. 24, 1933, to Charles “Happy” Day a...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Being a 1992 Beth-Center graduate, Chris Minerd never truly envisioned himself ever working in the California Area School District.   The rivalry between the Bulldog...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The University of Mount Union’s baseball roster will soon feature four former Ringgold standouts.   And four former state champions.   Infielder Jake Rongaus and out...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. The Salvation Army in Monessen has partnered with a local artist to take that advice and will use a creative twist to rais...