By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Year after year, Clairton football strikes fear in its opponents as one of the most prolific programs in Pennsylvania because of its consistency and relentlessness. Co...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward has heard all the rumblings about certain Interstate Conference newcomers. But as far as the Warriors are concerned, they’re still the top dogs. ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports It will be a new era for Frazier football in 2022, as the Commodores are faced with several new challenges on and off the field. The Commodores will be led by first-year head...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Last season, McKeesport came within a couple of feet of reaching the WPIAL championship game. This year, the Tigers have something to prove and they’re willing to ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Monessen head coach Wade Brown doesn’t exactly know what to expect from his Greyhounds this fall. They’re coming off a season in which they won four games and went 3...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Marcus McCullough played his final football game at Ringgold in 1987, losing to New Castle in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals. Now he’s in charge of restoring the Rams’ ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com South Allegheny’s Dashawn Carter and Eric Wehrer have seen the preseason stories and they’re fine with everyone picking the Gladiators to finish dead last in Class...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Confidence isn’t lacking inside the football locker room at Serra Catholic High School. A year after winning WPIAL gold and playing in a state championship game in H...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There’s a new volleyball powerhouse in Class 1A this season, as the Frazier Commodores have a new home in Section 2. The Commodores, a perennial power in Class 2A ...

For the Mon Valley Independent The final country that I am visiting this summer is Ecuador! After hiking the Inca Trail, we flew from Cusco, Peru, to Quito, Ecuador, where we made our way to the Galáp...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A student-involved art project years in the making was unveiled Sunday at Madonna Catholic Regional School in Monongahela, and the artist who helped create it hopes ...

Staff and wire reports More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced W...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Motorists surprised by the newly installed traffic signals in Belle Vernon Borough near the I-70 ramp will only have to get used to them for the time being. Accordin...

For the MVI Three Mon Valley businesses were honored along with retired chamber Executive Director Debra Keefer, at the 2022 Annual Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala. Nearly 80 guest...

Lawrence M. Davis, 98, of Whitsett, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at The Uniontown Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Lawrence was born in Vanderbilt, Pa., to the late Cat...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny Regional Asset District — also known as RAD — on Tuesday kicked off its annual public hearings in which the board of directors hears from funding applica...

George Raymond Petrisin, 94, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at his home. Born July 1, 1928, in Donora, he was the son of the late George and Anne Olsavic Pe...

Monessen Elementary Center students got on their bus early Tuesday morning near City Park.  

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area has a new transportation provider in place, but a bus driver shortage continues to make an impact on students in the school district’s borders. To read...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Government officials in Elizabeth are crediting the morning routine and character of one of the town’s life-long residents for saving a local business Monday...