By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Charleroi’s girls basketball team has a new sideline boss, as the school board Tuesday hired former Monessen great Mariah Ward as its new head coach. To read the r...

Bryan R. Perego, 47, of Belle Vernon, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at UPMC East, Monroeville. Born in Monongahela on Oct. 23, 1974, he is the son of Cathy Bartolini Perego of Ne...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League season is quickly approaching, with only a week left for local girls’ players to register. To read the rest of ...

By the MVI High school students don’t usually seek out the principal’s office, but that’s changing in the California Area School District. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s ...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Twin Rivers Elementary School in McKeesport is being rebranded — both in name and some of the ways it serves children, families and educators. With several community m...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is still working to complete a revision of the tax exoneration program that got its start last year and is waiting for the Monessen School Di...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Despite not playing a meaningful game for nearly a week, South Allegheny’s softball team had no issues with the bats in its WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal Thursday ag...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Relay for Life will return to California Area School District today after a two-year absence caused by the pandemic. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy...

Louis Lee Brown, 63, of Charleroi, formerly of Cardale, passed away on May 18, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Born on June 17, 1958, Lou was the son of the late Christopher Mitchell and ...

Robert M. Gaydos, 87, of Washington Township, passed on May 5, 2022. He was the beloved husband of 64 years to his high school sweetheart, LaVonne (née Weaver); devoted father of David Gaydos, Sharon ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Through the first two innings Thursday, Serra Catholic’s high-powered offense was held at bay. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valle...

Samuel “Dave” Martini Sr., 73 of Roscoe and formerly of Grindstone, passed away surrounded by his family on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at his home. He was born in Brownsville on July 6, 1948, son of the ...

By the Mon Valley Independent Wyatt Janosko hit a pinch-hit home run in the fifth inning and Brady Haberman posted a complete game shutout to lead No. 12 Thomas Jefferson in its 1-0 victory over No. 1...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s community leaders will host a prayer breakfast at 9 a.m. Saturday for the graduating class of Ringgold High School at the Carroll Township Social ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com There is quite a buzz circling around the California Area School District, or maybe a cluck, quack or bark depending on which part of campus you visit.  It is not ou...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports After Charleroi softball coach Trey Tilghman gets done with his coaching career with the Cougars, he might want to get into fortune telling. With the team’s Class 2A first-ro...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com With her team trailing by two runs with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth inning Wednesday evening, Belle Vernon Area junior Lexi Daniels step...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The offensive production of McKenzie Pritts and the right arm of Emma Augustine helped lift Yough into the WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinals Wednesday. Pritts finished a ...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com It appears McKeesport Area School District will have a new transportation provider in place by the start of next school year. During last night’s workshop meeting, sch...

Elizabeth “Betsy” Ackinclose, 74, of Jefferson Township, Fayette City, passed away Monday, May 16, 2022, in Pen Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born May 28, 1947, in Charleroi, daughter of Wilf...