By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com After finishing the regular season with 15 consecutive wins and a Section 4 title, the Monessen boys basketball team continued its winning ways in its postseason ope...

William C. Ruozzi, 73, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Born in McKeesport on Nov. 10, 1948, he was the son of the late William and Enis Moia Ruozzi. Bill was an architectural engine...

Students at Charleroi Area Elementary Center celebrated “twos-day” (2-22-22) by bringing donations in for the Harvest Bounty Program. First graders Sophie Elliott, Gunner Fleming and Xavier Arnold wor...

Warren J. Arleth, 77, of Bentleyville, passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, holding the hand of his loving wife of 43 years, Susan Lorenzo Arleth. He was born Oct. 25, 1944, in Evanston, Ill....

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council was given a talking-to Tuesday. A team of consultants hired by Strategic Management Planning Program pressed the council to finally...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There may have been a little pressure on the Elizabeth Forward girls basketball team entering their WPIAL Class 4A first-round matchup against Central Valley. To r...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Debate club is coming back to the Charleroi Area School District.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-...

Deborah Ann Phillips Eberts, 71, originally from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and a Belle Vernon resident for the past 30 years, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. On Dec. 30, 1950, Debbie was born to...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Heading into their Class 4A girls basketball first-round contest Tuesday night, Belle Vernon and Quaker Valley both featured stingy defenses that have limited the opposition ...

Bruce M. Holderbaum, 90, of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.  Born in North Huntingdon on Aug. 8, 1931, he was the son of the late William and Laura Myrtle Spahr Holderbaum. Bruce was ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com During her report at Monday’s council meeting, Mayor Ina Jean Marton said White Oak Police Department’s efforts to have a traffic study done in the area of Francis McC...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There have been potholes popping up along a section of Interstate 70 in the Mid-Mon Valley, and PennDOT District 12 confirmed Tuesday that it’s aware of the situation....

Harold H. Herron Jr., 70, of Donora, fell off to sleep on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Harold H. and Vera R. Morton Herron, he was born on April 18,...

Dave Lessman of Fallowfield Township passed peacefully at his granddaughter’s home in the arms of family on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Born Feb. 23, 1940, in Charleroi, he was the son of the late Aberha...

Virginia Lee Marmie, 87 of Lima, went into the arms of Jesus at 7:50 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Vancrest of Delphos, Ohio. Virginia was born June 7, 1934, in Donora to William and Nevada Adams P...

Douglas Paul Moody, 65, of Rostraver, passed away Feb. 17, 2022, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in North Charleroi, on June 6, 1956. Doug was the son of the late Thomas J....

Funeral services were held for Dominick A. Pesognelli, 99, of Monongahela, who passed away on Feb.11, 2022, peacefully in his home. Born in Cokeburg on June 25, 1922, he was the son of the late Antoni...

Aayla Howell, 5, of Monessen, Brielle Galis, 6, of Coal Center and her brother Ben, 2, were cheering on the Monessen girls basketball team in Monday’s playoff game against Riverview.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Following a destructive fire at the McKeesport Public Works garage, White Oak Council on Monday unanimously approved the sale of a 1997 Peterbilt dump truck to the cit...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board unanimously appointed Janis Niemiec to fill a seat left vacant when Justin Kosanko resigned in January.   To read the rest...