By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When it comes to the soccer playoffs, there’s one thing that has been a constant around the Mon Valley. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Playoff soccer doesn’t start until Saturday, but Belle Vernon Area and Charleroi experienced quite the tuneup Wednesday night. A non-section meeting between the pair...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Charlie Carson, 6, of Fallowfield Township enjoyed the fall sunshine and warm weather at the playground behind the Charleroi Area Elementary Center Wednesday af...

Claire Lynn Bozik, 63, of North Charleroi, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, in the emergency room at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born on July 8, 1958, in North Charleroi, t...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL announced its tournament brackets for the soccer playoffs Wednesday and the Mon Valley is well represented. Seven boys teams and six girls teams made the...

Elaine P. Weiss, 87, of Dunlevy, passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 19, 2021. The daughter of the late Thomas and Sophie Oleksak Peake, Elaine was born in Charleroi on Aug.18, 1934. A graduate of ...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County residents will have more than just local offices to consider when they head to the polls on Nov. 2. For the past several weeks, residents ha...

OBITUARY CORRECTION Donald W. Calloway was born in Charleroi/Monessen Hospital, Charleroi, the first-born child of his parents, Anna Mae Woods Calloway and Samuel Wesley Calloway. He was followed by t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Labor of Love Ministries will draft a written plan for about 60 empty lots owned by the Monessen Redevelopment Authority for the board’s solicitor to review as pa...

Helen R. Hreno Veschio, 81, of Monessen, passed away peacefully with her family at her side, following a brief illness on Tuesday Oct. 19, 2021, in AHN Jefferson Hospital. She was born on Aug. 14, 194...

By Paula Reed Ward Trib Total Media The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court heard more than 90 minutes of argument Wednesday on whether the state’s acting secretary of health had the authority in August t...

Sandra Ann Derrico, 75, of Rostraver Township, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. A daughter of the late Michael Fransko and Emma Sisler Fransko, she was born in Monongahela on Jan....

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As has been the case for several months in a row, Ringgold School Board heard from a few parents with complaints about COVID-19 mitigation policies.  Parent Alicia DiB...

Elizabeth Albert, 86, of Donora, passed away on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born on June 30, 1935, daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Joseph Alber...

Dorothy Elizabeth Flower Japak passed away on Oct. 16, 2021, at the age of 102. She was born in Monongahela, on Aug. 12, 1919, daughter of the late William and Sarah Mellor Flower. She was a member of...

Ronald “RJ” Jones, 71, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, at his home after a brief illness. Born June 21, 1950, in Monongahela, he was the son of the late Edward “Pal” and Almeda Jones. Aft...

The Fekete family, Hailee, Vinnie and Judah, 2, of Dunlevy, enjoyed the swings Tuesday at Monessen’s City Park.

Susan Martis Randolph, 82, of Finleyville, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, in her home. Born Sept. 1, 1939, in McKeesport, she was the daughter of Joseph and Helen Vrabel Martis. A homemaker, Susan was a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A former South Allegheny School Board member violated the state ethics act in at least three ways dating back as far as 2013. To read the rest of the story, pleas...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board held its first agenda meeting Tuesday in the newly renovated Leopard Hall, formerly known as Rostraver Middle School. To read...