BY JEFF OLIVER For MVI Sports The words Rick Puskar’s friends use to describe him paint a very clear picture of the personality of the Carroll Township resident. Those descriptions include caring, gro...

By the Mon Valley Independent Paige Truax hit a solo home run over the center field fence in the seventh inning Saturday to catapult Thomas Jefferson to a 4-3 non-section triumph over Class 6A Baldwin...

Thomas Natali, 88, of Bethel Park, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, April 22, 2021. He was the beloved husband of 57 years to Rose Marie Costa Natali; loving father of Thomas (Debbie) and D...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elementary students in the Belle Vernon Area School District had a bit of fun Friday while being community minded and competitive at the same time. After a mont...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A heavy house fire on McKee Avenue in Monessen that endangered local firefighters Thursday night has displaced a local family. Monessen Municipal Fire Chief Delmar H...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Nominees for this year’s Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater have been announced, with three of the 24 nominations going to students...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A four-legged friend will forever be memorialized at Monongahela Valley Hospital.   Benji the therapy dog was a welcomed guest at the hospital, along with area nursi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Throughout the Mon Valley, there are relatively few races that will be contested in the primary — but of those, most will be decided in May. In Westmoreland Count...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 virus may have shut down schools, stopped sports seasons and pulled the plug on concert tours, but it didn’t stop Monongahela’s Faidley House. T...

By the MVI Oscar winner and 1975 Monessen High School graduate Frances McDormand is once again in the race for top acting honors at the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday night. McDormand, 63, has received ra...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Thanks to a donation from a local organization, the Carroll Township Police Department is now able to buy some much-needed new equipment. On Friday, Monongah...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Five Trinity pitchers combined for a three-hit, 14 strikeout effort as the Hillers downed Ringgold, 3-1, at Ken Griffey Sr. Field Friday. Brandon Robaugh picked up...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic head coach Denny Willaman didn’t downplay the importance of Friday’s game against Seton LaSalle.   He knew that after three straight section losses, h...

By Ashley Chase MVI Sports The bats broke through for the Thomas Jefferson softball team as it racked up 11 hits in an 8-4 victory over Albert Gallatin in Section 2-5A play Friday. After defensive gaf...

Helen Marcella Burgess, 79, of North Charleroi, passed away peacefully on April 21, 2021, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. The daughter of the late Sue Yonash Newman, Helen was born on July 7, 1941, in ...

Joseph “Joe” Flint, 85, of Tularosa, N.M., formerly of Monongahela, died April 8, 2021. Joe was born Dec. 11, 1935, and graduated from Monongahela High School, Class of 1952. After school, Joe served ...

Stanley J. Tyrpin, 73, of Clover Hill, died April 17, 2021, at his home. Born March 31, 1948, a son of Stanley and Donna Cox Tyrpin, Mr. Tyrpin was a graduate of California High School and California ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Thomas Jefferson took advantage of the opposition’s miscues and used timely hitting to capture a 14-4 victory over Belle Vernon Area in nonsection play Thursday at t...

By JASON BLACK For the Mon Valley Independent Entering Thursday’s non-section softball game, both Connellsville and Belle Vernon were looking to get back on the winning track. For the Falcons, the gam...

From left, Caitlyn Anderson, Ruth Joyce and Melanie Steeber brave the cold Thursday as they cheer for the Belle Vernon Area baseball team. After two chilly days, temperatures are expected to rebound t...