By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Connellsville used a massive five-run fifth inning to defeat Charleroi, 7-4, in American Legion baseball action from Charleroi Community Park on Friday evening. To rea...

By VIVA KREIS Szia from Hungary and the US Team Handball Junior National Team’s training camp!   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314-003...

Caleesi Thompson, 3, and her great-aunt, Patty Alcorn of Monessen, look at Kindu, a ball python held by Taylor Parco, a Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium intern, Friday at the Monessen Senior Center.  

By Max Robinette mrobinette @yourmvi.com The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion in the United States. To read the rest of the story, pl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council voted this week to create a separate bank account to house all funds related to garbage collection in the city. To read the rest of the story, pl...

By Roxanne Abramowitz The Daily Courier “I love music, any kind of music,” said George Frezzell of Belle Vernon. At 86, George is the oldest student at the Aikens Music Center in Connellsville, where ...

Clement R. “Clem” Gigliotti, 73, of Presto, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in his home. Clem was born in their family home in the Stogletown section of Monongahela and was the son of the lat...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new entertainment group is almost ready to take the stage.   The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts, a local nonprofit organization geared to the musical education of...

Ronald Anthony Richard Bettis, the son of the late Walter Richard Bettis III and Frances Judkins-Bettis, was born on Nov. 10, 1944. Ronald was educated in the public schools of Mo-nessen, Westmoreland...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Only one team remains undefeated in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League’s boys division. Elite Physical Therapy used a balanced offensive attack and ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Noah Prosser poured in a game-high 21 points to lead RTI Insurance to its first win of the season in an 86-69 victory over Howard Hanna Wilson Baum in Mon Valley Indep...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Mon River Fleet Lions club operates on a mission of providing to the communities it serves by having an impact on the health and wellbeing of area residents. On Th...

Michaelene G. “Micki” Campana, 88, of Monessen, passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital following a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was born on May 8, 193...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Film production is a money-maker in Pennsylvania, bringing in more than $3 billion in revenue since the tax credit began in 2007, according to state Sen. Camera...

George L. Eckert, Jr., 95, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at the Residence at Hilltop in Carroll Township. He was born July 28, 1926, in Monongahela, son of George L. Eckert Sr. and Agne...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s former administration moved city offices into the former Community Bank building next door after mold was discovered last summer and now officials are ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District is focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion, commonly referred to as “DEI.” On Wednesday, the school board heard from Dr. Erika Gold...

Lucille Weis, 83, of Bentleyville, passed away on Tuesday June 21, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley. Born in Bentleyville on Aug. 4, 1938, she was the daughter of Joseph and Helen Lanco Pigeon Sr. L...

Brian Lorenzi, 60, of Monongahela, died Sunday, June 19, 2022, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital after a brief illness. He was born Aug. 16, 1961, in New Eagle, son of the late Arthur B. Lorenzi and Alice...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A cracked screen isn’t the end of the world for Belle Vernon Area students next school year. Pending board approval Monday, a new insurance program could hel...