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 ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Many schools around the Mon Valley came up with fun, creative ways for their students to celebrate their 100th day of school this year. For Catholic ...

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...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Dozens of supporters of Amy Gumbert packed Thursday’s school board meeting to speak out for the McKeesport Area basketball coach, who recently resigned. Four pl...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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 ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com It’s uncertain whether or not Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow, but one thing is for certain tomorrow: a music-filled evening at the Groundhog Day Festival...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com As Fallowfield Township supervisors update their emergency response plan this year, they are also considering investing in handheld radios for employ...

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...

By Staff and Wire Reports New data from automatic voter registration at Pennsylvania driver’s license centers shows that sign-ups have grown, remain almost evenly divided between the political parties...

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...