By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new sculpture at Sixth Street Park in Monessen celebrates the city’s future. The Industrial Arts Workshop commemorated the work of students from the 2021 Summer We...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Down to what could have been the last out and last strike of Elizabeth Forward’s softball season, Alivia Grimm delivered in a clutch situation. The sophomore catcher...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com It doesn’t take a lion to be lionhearted — or maybe it does. The Mon River Fleet Lions Club held its annual giving ceremony Thursday at Di’s Kornerstone Diner i...

For the Mon Valley Independent Like many young sports fans growing up in the Mon Valley in the ’60s and ’70s, Bill Keenist always looked forward to the annual Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game. To ...

John P. “Duffy” Carlisle, of Sterling, Va., formerly of Stockdale, passed away on April 27, 2023, at the age of 84. Born on Oct. 27, 1938, in Detroit, Mich., he was the son of the late Julia and Gus C...

William “Buck” Clineman, 77, of Fallowfield, passed away peacefully at home on June 7, 2023, with his family by his side. Born on June 14, 1945, in Newburgh N.Y., Buck was the son of the late William ...

Janet C. Kurpieski Kandrick, 75, of North Charleroi, passed away peacefully at home on June 7, 2023. Born in North Charleroi on Nov. 5, 1947, Janet was the daughter of the late Edward and Thelma Marti...

Mary Beth Wisyanski, 59, of Monessen, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Born on Sept. 17, 1963, she was the daughter of the late Dell and Dorothy Baciak Vance. She wa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Honks from passing traffic outside of the Charleroi Borough building echoed for blocks Wednesday as residents packed council’s agenda meeting to protest an ordinance...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Leopards and Elizabeth Forward Warriors will meet for the fourth time this season when the pair of section rivals travel to Hempfield for a PIA...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Residents packed McKeesport council’s meeting room Wednesday to welcome three new police officers and two full-time firefighters to the city. The addition of ne...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Mon Valley Independent’s award-winning coverage of local sports continued the trend of bringing home hardware as announced last week. The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Assoc...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Concerns were raised about an air quality permit and a mineral mine permit by Recycle Zone LLC as well as the small number of local residents who know about the develo...

By RALPH STONE MVI Columnist Last week’s story was indicative of the lifelong love affair that I’ve had for baseball. It all began 81 summers ago when I first picked up a bat and smacked the softball ...

Liam Belan / Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Township Commissioners Vice President Josh Walls, Mark Cain, Jim Benedek, President Dan Poirier, Dennis Kampas, Chris Thoma and Kyle Walk honored the work...

Erma Lee Church Golden, 88, of Clover Hill, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Penn Highlands Monongahela Valley Hospital. Surviving are her sons, Ross Golden (Carla) of Fredericktown, the Rev. Gre...

Karen J. Kelemen, 79, of Washington Township, Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 5, 2023, in Allegheny General Hospital. A daughter of the late Norman and Velma Delansky Renner, sh...

Bruce L. Kusaj, 85, of Belle Vernon, passed away with his loving family by his side on June 7, 2023, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Bruce was born on Nov. 22, 1937, in Warren, to the late Wilh...

Ringgold High School graduates Alexa Schwab, Martina Stasko, Elizabeth Talaga and Karisa Vaccaro wait for the ceremony to begin Tuesday evening.   To purchase this photo and more from our online photo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With the first reading of an ordinance to dissolve the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi on tonight’s Charleroi council agenda, lines of communication remain ope...