By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Thomas Jefferson girls basketball coach Lisa Fairman knew her team would be going up against a strong opponent in Trinity Thursday night. She also knew defense and re...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Trailing by nine at halftime against Waynesburg Central Thursday, the Charleroi girls basketball team was in need of a massive momentum shift. The Cougars grabbed ho...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com No life, no energy. That was Belle Vernon Area’s downfall Thursday. On the other side of the court, Southmoreland was full of life for the second straight game. Th...

By JASON BLACK For the MV Independent After a sluggish start to the season, the Connellsville hockey team is on a serious roll. The Falcons have won four straight games, with their latest victory bein...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners are getting an early start on their goal of tackling blight in 2021. One of the dilapidated properties on the township’s top 10...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf outlined his 2021 agenda Thursday, which includes using taxes on the natural gas industry to fund workforce development and employment assistance. W...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With pandemic restrictions preventing large gatherings, nonprofit organizations have had to get clever about the way fundraisers and outreach events are held. And anim...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents had their COVID-19 vaccination questions answered Thursday as state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, held a virtual town hall...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel for Fallowfield Township residents who live along Fox Stop Road.   For the past two years, those who lived along th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board officially approved a contract Wednesday to ensure athletic and other district events will continue to be livestreamed during the coronavi...

By Emma-Jane Batey For the Mon Valley Independent Moving across the Atlantic Ocean from Lithuania to Pittsburgh in December 2019 to become general manager of global plastic packaging manufacturer RETA...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Coal Center mother who faces the death penalty for allegedly killing her infant son is now accused of drugging the child. Symantha Sullivan, 25, of Grange Road ...

On Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, Charles William Oliphant, loving husband, father, grandfather and mason, passed away at the age of 86. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles; his mother, Ellen; an...

Paul E. Fedorka, age 88, of Elizabeth, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at Crawford County Care Center. A member of St. Joachim & Anne Parish, St. Michael Church in Elizabeth Township, he reti...

George J. Gregorini, 73, of Bentleyville, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born Feb. 17, 1947, in Monongahela, a son of the late George and Mary DeSantis Gr...

Margaret Gene Loudin Kadar, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at Brandywine Living, Voorhees, N.J. Margaret was born Dec. 9, 1927, in Cameron, W.Va., and was raised in Ronceverte, W.Va., ...

Faye Bernece Vercamen, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at the age of 95. She was born Oct. 18, 1925,...

James Andrew “Jandy” Willson, 69 of Jefferson Township, passed away Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born Dec. 9, 1951, in Connellsville, son of John Matthew Willson and F...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela Valley Hospital’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic received a boost late last year when the Washington County Commissioners provided more than...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Washington County Commissioners surprised the Monongahela Police Department in December with an $84,304 CARES Act grant. On Wednesday, commissioners were the...