By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There are two seats open on the Elizabeth Township Board of Commissioners — one in Ward 4, where long-time incumbent Joanne Beckowitz has decided not to seek re...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Every day at practice, Eben McIntyre spends time working on a particular drill.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent...

By Matt Petras For the MVI The election for Washington County Sheriff will be between two men with about 25 years of police experience: Democrat Lou Reda, a retired state police officer, and Republica...

Timothy Mark Upperman, 56, of Wheeling, W.Va., formerly of Donora, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. Born in Latrobe on Dec. 16, 1964, he was the son of the late William G. and Alice M. Casson Upperman. Ti...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Ringgold cross country has become a force locally and now the Rams are beginning to flex their muscles at the WPIAL level.   To read the rest of the story, please ...

Alice Scheetz, age 84, of McKeesport, died on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. She was born in McKeesport on Aug. 3, 1937, and is the daughter of the late John Michael and Mary Elizabeth Lichman Pasternak. S...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports During the regular season, California found itself on the losing end of a pair of sweeps at the hands of Mapletown.   Faced with the daunting task of facing the second-seeded...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Big 8 Conference title will be on the line when Belle Vernon Area hosts McKeesport in a showdown of unbeatens tonight on “The Beach” at James Weir Stadium. To re...

  Louis B. Tatrai Jr., our beloved husband, amazing father and awesome “Pappy Lou,” was welcomed into the kingdom of Heaven on Sept. 22, 2021. He was born on July 28, 1942, in Centerville Borough, to ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Earlier in the season when Frazier and South Park matched up during tournament action, the Commodores didn’t get the result they wanted. “They smoked us,” Frazier he...

The Brady-Bishop family of Monongahela, Katie,16, Molly,15, Francine and Adam, came as biblical figures during the Monongahela Halloween parade last night. To purchase this photo and more from our onl...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Before Wednesday night’s game started against Thomas Jefferson, Plum coach Rafal Kolankowski noticed his team was a bit stiff. Nerves were getting to the Mustangs, an expec...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Despite Coronado Global Resources emailing township legal counsel Friday saying it was withdrawing an application related to operating a coal mine in Forward Township,...

Dennis “Den/Dman” Hamilton, 55, of Chattanooga, Tenn., formerly of Finleyville, passed away on Oct. 13, 2021. Born and raised in Finleyville, he spent his younger life and adolescent years with his fa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Donora, the incumbent mayor faces a challenge from a sitting councilman in next Tuesday’s election. Mayor Jim McDonough, who is in his first term, will square ...

Catherine A. Tatar, 63, of Monongahela, lost her fight with COVID-19 on Monday, Oct. 25, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Daughter to Elmer and Hilda Sampson, Cathy was born on Oct. 24, 1958. Sh...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com With less than a week to go before the general election, the issue of Rostraver Township Commissioner Ray Iacoboni’s residence was again raised at a public meet...

Shirley Ann Matway, 81, of Charleroi, passed away Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Manor Care, Whitehall. The daughter of Steve and Anna Seman Matway, she was born in Arnold City on March 19, 1940. Shirley l...

By Hannah Walden For MVI After learning how to create his own Halloween decorations and design intricate projection shows on the front of his home, former Monessen resident Albert Francia has caught t...

Rostraver Public Library received a framed picture Tuesday from Rostraver Township resident Dustin Stark. He made the project from diamond art, which is the placement of jewels onto a pattern to look ...