By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Kailey Larcinese still has two seasons left in an Elizabeth Forward uniform. But she knows her softball career won’t end once she’s finished donning the red and blac...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Seven local players and a coach earned statewide recognition this past weekend. A pair of Clairton players were named all-state in Class A, while a Belle Vernon Area...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Year of the Rat will be recognized by the Chinese Zodiac in 2020, but 2019 was its Year of the Pig, and the closing week of 2019 certainly ended up being prosperou...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors Monday closed out the year by adopting a balanced 2020 budget with no tax increase and purchasing a building. Vice Chairman David M...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An annual program held for Charleroi Area Middle School students last week will have children in the Christmas spirit all year long. The 12 Days of Christmas program...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Donora’s newly elected council members will have to pass the borough’s 2020 budget as only one member showed up at Monday’s scheduled meeting ready to vote. Council ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township property owners will see another year with no tax increase, making 2020 the 16th consecutive year the budget featured no tax hikes. Mon...

Fran Winn, 87, of Virginia Beach, Va., and Fresno, Calif., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. Born Frances Marie Blatnik on Nov. 5, 1932, in Fayette City, PA, Fran was a 1950 graduate...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Local basketball fans in a packed Charleroi gymnasium were treated to an instant classic in the championship game of the CFSBank Holiday Classic Saturday night. Wi...

By DAN PALM MVI Sports Eight local wrestling teams were in tournament action this weekend and a number of athletes got on the podium. The most impressive performance, though, may have come from Belle ...

By JOE SABOLEK MVI Sports Charleroi used a balanced scoring attack to hold off Southmoreland, 64-58, Saturday to claim third place in the CFSBank Holiday Classic. Four Cougars finished in double figur...

By the Mon Valley Independent While teams around the region wrapped up tournament play, none may have made a statement like the Monessen girls. The Greyhounds (6-3) showed their resurgence is for real...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent These Fallowfield Township girls were at Charleroi Area High School Saturday night for the final game of the CFSBank Holiday Classic. From left are Emma Skobel,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Rep. Austin Davis   recently delivered good news for homeowners in Clairton on behalf of the state Department of Community and Economic Development. “I’m happy t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A popular volunteer program that provided tiny hats to area newborns has come to an end. More than 350 people and groups in western Pennsylvania had participate...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Maple Creek Distributors in Charleroi is again hoping to wrap up the holidays with a gift for area veterans. Each year, the business decorates a Christmas tree with ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald was one of four elected officials to win the inaugural Moe Coleman “Let’s Work Together” award recently in Pittsbu...

Barbara Alatsis, 80, of Monessen, passed away on Dec. 28, 2019, in the Hallsworth House of Monessen. She was born on Oct. 13, 1939, in Monessen, a daughter of the late Joseph and Frances Milasincic. B...

Louise P. Mandekic, 87 of McKeesport, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in UPMC McKeesport.  Born June 21, 1932, in East Pittsburgh, she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Sophia Gorence Zupanc...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Things went down to the wire in a matchup of local rivals on the second day of the CFSbank Holiday Classic at Charleroi High School Friday. Belle Vernon Area had f...