By KRISTIE LINDEN and TAYLOR BROWN   klinden@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com While the 2023 Red Kettle Campaign in the Salvation Army’s Western Pennsylvania Division exceeded its fundraising goal overa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Compliance Field Services has given Donora its preliminary report on the blighted building at 647 McKean Ave. and had a couple surprising results. CFI was hired b...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports The Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team took a step out of Section 3-4A play Saturday afternoon and hosted Class 5A foe Gateway. The Leopards hung tough with the Gators th...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com A group of local and state elected officials hailed the success of Pennsylvania’s Whole-Home Repairs program while calling for more funding Friday during a publ...

By the Mon Valley Independent Four players hit double figures for Serra Catholic, as the Eagles held off Jeannette to pick up a Section 3-2A win over the Jayhawks. Owen Dumbroski led the charge for th...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward held three separate 13-point leads in the third quarter before ultimately trailing by one with less than five minutes remaining in Friday’s game ag...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports The Monessen boys basketball team had hopes of an undefeated section record this winter. Those hopes were dashed last week when West Greene upset Monessen at home. With a piv...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The time has come to say farewell to the heart and soul of the Mon Valley Independent sports department. As many know by now, Assistant Sports Editor Jose Negron i...

Charleroi Area’s McKenna “Boots” DeUnger, center, celebrated with the student section after scoring her 1,000th point early in Friday’s game against West Greene. To purchase this photo and more from o...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Roscoe resident Sydney Smichnick, a senior at Penn   State University, will travel to Las Vegas next week to do public relations work for the NFL leading up to the Super Bow...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Carnegie Library of McKeesport will prepare and serve a free hot meal to the public on the first Tuesday of each month. The meal, which includes stew, bread and...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Applications are being accepted for Community Foundation of Fayette County’s post-secondary scholarships.   CFFC scholarship opportunities are ma...

Richard “Pap Rich” H. Travalena, 88, of Perryopolis, Jefferson Township, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, after a year-long struggle with heart issues at LaFayette Manor in Uniont...

Michael Brazzon Jr., 86, of Perryopolis, passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at Uniontown Health & Rehab in Uniontown. Born Feb. 25, 1937, in Belle Vernon, he was the son of the late Michael and Mary ...

Dorothy E. Pozum Rodgers, 84, of Belle Vernon, Fairhope, passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at her home. Born April 2, 1939, in North Charle- roi, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Olga O...

Pearl Roman, 92, of New Eagle, died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born Oct. 10, 1931, in Gallatin, daughter of Andrew and Annie Fransko Roman. Pearl was a 1949...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic’s girls now sit alone in second place in Section 3-2A after rolling to a win over visiting Clairton Thursday at home. The Eagles never trailed, desp...

Don W. Bialon, 75, of Rostraver Township, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 30, 2024, in Allegheny General Hospital of Pittsburgh. He was born in Charleroi on May 4, 1948, son of the late Frank A. and ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com McKeesport celebrated its eight seniors, including all five starters, in style by capturing a convincing 61-37 victory over visiting Thomas Jefferson in Section 3-5A...