By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The frequent winter snow storms are taking a toll on finances in Rostraver Township, with additional salt costs and overtime expenses. Township manager Jeff Kef...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District officials took one more step forward in the construction of a new multi-million dollar renovation project to the high school’s natat...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School Board Wednesday gave permission for the high school varsity and junior varsity softball teams and coaches to go to Florida next mon...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 asked the city to waive some of its real estate taxes to help during a difficult time for nonprofits. No. 1 fire Capt. ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Veteran Thomas Jefferson head coach Dom DeCicco will be the first to admit that he learns more about his team when it suffers a slight setback than when it wins. “Wh...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The battle for supremacy in Section 3-3A is far from determined. Shady Side Academy made sure of that Wednesday night. Thompson Lau hit a 3-pointer with nine seconds ...

Tyler Carson Hetherington, 26, of Monongahela, Forward Township, died unexpectedly Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in his home. Born April 13, 1994, in Washington Hospital, he is the son of Thomas Hetherington...

James “Jimmy” Crow, 59, of Charleroi, was unexpectedly laid to rest on Feb. 13, 2021. He is welcomed into eternal life by his late parents, James and Margaretta Crow. He is survived by his three daugh...

Concetta DiPiazza, 65, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Westmoreland Manor, Greensburg. She was born on July 23, 1955, in Sicily, Italy, the daughter of the late Salvatore and Francesca Di...

Joyce Rae Clark, 80, of North Charleroi, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born Jan. 3, 1941, in Steubenville, Ohio, a daughter of the late Raymond and Dorothy Brown...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For Carroll Township teen Patrick Weldon, delivering Meals on Wheels to local residents means more than just dropping off hot food. Patrick, 14, an eighth-gr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of Washington Township residents have created a website and are circulating a petition opposing the potential construction of a dollar store along Route 201. C...

Nikki Jonczak holds up donuts at Valdiserri’s Bakery in North Belle Vernon on Fat Tuesday. Falling the day before Ash Wednesday, Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is traditionally the time to indulge a swee...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board learned in a January audit report that the cafeteria fund lost $196,000 last year. The board discussed ways to reduce future ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Charleroi Area School District will have additional learning opportunities this summer. In a report on Tuesday, Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich said the...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The amount of weekly COVID-19 deaths in the area continues to drop, and Westmoreland County’s numbers are the lowest they’ve been since the fall. In Pennsylvania,...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Over the last two seasons playing in Section 4-3A, Frazier took its fair share of lumps playing against teams like Charleroi.   The Cougars entered Tuesday having wo...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area’s Devin Whitlock was honored prior to the Leopards’ game against Yough for hitting 1,000 career points, which he did in last season’s WPIAL champ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The Ringgold boys basketball team picked up their first section win of the season thanks to a big third quarter, some sharp shooting and good old fashioned effort. Th...

By JASON BLACK For the MV Independent Tuesday’s Section 3-5A clash between Connellsville and visiting Thomas Jefferson featured plenty of chances for the Falcons to put a little scare into the Jaguars...