By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com From Friday’s win over Southmoreland to Saturday’s victory against Franklin Regional, the Belle Vernon Area basketball team looked better with its collective play.  ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council will look for matching grant funds to pair up with American Rescue Plan money to resurface the tennis courts at City Park. Councilman Don Gr...

For the Mon Valley Independent The Vulcans moved into a four-way tie for second place in the PSAC West standings following a 67-58 win over Pitt-Johnstown at the Convocation Center Saturday. With the ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The South Allegheny School District will look to unveil an innovative new aviation curriculum for high school students after winning a Moonshot Grant from Remake Learn...

Ida Evena Ellis, 55, of Monessen, went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 24, 2023, peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born June 19, 1967, in Monessen, the daughter of the lat...

Norma Jean Morris, 77, of Belle Vernon, died on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Born in North Charleroi on July 31, 1945, she was the daughter of the late George and M...

After a lengthy battle with Cancer, Daniel Wayne “Boom Boom” Kuchera of Monessen passed away comfortably at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. He was the son of the late Robert and Margaret Kuchera. ...

On Sept. 15, 2022, holding the hands of both daughter, Tina Marie and namesake and niece, Sharon Michele, our beloved went home to be reunited with the Lord following a short but aggressive illness. K...

Charles “Chuck” Radock, 92, a longtime resident of Wexford, passed away on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.  A son of the late Nicholas and Pauline Radish Radock, he was born in Fairhope on Aug. 8, 1930. A 1948...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com A win is a win and the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team will take their victory over Southmoreland Friday in stride. But head coach Joe Salvino wasn’t smilin...

By Jonathan Guth MVI Sports Jaydis Kennedy scored 44 points and Geibel Catholic avenged an earlier loss in the season to Monessen with a 75-55 victory in Section 2-1A boys basketball action Friday nig...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Defensive struggles played a big role in Thomas Jefferson’s 83-64 setback at the hands of Peters Township in Section 1-5A play Friday night.   The Jaguars (11-6, 4-2...

Margaret C. Urda, 96, of Charleroi, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Born on June 12, 1926, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Anna Kruppa Gaidos. She married Fred Urda on June 12, 1...

Linda Cappelli Vernet, 72, of Rostraver Township, formerly of Charleroi, died Jan. 26, 2023, after a long battle with cancer. Born April 14, 1950, in Charleroi, she was the daughter of the late Leo Ca...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com In an entertaining Section 3-2A battle, it was Serra Catholic that returned home from Clairton with a narrow 56-51 victory. The Bears (9-10, 4-5) were unable to knock ...

California Area Elementary School students load and unload clothes from a new washer and dryer purchased through a grant from the California Area School District Foundation. The appliances, bought at ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com “I saw the Earth cracking.” That’s what Julie Farthing, owner of Julie’s Hair Haven, said she witnessed before water flooded the intersection of Fourth and Main stre...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Twelve Mon Valley projects were included in a list of recommendations by the Washington County Local Share Account Review Committee. The committee recently reviewed ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Since the collapse of Big Steel decades ago, there’s been talk, as well as action, to clean up and make new use of brownfield sites in the Greater Pittsburgh region. A...

By Matt Petras For the MVI At a thriving business on McKean Avenue in Donora, customers who enter are greeted to relaxing music, figurines of characters from animated movies and television shows like ...