By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As is tradition, I’ll be ringing in the new year with at least a nibble of a sweet and filling Pittsburgh-style “grosse neujahrs-Breze.” If you’re not of German-descen...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Flooding this week in the evidence room at the Donora Police Department has raised new questions about the handling of evidence in the borough. The Washington C...

By the MVI staff From epic celebrations to heartbreaking tragedies and feuding elected officials and major national and statewide elections, this year has been unlike any other in the Mon Valley. As 2...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Sixth-grade students at Rostraver Elementary School have shown that kindness is the gift the keeps on giving. Homeroom parent Kelly DiPiazza said each year at the el...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media Firefighters and paramedics were not able to resuscitate a woman who was pulled from her apartment in West Newton Thursday after a fire in her living room, said F...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It would be an understatement to say the year 2022 brought   with it a plethora of memorable moments in Mon Valley sports.   We saw a handful of championship runs — ...

Norma Catherine Bianchi Halverson, 86, of Manitowoc, Wis., passed away at her residence with her family present on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. She is now at ...

Keshia Smith, 35, of Charleroi, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, at her home. Born in Washington on April 2, 1987, she is the daughter of Sylvester Richardson of Bridgeville and the late Wanda ...

Patricia D. Macfarlane Sullivan, 72, of Washington, formerly of Monongahela, passed away Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, atWashington Hospital. Born March 16, 1950, in New Eagle, she was the daughter of the ...

By lIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Despite a dominating 87-68 victory over Southmoreland to close out the cfsbank Holiday Classic Tournament at Charleroi Thursday night, Belle Vernon Area head coach Joe...

By JOE SABOLEK MVI Sports With Jake Chambers and Ben Shields at the forefront, the Charleroi boys basketball team looked poised to run away with Thursday’s consolation matchup against Ringgold. The Co...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Jahan Jefferson, 6, of Clairton was relaxing on the bleachers at a Monessen boys basketball game this week. He is the grandson of head football Coach Wade Brown...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Bill Matush, who with 19 years as head baseball coach at Monessen, was the longest tenured baseball mentor at any Mon Valley school. He won’t have a 20th season at his alma m...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township’s elected tax collector is stepping down from her role as township treasurer. The board of commissioners will accept the resignation of Pa...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council passed the borough’s 2023 budget and filled vacant municipal positions during a special meeting Thursday. Members said the $2,792,513 budget is b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mark Smith has stepped down as president of the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts — but he is not leaving the organization. During a recent meeting, the academy’s boar...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The state Department of Community and Economic Development recently awarded Donora Borough $90,000 for the demolition of a blighted property on McKean Avenue. T...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 23-year-old Donora man who refused to testify during the preliminary hearing for the man accused in the Oct. 10 shooting at Bob’s Tavern in Finleyville was held...

Charles J. Barcelona, 83, of Charleroi, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. Son of the late Jack A. and Ethel Keracik Barcelona, he was born in Charleroi on March 27, 1939. He was pr...

Jennifer Jones, 51, of North Charleroi, passed away on Dec. 28, 2022, in Washington Hospital. Born on March 15, 1971, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Duche and Janet Post Duche, who survives, ...