By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Cedarbrook featured three double-digit scorers as they used a complete team performance to defeat Lee Supply, 62-48, in Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com After spending one season at Wake Forest University, Mark Black is ready for his next challenge. For this one, he’ll be heading to Boiling Springs, N.C. Black, a for...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It was a hot and magical day in Charleroi Wednesday afternoon as the new Magic City Riverfront Park officially opened. The project, spearheaded by the Mon Valley All...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania House Republicans blocked a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles by completely changing the proposed bill int...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board on Wednesday had to reapprove the 2022-23 final budget, and it once again narrowly passed. Prior to public comment Wednesday, Solicitor Ga...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Mess with a cat — get the claws. In Pittsburgh, they intend to keep it that way. Mon Valley natives Tara Czekaj and Carol Whaley recently won honors as Humane S...

By Joseph Augustine For the Mon Valley Independent Two Belle Vernon Borough residents expressed their concern to council over a Solomon Street property. Celine Lucking, who lives next to the property,...

By RALPH STONE MVI columnist Several years prior to the formation of the First Street Ramblers — before my fascination for sports stars, cowboys, Tarzan, and Batman, but probably about the same time a...

With temperatures in the 90s, this trio beat the heat Tuesday by heading to Renzie Spray Ground in McKeesport. From left are Xavier Johnson and Demauri and Kalyse Mills. Located in Renziehausen Park n...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Homeowners in the Belle Vernon Area School District may be spared a tax increase after all. The school board is expected to implement Homestead and Farmstead...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents of the Charleroi Area School District will see an increase in their tax bills next year. On Tuesday, the board unanimously approved a roughly $28.1 million...

By JEFF STITT and KRISTIE LINDEN jstitt@yourmvi.com klinden@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s distribution of impact fees from natural gas producers totals more than $234 millio...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Union Cleaners used a big second half effort to remain unbeaten in Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League play Tuesday night. To read the rest of the story,...

By Liam Belan MVI Sports Dax Thomas State Farm finally got its full squad together, and the results were overwhelmingly successful in a dominant 91-80 win over RTI Insurance in Mon Valley Independent ...

Cody Thomas Guenther, 36, of West Mifflin, formerly of Monongahela, died unexpectedly Sunday, June 19, 2022, in his home. He was born May 6, 1986, in Pittsburgh, son of Robert and Holly Guenther Fisch...

John P. Zawicki, 86, of Troy, Mich., formerly of Monessen, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. He was born on Sept. 27, 1935, in Monessen, the son of the late Casimir and Amelia (Swierzbin) Zawic...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time since 2018, the Elizabeth Forward boys basketball program will be looking for a new sideline leader. Matt Loftis recently resigned after four seas...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District is putting an extra emphasis this summer on getting children registered for school. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of...

The Walker siblings, Rosey, 5, and Mekhi, 3, of Elizabeth Township visited Round Hill Park to see the animals, including a pot-bellied pig in the stall behind them. Encompassing more than 1,100 acres ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora has hired Ehrlich Pest Control to combat rat infestations in the borough. Ehrlich account executive Aaron Summers spoke at a special council meeting Mond...