By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon Area senior is one of 12 regional finalists for a national award presented by the Heisman High School Scholarship program, which honors the nation’s m...

By Chris Harlan Trib Total Media The WPIAL ruled Serra Catholic transfers Matt McNeal and David Jordan fully eligible after the sophomores attended an eligibility hearing Monday in Green Tree. Their t...

Edith Mae Cooper, 92, of Fallowfield Township, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 6, 2022. Born on June 13, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Julia Grilli Donaldson. Edith is reunited ...

Irlean Dragan, 100, formerly of Monessen, passed away on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. A daughter of the late Matthew and Henrietta Sandusky Hart, she was born in Star Junction on Aug. 30, 1922. A resident o...

Thomas “TC” Hamilton Jr., 57, of Monongahela, passed away on Nov. 5, 2022, in the Premier Washington Health Center. He was born Aug. 7, 1965, in Pittsburgh and is the son of Nancy Koteles and husband ...

Joyce E. Lynch, 75, of Perryopolis, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, at Hallsworth House, Monessen. She was born Dec. 3, 1946, in Charle- roi, daughter of Andrew P. Galla and Marie Pi...

William “D.W” MacFann, 61, a lifelong resident of Daisytown, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. He was born Thursday, April 13, 1961, in Charle- roi, son of the late Thomas S. MacFann and Helen Gladys Gola ...

Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi was with the American Legion Riders   during a Veterans Day parade Saturday afternoon in Charleroi. The parade was organized by American Legion posts in Char...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport City Council has approved yet another demolition contract as part of the McKeesport Rising initiative. Like others this year, the contracts targets blighted...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Don’t be surprised if the Hartman family is doing some remodeling this winter. They’re going to need a bigger trophy room. The Frazier volleyball team had its back...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Richard Algeri has resigned as an Elizabeth Township commissioner.   The board’s November agenda released Friday on the township website includes a motion to...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The Mon Valley Leathernecks, a group of U.S. Marine veterans, gathered at the Donora Municipal Building Saturday night to celebrate the 247th anniversary of the founding of th...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com If anyone generally speaks of Frazier High School sports, undoubtedly, Don Hartman’s name comes up. But ask him who the greatest of all time really is. “It’s her,”...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media About $20 million of a nearly $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill is being put toward the reconstruction of the Interstate 70 and Route 51 interchange in Rost...

By JEREMY SELLEW By the Mon Valley Independent The WPIAL announced playoff sites for the next round of the postseason, while local volleyball and soccer teams discovered where they’re heading for the ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Ringgold’s Ryan Pajak capped off the 2022 cross-country season with a state runner-up finish overall in the state. Competing at Saturday’s PIAA Championships, Paja...

Hailey Sortore, a senior at PennWest University’s California campus, steps outside the Herron Recreation and Fitness Center to enjoy unseasonably high temperatures Friday afternoon. Sortore is under a...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Eighth-seeded Charleroi’s Cinderella run through the WPIAL Class 1A playoffs came to an end with a 3-2 loss to second-seeded Winchester Thurston in the championship ga...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A week after suffering its first loss in its regular season finale against Thomas Jefferson, McKeesport made an emphatic return to the win column in its playoff open...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports No. 11 Monessen had a stellar night of offense Friday night, gaining over 400 yards and scoring six touchdowns. Unfortunately, No. 6 Fort Cherry was even better with 553 yard...