By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area’s boys basketball team officially added another weapon that will ease the loss of a couple high scorers due to graduation. Sophomore Zion Moore’s...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com In a local rivalry match without playoff ramifications, it was Charleroi that defeated Belle Vernon, 2-1, Tuesday at Myron Pottios Stadium. Despite the match being a t...

Norma J. “Sugar” Anderson, 68, of Dunlevy, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Oct. 14, 1954, daughter of Russell B. and Phoebe Huff Sadler. Sugar was emplo...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For just over 56 minutes Monday night, it appeared as if Elizabeth Forward might be on the verge of its first shutout loss of the season.   The Warriors were struggl...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com McKenna DeUnger scored four times and Bella Carroto and Taylor Ramsdell each added a pair of goals as Charleroi rolled over rival Monessen to close Section 2-1A pl...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora residents have started a GoFundMe campaign for a local man whose dog, Lucy, lost her leg after another dog attacked her at the former Donora High School ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi council got its first look at a preliminary “bare-bones” budget for 2023 on Monday and has some tough decisions to make in the coming weeks.   Borough Mana...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s solicitor at Monday’s council meeting said progress continues to be made on the borough’s quest to collect delinquent garbage bills. In February 2021, coun...

PennWest California carpenters Ed Gauden (on the aerial lift), Frank King and Bailey Lincoski attach the homecoming banner to Booker Towers at the university’s entrance Monday morning. A homecoming pa...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A large number of Mon Valley communities are experiencing police shortages, but Elizabeth Township added to its force Monday.   Officer James Pepiot was swor...

June Rose Bell, 72, of Charleroi, passed away on Oct. 16, 2022. Born on Sept. 19, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Regis and Gladys McIntyre. She was retired from California University of Pennsy...

Bernard A. “Bernie” Carrozza, 89, of McKeesport, died Oct. 15, 2022, peacefully at his home. Born Jan. 12, 1933, in the Third Ward of McKeesport, he was the son of the late Luciano and Colomba Sica Ca...

It was inadvertently omitted in an obit that ran Saturday that Alfred G. Bennett was also preceded in death by a sister, Pauline Kosko. Also, he worked for many years at Dependable Sales and Kayda Hea...

Catherine Caputo Misher, 99, of Belle Vernon, passed away Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, at Dunlevy Gardens. Born Dec. 10, 1922, in Rostraver Township, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Alessio C...

Dennis “Poopsie” Melvin, 78, of Charleroi, passed away on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at Mount Macrina Manor. He was born in North Charleroi on Sept. 11, 1944, son of the late Joseph and Norma Leach Melvin...

Rosemary Ferrara, 93, of Monessen, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, at home, with her loving family by her side. She was born on Aug. 16, 1929, in Donora, daughter of the late Frank and Maria “...

Brittany Teslovich-Palfrey, owner of Sweet Stems in Stockdale, holds her 10-month-old son, Nelson Palfrey, at Community Fest, which was held Saturday at North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is taking a look at the ordinance governing its recreation board after members told the mayor they no longer wish to handle the rentals at th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny Regional Asset District is asking people to take a look at its preliminary budget for 2023 funding. And the RAD board of directors is asking Allegheny Co...

By the Mon Valley Independent Farrah Reader became just the fifth girls soccer player in Belle Vernon Area history to join the 100-goal club on Saturday afternoon. Less than four minutes into the seco...