By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monessen City School District leaders congratulated students, faculty and staff Tuesday for a successful start to the school year and continued plans to work wi...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It took four games but the Belle Vernon Area girls soccer team is in the win column in Section 2-3A play. A hat trick from Farrah Reader in the first half and Ava ...

By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media Moments after a loud, happy celebration – screams and claps to applaud two goals in a row – a subdued hush fell over the crowd at Russ Grimm Field. Even the cricke...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward maintained its unblemished section record with a 2-1 victory over visiting Connellsville Monday night at Warrior Stadium. The Warriors (3-1, 3-0) b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When His Place coffee shop opened its garage doors to the public for the first time one year ago today, it had one goal in mind: to change the world one cup of coffe...

Laura Lee Fiori, age 61, of Mt. Morris, Pa., formerly of Charleroi, passed away on Sept. 10, 2022. Born on July 14, 1961, she was the daughter of the late Maxon Lee Pascoe and Edith Mae Behrendt. She ...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Two sand trucks contracted by Olympus Energy to service its Apollo well site crashed in separate incidents last week, Elizabeth Township officials confirmed ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s police chief is attempting to equip his officers with body cameras. During Monday’s council workshop meeting, Borough Manager John Palyo said Chief Mark Sa...

Edna Ruth Chadderton Lavins of Donora, formerly of Crucible, Pa., devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away Aug. 28, 2022. She was the youngest child of Harriet Edna Wright Chadderton and Cla...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Forward Township Supervisors approved a four-year contract with the Elizabeth Township Police Department during Monday’s meeting. The contract runs through Dece...

Lois Jean Allen Zurich, 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at The Residence at Bethel Park surrounded by her children, who loved her dearly. Born July 21, 1927, she was the daught...

Sylvia M. Nuzzaci Dague, 77, of Monongahela, passed away Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born in Monongahela on Jan. 30, 1945, to the late Anthony and Bess Inser...

Dwain D. Johnson, 81, of Donora, passed away Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at Hallsworth House, Monessen. Born Dec. 20, 1940, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Paul D. and Dolores O. Jones John...

Helen F. Pipik, age 99, of Donora, passed away Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at Havencrest Heathcare and Rehabilitation Center in Carroll Township. She was born Jan. 8, 1923, in Donora, daughter of the lat...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Audiences at McKeesport Little Theater will soon be transported to the heyday of the “newsies.” While newspaper subscriptions and home delivery of some local papers st...

Tom Hall of Rostraver Township brought Chloe to the Mon Valley Paws Pet Walk and Vendor Show Saturday in Monessen.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s Swin Cash was enshrined Saturday into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Upon invitation by Cash — who also invited the entire current girl...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Will the shale gas industry continue to boom in the United States? Two Mon Valley communities could have a say in the matter this week.   To read the rest of...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s 2022 trick or treat will still be held in the evening, despite some concerns.   Council discussed the issue last week before deciding the event will ta...

By the Mon Valley Independent The defending PSAC champions from Kutztown scored 17 points in the fourth quarter on its way to a 24-19 victory over No. 17 California in crossover action at University F...