By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports After suffering their first loss of the young season to Burgettstown Thursday, the California girls basketball team had a quick turnaround for their next game and needed a re...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Blue Christmas is more than the title of a song — for many, it’s the reality of the holidays. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon V...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com In a 28-point victory over Laurel Highlands on Monday, the Belle Vernon Area girls basketball team relied on a balanced offensive attack featuring four players with ...

By JASON BLACK For the MV Independent Standing at six feet, Frazier senior forward Eliza Newcomer will be one of the tallest, if not the tallest player on the court during many of the Commodores’ game...

Albert Louis “Skip” Baker, 80, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Albert and Rosalie Tutino Baker, he was born on Feb. 20, 1941,...

Anna L. Maslowski Jobes, 78, of Elizabeth Township, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at home. A member of St. Joachim and Anne Parish, St. Michael Church, in Elizabeth Township, she was a hair...

Janice Mae Letavec, 73, of Venetia, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, in the Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Jan. 15, 1948, in Detroit, Mich., daughter of Myron Mead and Lillian Maggie Mack...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports After his team beat Sewickley Academy by 15 points on Monday, Serra Catholic coach Matt Bacco stayed up until 1 a.m watching film. Afterwards, he barely slept that night. D...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There was a little bit of magic in the air at Little Things for Little People in Belle Vernon Thursday. The monthly distribution of diapers, clothes and other n...

Allan Malcolm Lomax, 72, of Charleroi, sadly passed away Dec 9, 202l. Born on Sept. 11, 1949, in Charleroi, he was the son of the late James W. and Margie D. Lomax. Malcolm graduated from Donora High ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Ringgold students and staff are once again required to wear masks in school. In a letter to Ringgold families, which was also shared on the district website, Superinte...

William E. Shondelmyer Sr., 82, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, at UPMC Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Jan. 2, 1939, in Greensburg, he was the son of the late Louis Simon ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Crawford Village residents and others within the McKeesport Housing Authority got the chance Thursday to roll up their sleeves in the fight against COVID-19 and the fl...

D. Kent “Duke” Miller, 82, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, at UPMC Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born May 12, 1939, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Thomas Howar...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Borough Council passed a 2022 budget that holds the line on property taxes. The passage of the final budget went much the same as the vote for the prelimin...

Dale L. Cenerosky, 57, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at Penn Highlands Health Care, Mon Valley, Monongahela. Born Sept. 19, 1964, in North Charleroi, he was...

Charleroi Area Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich is grateful to local law enforcement for their help in identifying and discrediting a threat made to the school. Late Wednesday, Zelich said the district wa...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Days after suffering a 24-point defeat at the hands of South Allegheny, Elizabeth Forward head coach Matt Loftis wondered which version of his team would show up Wed...

For the MV Independent Junior guard Zyan Collins set a career high in rebounds while collecting a double-double Wednesday as the Cal U men’s basketball team rolled to an 83-38 win over NAIA-member Car...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Bujanowski Towing & Recovery of North Charleroi participated in the 6th Annual Tows for Tots Toy Drive. This drive helps make Christmas brighter for kids 18 and...