Mike Darnay / Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson’s Shane Stump lifts the PIAA championship trophy Thursday night after the Jaguars routed Dallas to win the Class 4A championship.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A local lawmaker has a front row seat in the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.   U.S. Rep. Gu...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com If there’s a group that knows how to share the joy of Christmas with local children, it’s the Mon Valley Leathernecks. Despite their tough name, these mem...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although there’s no snow on the ground, McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park feels like a winter wonderland this week.   That’s because the city’s 34th annual Festival of Tr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Grandparenting can be difficult, especially around the holidays.   To show support for grandparents who are caring full-time for their grandchildren, Southwestern Pe...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Superintendents from 19 “urban school districts” across the state held press conferences Thursday to call for an end to the current cyber-charter/charter school fundin...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council discussed the 2020 preliminary budget Thursday as some members disagreed loudly and frequently, or occasionally insulted each other throughout. Bor...

David Michael ‘Dave’ Feehan Winter Springs, Fla., Formerly of Monessen David Michael “Dave” Feehan (affectionately known by his friends and family as “Fee”) went to be with the Lord on Dec. 2, 2019, a...

By the MVI The annual Chow Chow Luncheon at Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate Services in Rostraver Township has come a long way since it began 21 years ago. The tradition, which attracts more than 200 p...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A proposed 2020 budget is still in the works in Charleroi. Council members discussed the proposed spending plan during an agenda meeting Wednesday. As is, the $2.6 m...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills borough council was preparing to see three new faces as a result of the Nov. 5 general election, with newcomers Karen Bucy, Keith Reynolds an...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport residents will see a property tax increase in 2020. In a 6-1 vote at Wednesday’s meeting, council passed the 2020 budget, which is balanced at $22,675,901. ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Resistance from a resident and failure to make motions from the Rostraver Board of Commissioners resulted in the rejection of the transfer of two separate...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Two new board members and three incumbents were sworn into office Wednesday at the start of the Elizabeth Forward School Board meeting. Magisterial District Jud...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board welcomed in a new member and appointed a former member to fill an empty seat during its meeting Wednesday. Harley Bobnar, who was elected to...

Major Edward L. Bialon HARDIN, Mont., formerly of Monongahela Major Edward L. Bialon, U.S. Army Retired, died in Billings, Mont. on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 at the age of 72. Ed graduated from Monongah...

Henry ‘Heno’ DeAmbroggi Jr. New Stanton Henry “Heno” DeAmbroggi Jr., 83, of New Stanton, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. Mr. DeAmbroggi was born May 12, 1936, in Fallowfield Township, the son of the late ...

Mary Ann Wilson Goff, formerly of Charleroi, went home to Christ on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, at 88 years old. Mary Ann was born on Oct. 17, 1931 to the late Andrew Wilson and Izora Phillips Wilson. S...

Grace Y. (Robb) Yocolano, 74, of Donora, passed away on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at Curahealth of Pittsburgh. Born in Charleroi on April 20, 1945, Grace was a daughter of the late Harry and Agnes (Gilpen...

Wilma J. Scullion Charleroi Wilma J. Scullion, 80, of Charleroi, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born Jan. 13, 1939 in Charleroi, daughter of George Kistler ...