By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council has selected Gilbert Szakal Jr. to fill the seat opened by Sonny Lawson’s recent retirement. Dozens of citizens stormed out of council chambers i...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council heard from the city’s blight consultant this week on the work he’s about to start. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s M...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Whether catching a bus to or from downtown Pittsburgh or Oakland, standing at the McKeesport Transportation Center or waiting at a bus stop, park and ride or T station...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Southern rock band Six Gun Sally is set to drop a new single titled “Redneck White & Badass Blue” June 24 on all music streaming services and retail outlets....

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com The Kourtney Gavatorta Memorial Softball Tournament is set to take place Saturday with over 100 people scheduled to take part in honoring the late Belle Vernon residen...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It’s going to be a free season for players competing in the boys and girls divisions of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League. To read the rest of the ...

For the MV Independent The Toast To Our Stars Club of North Charleroi hosted its 72nd Annual Achievement Awards Banquet on April 24 at the Lock Four Volunteer Fire Co. Social Hall. To read the rest of...

Stephen N. Major Sr., 101, of Monessen, died on June 6, 2022. Born on Aug. 17, 1920. Steve was the fourth of five children raised in Monessen by his Croatian im-migrant parents, Frank and Mary Yakovac...

Claire Cicchini Monios, 86, of Rostraver Township, died early Wednesday morning, June 8, 2022, at her daughter’s home. She was born in Clairton on Dec. 5, 1935, daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Ha...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Following the departures of key contributors such as Devin Whitlock and Daniel Gordon, RTI Insurance entered Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball Lea...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Area High School hosted commencement Wednesday evening for 191 graduates at James Weir Stadium. Shown getting ready to accept their diplomas were K...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Due to what he claims was becoming a “toxic work environment,” Charleroi Borough’s full-time code enforcement officer decided to call it quits and took another job W...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com For decades, Louis J. Panza Jr. has steered the ship at a community-oriented hospital in Carroll Township. In the early years of his career — and through most of his t...

Michel La’Rae Blainefield-Edwards, 37, formerly of Monessen, went home to be with the lord on June 1, 2022. She was born in Arkansas, on Aug. 17, 1984, to parents, Michelle “Mickey” Cunningham and the...

Cindy M. Jay, 47, of Clarksville, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday June 1, 2022. She was born in Waynesburg on May 14, 1975. She was the daughter of the late James Finley and Mildred Jay (Carman)...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Five Belle Vernon Area Middle School eighth-graders are National History Day state champions after presenting research projects May 8 at a virtual competitio...

Setsue Mayhugh, 89, of Elizabeth, peacefully passed from this life on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in the home that she loved, surrounded by those who loved her. She was born in March 1933, in the town of C...

By the MVI The West Jefferson Hills Board of School Directors appointed Dr. Janet Sardon as the new district superintendent with a unanimous vote during a special board meeting Tuesday evening. Sardon...

By RALPH E. STONE MVI columnist I was just one of the millions of young boys who had visions of running 100 yards for the game-winning touchdown, or hitting a grand slam to win the game in the bottom ...

Zayna Benning, 11, of Fallowfield Township, David Wells, 8, and Briella Wells, 11, both of North Charleroi, were climbing at the Elementary Park playground in Fallowfield Township Tuesday evening.