By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Six minutes into its postseason opener Monday night, Thomas Jefferson faced the challenge of an early three-goal deficit.   To read the rest of the story, please see...

By the Mon Valley Independent March Madness is upon us and the Mon Valley will be represented in the NCAA Division II men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. To read the rest of the story, please se...

Eugene J. “Pookey” Hall Sr., 86, peacefully passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela. He was born on June 1, 1935, in Monessen, and was the son of the late Oliver an...

Lawrence E. Kumpf left our lives to be with the Lord, March 2, 2022. He was born July 5, 1930, as a streetwise, rough and tumble Bloomfield boy, the son of Elizabeth-Tyson and Lester Kumpf. His mother...

Ralph D. Law, 64, of West Newton, died Thursday, March 3, 2022, just a day after his 64th birthday. Born in Pittsburgh on March 2, 1958, he was the son of the late David R. and Edith Irene Cummins Law...

Betty Jayne Gillingham Thompson, 97, of Mt. Lebanon and formerly of Elizabeth, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Asbury Heights. She was a retired registered nurse at McKeesport Hospital, a gra...

Gregg McKita, 55, of Speers, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. He was born in North Charleroi on Nov. 29, 1966, son of Gay Lynne Edwards McKita of Charleroi ...

Jaelyn Caruso, 11, of Fallowfield Township, London Powell, 12, of Charleroi and Giavonnah Carter, 11, of Speers took advantage of Sunday afternoon’s warm weather to play softball at Elementary Park in...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Parking issues in downtown McKeesport were discussed at Wednesday’s city council meeting. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online ed...

By JONATHAN GUTH For MVI Sports Brian Finnerty didn’t draw it up that way, but the Thomas Jefferson senior won his first WPIAL/Southwest Region Class 3A Wrestling Championship on Saturday with three o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With a large number of immigrants now calling Charleroi home, council recently heard from an immigration attorney about who they are, why they’re here and what he do...

By NIC HIXENBAUGH MVI Sports Frazier’s Rune Lawrence and Bentworth’s Chris Vargo are bringing PIAA Southwest gold back to the Mon Valley. The sophomore duo made themselves back-to-back champions Satur...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media Ukrainian customs are second nature to Mary Alice Hoffer. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online edition at http://monvalleyin...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Six local basketball teams found out Sunday when, who and where they’ll be playing to open the PIAA Tournament. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Babe Ruth famously said never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.   To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to ...

Minnie Gallo Hauth, 94, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022, at her home. Born June 19, 1927, in Newell, she was the daughter of the late John and Rose McCune Gal...

Miranda Gottheld puts on Bradley McIlvaine’s microphone Friday evening as William Simms and Jacob Levin wait for their turn before Charleroi Area High School’s performance of “Beehive the ’60s Musical...

Richard W. Green, 82, of Monongahela, died unexpectedly Thursday, March 3, 2022, in his home. He was born March 21, 1939, in New Eagle, son of Albert and Marian Weber Green. Richard was an active memb...

By CHRISTINE HAINES For the MVI The reorganization of district courts in each Pennsylvania county, known as re-establishment, is now in the hands of the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Court...

By RENATTA SIGNORINI and JOE NAPSHA Trib Total Media Hundreds of people converged Friday afternoon along several area sites to cheer on a large trucker convoy rolling toward Washington, D.C., for a we...