By the Mon Valley Independent A handful of local soccer players, including 12 girls and 11 boys, were among those named as All-WPIAL selections last week.   To read the rest of the story, please see a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport got a step closer this week to revamping its portion of the Great Allegheny Passage trail. The Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern P...

Mary Verna Nutting Prentice Farkas, 95, of Fallowfield Township, passed away on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. Born on Oct. 16, 1927, she was the daughter of the late George and Edith Molinari Nutting. She wa...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com To mark Children’s Theater Productions’ 15th anniversary, Mon River Arts begins its production of “Frozen Jr.” this week at Grand Theatre in Elizabeth.    The s...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com It took grit and tenacity for Lincoln (Pa.) to travel to the Convocation Center and come away with an 81-76 victory over California on Tuesday night.   “We weren’t tou...

John Sowinski, 94, of Plum and formerly of Speers, passed away on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at home. Born in Charleroi on Aug. 29, 1928, he was the son of Anthony and Sophie Koproska Sowinski. John was a...

Students in Susan Bitonti’s second-grade class at California Elementary School observe three jellyfish living in an aquarium that were brought to the classroom this year through an animal-assisted int...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Tom DeRosa discussed the anticipated sale of Elizabeth Borough’s sewage treatment plant at Forward Township’s supervisors meeting Monday. The chairman superv...

Bruce Lee Davis Sr., 76, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, at Mon Valley Hospital. He was born on Sept. 23, 1946, to the late James Davis Sr. and Florence T. Walters D...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com “You can have a good call for 47 minutes and 52 seconds, but if you mess up those last eight seconds, you stink.” This is the reality for high school referees in the W...

Peggi D. Prosser, 65, of Monessen, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late Lois Pezzelle Prosser, she was born on July 5, 1957, in North Cha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With White Oak set to open trash/recycling contract bid proposals this morning, borough council on Monday night heard from a resident who has complaints about Big’s Sa...

Rosalind Ann Russell, 66, of Washington, D.C., was born April 6, 1956, in Braddock. She was the beloved daughter of the late LD and Mary Elizabeth Howard Russell. Rosalind departed this life on Oct. 3...

By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media As expected, six finalists were announced for the fourth Bill Fralic Memorial Award, which honors the top senior football interior lineman in the WPIAL. But more n...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Both residents were able to escape after a home in Monessen caught fire Monday. Firefighters responded to a call around 4:30 p.m. for a fire on the 600 block of...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com This will be the last Christmas serving the Mon Valley for Salvation Army Capts. Sue and Joel Thwaite. The couple plans to retire in June, after leading the organiza...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Glenville State College is a softball team rebuilding in the Mountain East Conference, and one of the places the Pioneers’ coaching staff has been looking to build...

Shirley M. Lycett Trail, 81, of Elizabeth, passed away on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, at home. A retired nurse at Jefferson Hospital, she enjoyed going to bingo and spending time with her family, especiall...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport was abuzz with patriotism over the weekend. During its annual services in honor of Veterans Day, which were held Saturday, the City of McKeesport dedicated ...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI According to Marc Bellora, a member of Monessen’s Shade Tree Commission, the goal of the commission is the “Rebirth of the City — One Tree at a Time.” On Saturday, a group of ...