BY MATT PETRAS For the MVI Corrina Withrow, Monongahela councilperson Sarah O’Brien and their family Saturday morning continued the annual tradition of hanging scarves on trees in Chess Park to signal...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners may consider increasing the mechanical amusement device fee. Township police Chief Scott Sokol brought up a discussion on...

By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media Something had to give when Charleroi and District 1’s Delco Christian met to decide the PIAA Class A boys soccer championship Saturday afternoon at Cumberland Valley’s...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com The Steel Center for Career and Technical Education in Jefferson Hills hosted an open forum Friday between Pennsylvania’s state Director for Career and Technica...

By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports Frazier High School senior Nicole Palmer is returning to her roots. Palmer, who pitched two seasons with the Frazier softball team, got her start in the sport at Seton Hi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts is getting into the holiday spirit of giving. As the holiday season approaches, a special event hosted by the MVAA is aimed to ig...

Donald E. Ulens, 84, of Charleroi, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 17, 2023. Donald was born on Jan. 26, 1939, in Charleroi to the late Peter and Catherine McCabe Ulens. Catholic by faith, Donald was...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com B elle Vernon head coach Matt Humbert said he wanted to see his team assert themselves when they faced off in a WPIAL Class 3A semifinal against East Allegheny Fri...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Halloween may be in the rear-view mirror, but McKeesport still managed to dish out a few belated “Spells” on Montour Friday night. Senior Keith Spell ran for over 19...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com With a new head coach, a new quarterback and very little preseason buzz, Elizabeth Forward made a run to the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals against defending runner-up Avon...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Charleroi Area High School boys soccer team departed campus Friday with a grand send off from students district wide. The marching band lead the parade arou...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For more than 70 years Lee Supply Company has put family — including its customers and employees — at the forefront of its business model. As Lee Supply Company look...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Despite the postponement of Merry and Bright Night and persistent rain, Monongahela’s local businesses received consistent traffic throughout Friday. The Monong...

By Jim Busch For the MVI The South Allegheny School Board voted to expand the district’s athletic program to include a middle school baseball team. The only costs related to the expansion will be tran...

By Jim Busch For the MVI McKeesport Area School District officials hosted the second annual series of “Community Conversations” this week to engage with residents in an informal setting. The first of ...

Donald Kurilla, 86, of Carroll Township passed away Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, at Mon Valley Care Center. He was born in Charleroi, on Oct. 7, 1937, son of the late Steve and Ann Poyer Kurilla. Donald ...

Doris Ann Lynch, 87, of Port Vue, died on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. She was born in Port Vue, on March 14, 1936, and is the daughter of the late Michael and Laura Zawrot Tutko and the wife of the late Le...

Poppy Laychak, 6, Greer Long, 6, Emma Piscetelli, 6, and Penn Piscetelli, 4, waved to Santa as he arrived on a fire truck Thursday at Light-Up Night in Elizabeth.  To purchase this photo and more from...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area football team will look for its third straight WPIAL championship game appearance tonight when it meets East Allegheny for a Class 3A semifin...

By JEREMY SELLEW and LIAM BELAN jsellew@yourmvi.com lbelan@yourmvi.com With a passion for history, local sports and his beloved Belle Vernon Area School District, the Mid-Mon Valley lost one of its bi...