By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN   tbrown@yourmvi.com   Nate Regotti, chief of staff to state Rep. Pam Snyder, is one of Roscoe’s newest residents, and he’s working to make the area where he lives a better plac...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council was presented this month with a proposed animal control contract. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online edition ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Before the calendar turns to the new year, a number of area boys and girls basketball teams will look to finish off 2021 with victories in holiday tournaments both n...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Cline family of Forward Township has been collecting Christmas ornaments for the past 50 years, a tradition born of tragedy. Dec. 28, 1970, 51 years ago, th...

Joseph Lee Green, 21, of Monongahela, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. He was born Jan. 30, 2000, in Monongahela, son of Dale and Kim McWilliams Green. Joey was a ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The nominations have been made and the votes tabulated and we’re pleased to announce the Mon Valley Independent-BeeGraphix Fab 15 soccer award winners and all-star...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Cometta “Connie” Vincenzes, 87, of Rostraver Township. Connie passed away Dec. 17, 2021, after her battle with cancer. Connie was born Aug. 26,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The residents of Victoria House got the gift of comfort this week thanks to the woman who will be Monessen’s first lady in 10 days. Bonnie Mozer, the wife of Mayo...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com Whether they want to outdo their neighbors, win bragging rights from a local holiday decorating contest or uphold a family tradition, many residents around th...

Helen R. Czelen Lignelli, 99, of Monongahela, was born in Monessen, on July 8, 1922, and left this world on Dec. 19, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Casimir and Tekla Szczesny Czelen, immigrant...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time in two years, part of the holidays will be spent in the Charleroi Area High School gymnasium next week. The Cougars will host their annual cfsbank...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of senior citizens who graduated from Elizabeth Forward in the late 1950s and early ‘60s have made it a point to stay friends through the decades. And recently...

Kathryn M. Walters Lipari, 71, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, formerly of Charleroi, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, at her home. Born March 1, 1950, in North Charleroi, she was the daughter...

Nancy J. Clingenpeel, 85, of Vanderbilt, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Born in Sunnyside on July 14, 1936, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Stella Imogene Econovich Hempfield. Nancy w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Borough didn’t miss a chance to celebrate the holidays this year. Early in the holiday shopping season, the borough partnered with Rainbow Volunteer Fire Com...

Anthony J. “Tony” Santello, 63, of Donora, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, at Penn Highlands Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born in New Eagle, on Dec. 5, 1958, son of the late Aurelie Adam...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports When Frazier started its wrestling program five years ago, there were high hopes that one day nights like Wednesday night would come along. But perhaps they weren’t expecting...

Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent Jimmy Knapton, a South Allegheny senior who dressed up as “The Grinch,” watches as the Gladiators took on Valley for the school’s home opener earlier this ...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports South Allegheny has made some significant improvements through its first few games, surpassing last year’s win total of one by collecting three victories already in the ear...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com When South Brownsville Fire Chief Ron Barry saw the news reports of the devastation from tornadoes in Kentucky, he reached out to his fellow firefighters to see...