By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fire destroyed a vacant house in Elizabeth Township early Thursday. According to acting Police Chief Adam Blake, the Allegheny County Fire Marshal has been call...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Not rain, not lightning, not the Rebels. Nothing was going to stop Serra Catholic from advancing to the PIAA Class 2A semifinals. The Eagles (21-4) avenged a 12-0 WPIAL semi...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Through four and a half innings Thursday, the Elizabeth Forward softball team was in the driver’s seat against the WPIAL champions from Beaver.   The Warriors held a...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports It took 10 innings, but Belle Vernon outlasted Charleroi, 3-2, in Legion play Thursday at the DiVirgilio Sports Complex. Belle Vernon (2-1) catcher Danny Olbrys deliv...

Dakota Richard Johnston, 26, of Donora, returned home to be with the Lord on May 29, 2021. Dakota was born Nov. 29, 1994, to parents Wilbur Lee Larkin and the late Tracey Johnston. He graduated from R...

George W. “Pap Lazybones” Gavrus, 71, of Tionesta, Pa., formerly of Glassport, Pa., died on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Butler Memorial Hospital, Butler, Pa., with his loving family by his side. He was ...

Phyllis I. Crompton, 89, of Monongahela (Gallatin), died Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in her home. Born April 5, 1932, in West Elizabeth, she was the daughter of George and Anna (Williams) Thomas. A membe...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Area High School Class of 2021 graduates, in the front, from left, Lorenzo Axton, Madison Vieck and Corey Astolas move their tassels from the right to...

Monessen’s Hazel Brock Rone is the only original, surviving member of Mount Calvary’s gospel chorus By the MVI The only surviving original member of one of the oldest church gospel choirs in the Mon V...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela Valley Hospital plans to merge with the Penn Highlands Healthcare system in Clearfield County, a move that will likely go into effect this fall. The h...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) officials heard nearly three hours of testimony Wednesday on the integration plan that would merge six st...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Joe Manning is ready to help Charleroi Borough move forward. On Wednesday, by a 5-1 vote, council approved his contract as the new borough manager. Councilman Frank ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela restaurants and other food service establishments will soon see a change in how they dispose of leftover grease. On Wednesday, council held the f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Myriad issues and inequities have been laid bare across the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic. And one of the problems being highlighted is a lack of connect...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League tryouts begin next week, there will be a new face roaming the sidelines eyeing up the talent. Former Belle Ver...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com With a trip to the PIAA Class 4A semifinals on the line, a pair of the WPIAL’s best will go head to head later today. Elizabeth Forward, the third place team from th...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports It’s been a budding playoff rivalry in recent years. There isn’t a lengthy history between Serra Catholic and Seton LaSalle’s baseball teams but the matchups from 2019 until...

Edward Duane Pearce, 81, of Belle Vernon, died Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Born in Monessen, on Jan. 5, 1940, he was the son of the late William J. and Ethel Walker Pearce. Ed was an active member of St. S...

Jan Edgar Smith, 82, of Perryopolis, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in TLC West Newton. Born in Webster, on Jan. 14, 1939, he was the son of the late Edgar and Odessa Grover Smith....

Brandin Jaki takes a photo of himself and some of his fellow graduates before Ringgold High School’s commencement Tuesday evening.