By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area didn’t wear masks with the likeness of Michael Myers, but the Leopards did nothing but hand out nightmares for McKeesport Friday night.   To read...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Heading into Friday’s game with just one win, Charleroi gave its seniors a memorable sendoff. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Indepe...

By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media WPIAL rushing leader Nijhay Burt was averaging 2 yards a carry on his first 10 tries Friday night, yet nobody this season has frustrated the Steel Valley star for an e...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Interstate Conference champion Elizabeth Forward made its case for a top-three seed and possible bye in the WPIAL playoffs by hammering rival Yough, 49-8, on senio...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two dogs and two cats were killed   in a house fire late Thursday night on Lower Meadow Avenue in Charleroi.   To read the rest of the story, please see a cop...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The men accused of murdering Nicholas Tarpley inside Anna Lee’s Convenience Store in Donora last February will face the death penalty if convicted. To read the re...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen, Ted Harhai and Mark Galper have sued the city’s redevelopment authority and two of its members for not relinquishing their seats. To read th...

By Matt Petras For the MVI At the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival a few years ago, Erik Sprowls decided to go as a pirate. Folks at the festival found his character so convincing and entertaining, Spr...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There are two seats open on the five-member board of commissioners in Rostraver Township this year.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturd...

Wilbur “Wap” Lee Larkin Sr., 75, was dispatched to help repair one of the heavenly trains on Oct. 26, 2021. Wil or “Wap” as he was affectionately known, was born July 25, 1946, in Farmington, W.Va., t...

Rosemarie Hartley Richie, 76, of Monessen, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, peacefully in her sleep after a long illness. Born May 9, 1945, in Marianna, she was the daughter of the late John and Ro...

  Carl R. Clegg Jr., 79, of Donora, formerly of Bethel Park, passed away Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. He was the former husband of Barbara Clegg and former loving partner of Marguerite Burns; beloved fath...

Waiting for the start of Thursday’s Halloween parade in Donora are Ariana Groves, 6, of Monongahela, Addison Senf, 7, of Donora, Skye Saunders, 6, of Monongahela, Teagan Williams, 7, of Donora and Sop...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora has a new police chief and it came amidst a series of surprising votes by council Thursday morning. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Fri...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Big 8 Conference football game tonight between Belle Vernon Area and McKeesport just got a little more interesting. To read the rest of the story, please see a cop...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN   tbrown@yourmvi.com One of the newest dining and entertainment venues in the Mon Valley will be the new host of an annual fundraiser for the Charleroi Regional Police Departmen...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Donora, there are six people vying for four spots on council. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday’s Mon Valley Independent, call 724-314...

  Joseph William Sambol, 84, o f175 Raintree Blvd, Bridgeport, W.Va., died Oct. 27, 2021, at United Hospital Center, with his family at his side. He was born in Pittsburgh. He is survived by his wife ...

Mary Kay Fredrick, 97, of Carroll Township, passed away peacefully on Oct. 27, 2021, at The Residence at Hilltop. Born on Feb. 14, 1924, in Star Junction, she is the daughter of the late John and Agne...