By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports As he gets ready to embark on his sixth season guiding Frazier’s wrestling program, Buck Watkins sounds like a confident man. And he probably has good reason to feel good abo...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Mid-Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame has welcomed a new member to its selection committee. Mon Valley Independent Sports Editor Jeremy Sellew was recently appo...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital hosted its 36th annual Light-Up the Night celebration after a two-year hiatus. “It’s great to see the faces of the community ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More than 100 families within the Charleroi Area School District will have all of the fixings for a traditional holiday meal this week. Through Cougars Care, a volun...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com James Benedek was sworn in as an Elizabeth Township commissioner by Magisterial District Judge Beth Mills Monday. Benedek fills the board vacancy left by the...

By the Mon Valley Independent After trailing by three at the half, the California (PA) women’s basketball team outscored host Central State, 46-25 in the second half to come away with a 78-60 win in n...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Nearly five dozen South Allegheny School District staff members and residents piled into the Port Vue Borough Building Monday night to discuss the present and future o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Recent changes within the White Oak Police Department were celebrated at Monday’s borough council meeting. A longtime police detective was promoted to sergeant, an ann...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council passed a preliminary 2023 budget Monday that holds the line on spending and taxes. Director of Accounts and Finances Councilman Tony Orzechowski ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com An 18-year-old woman was rescued Sunday after reporting a year of captivity in Monongahela after she sent text messages to 911 when her alleged captor was sleepin...

By the MVI A Clairton man is in the Westmoreland County Prison after police said he was selling drugs during his work hours at a Rostraver Township store. Melvin T. Payne, 42, was jailed Thursday on $...

Santa made his annual appearance at the City of McKeesport’s Salute to Santa parade Saturday morning. At right, state Rep. and Lt. Gov.-elect Austin Davis was the grand marshal for the parade. He is s...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Heading into the PSAC championship game on Nov. 12, Daniel Deabner posted a total of three receptions for 18 yards through 10 games for the football team at Indiana ...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Continuing the annual Scarves in the Park tradition, Corrina Withrow, joined by family and others in the community, left donated clothing in bins at Chess Park in Monongahel...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A manufacturing company in the Donora Industrial Park will receive a $2 million grant to expand thanks to a state-funded grant. State officials announced Friday...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Before sitting down to give thanks with family and friends on Thanksgiving Day, residents are invited to trot through North Belle Vernon for a good cause. The BVA Tr...

Leroy E. Walters, 77, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, at Mon Valley Care Center, Carroll Township. Born Aug. 26, 1945, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Roy T. a...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Donora Volunteer Fire Co. hosted a unique training for local first responders Saturday. Charleroi Area Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said the Donora VFC invited t...

By Justin Vellucci Trib Total Media Rachel Cravotta doesn’t think a new state law regulating snow- and ice-covered vehicles will change the way she gets her Mercedes GLS 550 ready on snowy mornings th...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Whose got a beard that’s long and white? And who comes to Mon City on Merry and Bright Night? Must be Santa. Monongahela kicked off the holiday season Friday ni...