By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After a contentious, five-hour preliminary hearing Friday in Washington County Central Court, a 29-year-old Charleroi man was ordered to stand trial on firearms a...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Monessen’s First Christian Church won’t be the same after Sunday’s service. It will be the last time that Pastor Conrad Auel will deliver a sermon at the church after ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council voted to advertise the 2023 budget, address borough staffing shortages and jousted with the public during their monthly meeting Thursday. The pro...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon’s Hoods Up Quick Lube is looking to spread some holiday cheer with the announcement of a gift-donating initiative. The company announced the Stuff a Race ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area football team has been moving its expiration date all season long. No matter what, the season ends Saturday and the expiration date has arriv...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Entering the season, McKeesport head coach Troy Blackwell knew how important defense would be to his team’s success.   For the Tigers to win games, they had to buy i...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports The California boys basketball team was entering just its second game of the season Friday night, and the Trojans showed some rust and lapses on both ends of the floor. Carmi...

Richard John Valgora Sr., 78, of Brownsville, passed away on Dec. 6, 2022. He was born July 29, 1944, in Brownsville, son of the late George and Margaret Barath Valgora. Rick was a U.S. Army veteran w...

John E. Kavulick, 61, of Dawson, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, in Allegheny Gen-eral Hospital after complications of open-heart surgery. He was born March 26, 1961, in Mt. Pleasant, a son of the late And...

Sally A. Bradstock, 79, of Donora, died peacefully on Nov. 12, 2022. She was born on Jan. 21, 1943, in Monon-gahela, daughter of the late Eugene and Jean Dougherty. Sally enjoyed book club and played ...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com More than 350 kids will receive Christmas gifts thanks to Rostraver Police Department’s Santa Cop Program.   The highly coordinated effort exceeded expectati...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council’s meeting Thursday was held just hours after the viewing for shooting victim Amari Altomore, and the 16-year-old’s family, life and death we...

By MAX ROBINETTE mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council voted to overrule the suspension of a police officer Thursday, reimbursing him for three days of lost pay and eight hours of overtime. Mayor Don ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With conversations of a potential sale looming, the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi has presented an offer to borough officials — but the offer isn’t what it o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board made history Wednesday during its reorganization meeting as it named LaToya Wright Brown as the new board president. Wright Brown, who is ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic broke things open in the third quarter and found a way to fend off Elizabeth Forward in the fourth for a 53-45 road victory in a non-section clash bet...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Ringgold hockey team continued their hot start to the season with a 4-3 victory over visiting Morgantown Thursday at the Rostraver Ice Garden. Kenny Cadwallade...

Mary Ann Woss Levering, 79, of Tempe, Ariz., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Mary Ann was born in Charleroi on May 2, 1943, to the late Blanche and Stanley Woss. She was a 1961 graduate of Mon...

By JONATHAN GUTH For MVI Sports Southmoreland opened its season with a 57-14 victory in Section 2-2A action Wednesday in Alverton over a short-handed Belle Vernon squad. Three Leopard starters, Kole D...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Naomi Outreach had its final gathering of the year Wednesday afternoon at the Clubhouse Grille at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Rostraver Township. Naomi Outreach s...