By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Ringgold’s boys basketball team came out and executed their game plan early against Laurel Highlands, but the cream of the 5A crop were just too powerful for the R...

Robert Jay Hoffman, 85, of Rostraver Township, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Born in McKeesport on Dec. 23, 1936, he was the son of the late Robert Jay Hoffman Sr. and Mary Frances Purden McCall. Robert ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Earlier in the week, the Monessen boys’ basketball team had a game against Jefferson-Morgan postponed due to COVID-19 issues with the Rockets. To read the rest of the story, ...

Bettie Jane Love, 85, of Monessen, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Feb. 10, 1936, in Monessen, the daughter of John Love and Maggie Carter. Betti...

Nolan Carson, 6, took his new puppy, Zeus, sled riding in Fallowfield Township Friday afternoon.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council approved the first reading of an agreement with the Mon Valley Refuse Authority this week. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy ...

Barry W. Ritchie, 70, from Jefferson Estates, Fayette City, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. He was the son of the late Woodrow and Stella Celapino Ritchie. He worked at...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com A vacancy on Donora Council will likely be filled next week.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724...

Patricia L. Ross-Tamblyn, 68, of Rostraver Township, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Born in Pittsburgh on Jan. 4, 1954, she was the daughter of the late David O. and Elizabeth Ford Fryer. Patricia worked ...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh have new safety protocols to follow until further notice.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday...

Kathryn Louise Sisley, 68, of Coal Center, died of COVID-19 complications on Jan. 5, 2022. She was born Nov. 25, 1953, in Sutersville, a daughter of the late John H. and Violet Harenski. Kathy is surv...

By the MVI A Washington Township resident who has devoted his life to community service has been awarded one of the highest honors by the Belle Vernon Rotary Club. To read the rest of the story, pleas...

Mary Ann E. Domjancic, 70, of Monessen, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in the ER of Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born on Oct. 27, 1951, in North Charleroi, the dau...

LaShawna Patterson, 2, was with her mother, Marcia Tansmore, and grandmother, Blondel Floyd, stocking up on essentials Thursday at the Monessen Foodland in advance of the snowstorm.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Snow began moving into the area around dinner time Thursday and was expected to taper off before daybreak today.   To read the rest of the story, please see a cop...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com When former mayor Matt Shorraw hired special counsel to get rid of two Monessen Redevelopment Authority members and for an unknown task related to wiretapping all...

By JEFF STITT, TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN AND KRISTIE LINDEN jstitt@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com klinden@yourmvi.com Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Only a few days into his newest term on Charleroi Council, Larry Celaschi already has a lot of questions. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center is ringing in the new year by asking members, stakeholders and the community what they want to see from the museum and re...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com With just under five minutes remaining in the second quarter of Thursday’s game against Seton LaSalle, the California girls basketball team had all of the momentum o...