Gibson, Porter push Cal to win
By Mon Valley Independent 
February 2, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports After only winning one of their last five games, the California girls basketball team needed a “get-right” game. The Trojans got it Thursday in Section 4-2A action, led by a ...
Obituaries
By obits 
February 2, 2024
Ann Maisano, 94, of Monessen, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Jefferson Hospital, with her loving family by her side. She was born on Aug. 26, 1929, in Monessen, daughter of the late Ignaz...
Donora debates MMVTA rep
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 2, 2024
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It sounds like Donora Council is going to put the issue of who will be the borough’s representative for the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority up for a vote, potent...
Obituaries
By obits 
February 2, 2024
Lisa M. Miller Pilarcik, 54, of Scenery Hill, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at Donnell House in Washington. Born Jan. 9, 1970, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of John “Jack” Miller of Bell...
Fallowfield Twp. representative for MMVTA board resigns
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By Mon Valley Independent 
February 2, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors will soon select a new person to represent the community on the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority board of directors....
Donna L. Shultz – Elizabeth
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By obits 
February 1, 2024
Donna L. Shultz, 87, of Elizabeth, passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 1, 2024, at the home of her nephew. She was born Nov. 1, 1936, in Charleroi, a daughter of the late John and Ella McCracken Shultz...
Obituaries
By obits 
February 1, 2024
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...
Vulcans avoid letdown against Fighting Scots
By Jeremy Sellew 
February 1, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com If the Edinboro men’s basketball team was hoping the California (Pa.) men would be in letdown mode Wednesday, they were sadly mistaken. KJ McClurg led four Vulcans...
100th day workout
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 1, 2024
Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent California Area School Elementary first-graders Nolan Hasbrouck, Teegan Harned, Tara Masaitis and Camden Juarez run in place for 100 seconds with their classmates ...
Hoops through the years: Remembering the Valley’s best
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By Stacy Wolford 
February 1, 2024
By RALPH STONE MVI columnist Once upon a season there were open-ended tar buckets, bushel baskets, and actual basketball rims hanging from telephone poles, tree trunks and garage doors all over the st...
Cal women let first-half lead slip away against Edinboro
By Jeremy Sellew 
February 1, 2024
By LIAM BELAN MVI Sports Carrying a nine-point lead into the halftime break, California was unable to capture a PSAC West win, falling 57-51 at the hands of Edinboro at the Convocation Center Wednesda...