By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Three Monessen police officers, along with City Administrator John Harhai and Councilman Gil Coles, attended Tuesday night’s Redevelopment Authority Board...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth man is being held at the Allegheny County Jail on charges of arson following a fire Tuesday morning in Elizabeth. The Elizabeth Borough Police Depa...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Borough Solicitor Krisha DiMascio said plans to arrange a local and public meeting with PennDOT concerning the Route 906 closure have been un...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Rep. Bill Kortz, a Democrat who represents Pennsylvania’s 38th Legislative District, announced Tuesday that he will retire at the end of November. Kortz, 66, of ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District is taking a close look at its security measures following an in-depth study conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police. “It w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Nikki Calloway, a mental health counselor at UPMC McKeesport, understands the “questions and frustrations associated with living with an individual with a substance ab...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward unleashed an all-out aerial assault on senior night Tuesday and Ringgold was on the receiving end of the long-range charge. The Warriors hit 15 3...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Following its loss to South Fayette Friday, the Thomas Jefferson boys basketball team wasn’t happy. The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak, but in the process, reigni...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com While most high school basketball players spend Saturday nights hanging out with friends or resting up for the rigorous week ahead, Joey Caruso spent his time off sh...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports Entering Tuesday night’s Section 2-2A matchup, both California and Chartiers-Houston had their backs firmly against the wall.   The two teams find themselves jammed i...

Kay F. Bradley, 77, of Rostraver Township, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. A daughter of the late Howard K. and Mary Wilson Garner, she was bor...

Nancy J. Comadena Monongahela Nancy J. Comadena, 74, of Monongahela, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Dunlevy Manor. She was born July 8, 1945, in New Eagle, the daughter of Donald W. and June E. Keena...

Patricia A. ‘Pat’ Sandis Donora Patricia A. “Pat” Sandis, 76, of Donora, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at Mon Valley Care Center, Carroll Township. She was born in North Charle- roi on April 1...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward did what it had to do to remain in the playoff hunt Monday night. And with a little bit of help, the Warriors gained some separation near the top o...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After getting off to a ripping start, the Belle Vernon Area girls basketball team had visiting West Mifflin right where it wanted them. But it was deja-vu all over...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL unveiled the new football alignment for the upcoming two-year cycle that begins this fall. After surveying local school districts and administrators on t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Regional Police Department is mourning the death of one of their own — retired K-9 Officer Rex. Rex, 14, died Monday. The beloved canine was taken to F...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Washington County Court of Common Pleas Judge Traci McDonald Kemp, the county’s first black woman elected to county-wide office, gave a Martin Luther King...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students from five different Penn State University campuses in Western Pennsylvania joined forces in McKeesport Monday to complete service projects in memory of the li...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Every girl deserves to feel like a princess on her prom night. That’s why Diann Donaldson, owner of Jazzy Boutique in North Belle Vernon, has made it her ...