Obituaries
By obits 
February 24, 2021
Jeanne D. Chevine, 78, of West Newton, formerly of Monongahela, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, in the Haven Crest Nursing Center, Monongahela. She was born March 16, 1942, in Monongahela, the daughter of...
Obituaries
By obits 
February 24, 2021
On Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, Dr. Joseph Perry Pozzi, loving father of two and friend to many, passed away unexpectedly at 54 years old. Joseph was the only son of Marcia Piccolomini and Arnold Pozzi, bor...
Obituaries
By obits 
February 24, 2021
Frances E. Livingstone, 88, of Fairhope, Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in Cambridge Creekside Senior Living, Charleroi. She was born Aug. 29, 1932, in Fayette City, a daughter of W...
Rodriguez’s career-high leads BVA girls
By Jeremy Sellew 
February 24, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Kaitlyn Slagus and her Belle Vernon Area girls basketball team will enter the WPIAL tournament with two straight wins after a blowout section win over winless Ligo...
Wagner, Caruso lead Cougars over Bulldogs
By Jeremy Sellew 
February 24, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Charleroi closed out its regular season schedule by featuring four players in double figures in an 82-64 Section 4-3A win over visiting Beth-Center Wednesday. Will W...
Jaguars lock down South Fayette
By Jeremy Sellew 
February 24, 2021
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A balanced scoring attack and staunch defense earned Thomas Jefferson a 54-38 victory on the road at South Fayette in boys basketball on Wednesday night. The win was the 18t...
Glads, Leps seeded No. 1 in 3A, 4A
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL’s open basketball tournament is set to begin this weekend and the chaos began Tuesday with the unveiling of the playoff brackets. In the boys playoffs, 1...
Unbeaten Eagles get No. 2 spot in Class 2A
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com After compiling a 12-0 record and winning its fourth consecutive section title, the Serra Catholic girls basketball team will enter the WPIAL’s open tournament as on...
Jaguars overcome late turnovers to hold off Hillers
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The Thomas Jefferson and Trinity boys basketball team put on a three-point clinic in their non-section game Tuesday.   Fortunately for the Jaguars, they made two more...
Wolverines fight off Tigers after hot start
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A hot start was too much to overcome for the home team as McKeesport fell to Woodland Hills 57-45 in WPIAL 5A girls basketball at Neenie Campbell Gymnasium on Tuesday night....
Kinneer’s 27 leads Connellsville over Ringgold girls
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By JASON BLACK For the MV Independent With the WPIAL playoffs set to begin in a matter of days, the Connellsville girls basketball team was looking to grab a little momentum during the final week of t...
WPIAL brackets released
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
B.J. Pugh and Bob Pugh check the WPIAL playoff brackets Tuesday evening during Thomas Jefferson’s basketball game against Trinity.
Regional health department considered
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Commissioners in Washington County are frustrated with how the Pennsylvania Department of Health has provided information and guidance about the COVID-19 pan...
EF receives national award for technology
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School District brought home national honors from this year’s Virtual National Conference on Digital Convergence. The district was named t...
1.47M received vaccine  in Pa.
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania has gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot into the arms of 1.47 million residents so far. Nearly 915,000 have been partially vaccinated and almos...
New gear for Stockdale firefighters
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Firefighters in Stockdale may look a bit different on the scene of their next call, thanks to a $92,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant. AFG grants, administered th...
Elizabeth: Fire department considers charging for parking lot
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 23, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As many as 50 cars a day park in the unpaved lots owned by the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Company each day, and the fire department sees the situation as ...
Lori Lynn Thomas –  Monessen
Obituaries
By obits 
February 23, 2021
Lori Lynn Thomas, affectionately known “Lou” or “Mom Dukes”, 55, of Monessen, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 17, 2021, surrounded by her family, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born to ...
Doris Jean Bailey –  McKeesport
Obituaries
By obits 
February 23, 2021
Doris Jean Bailey, age 91, of McKeesport, died on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. She was born in McKeesport on March 4, 1929 and is the daughter of the late Lester and Gertrude Taylor Maurer; and the wife of ...
Shelia Kay Kendall –  West Brownsville
Obituaries
By obits 
February 23, 2021
Shelia Kay Kendall, 71, of West Brownsville, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. She was born Sunday, June 12, 1949, in Waynesburg, a daughter of the late George W. Harvey Sr. and Virginia Conaway Harvey. She...