By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com They say it’s difficult to defeat a team three times in a single season, and it sure was for Laurel Highlands Thursday night as it overcame a 13-point deficit entering...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Third time was the charm for the St. Joseph girls basketball team against Monessen Thursday night. The previous two times the squads met in the quarterfinals, the Greyhounds ...

For the Mon Valley Independent The 28th annual Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame banquet will be held 5:30 p.m. June 16 at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Monessen. This year, six new inductees...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The board of the McKeesport Little Tigers hosted “Rolling with our Heroes” at Eden Park Skating Rink Thursday to raise money for the families of two city police...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pirogies, haluski and an oversized piece of fish on a noticeably smaller bun are a part of the fabric of the Greater Pittsburgh region’s culture and traditions. And du...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council said Thursday that Mon Valley EMS has significantly improved its responsiveness to city calls over the past two months. Mayor Ron Mozer said over...

By Matt Petras For the MVI The Washington County Chamber of Commerce hosted the 11th annual State of the Economy conference Thursday morning, welcoming hundreds of local business leaders for talks as ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The bridge that connects Butsko Road to Route 917 in Fallowfield Township was heavily damaged after a hit-and-run accident last month. Supervisors discussed the acci...

Roscoe Daniel Anderson, 61, of Charleroi, born on Sept. 22, 1961, passed on Feb. 19, 2023. He was a graduate of Monessen High School, and after graduation he left to serve in the United States Navy. H...

Betty A. Draganac, 86, of Belle Vernon, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at Mon Valley Care Center, surrounded by family. She was born July 17, 1936, and raised in Van Voorhis, daughter of the la...

Sandra Dee DuCarme, 57, of Donora, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in her home. She was born Feb. 23, 1965, in Charleroi, daughter of the late Vernon William and Beverly Ann Large Hayden. Sandy was emp...

Ronald Lee Petrosky, 73, of Belle Vernon, Perry Township, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at his home. Born May 3, 1949, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Charles W. Petrosky Sr. and ...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports The Belle Vernon Area Leopards are playing against the No. 2 seed in the WPIAL 4A playoffs in Laurel Highlands, tonight at Peters Township. And the Mustangs (20-2) have alrea...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports In a battle of the top two defenses in Class 1A, No. 3 Carlynton was able to find its offense in the middle quarters and put away the No. 6 Greyhounds, 62-39, Wednesday in a ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When Charleroi officials were looking for a new head football coach, the biggest thing they were searching for was consistency. This fall will be the second straig...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com All the world’s a stage, but for Charleroi Area students, their stage is a jungle. More than 100 cast and crew will climb, swing and dance through the trees when stu...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com At the end of the third quarter Wednesday night, McKeesport faced a 10-point deficit in its WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal matchup against Gateway. The Tigers spent mos...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Talk about the recent fire at Elizabeth Forward High School dominated the conversation at Wednesday night’s school board meeting. The Elizabeth Forward school board an...

Photos by Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Many Christians headed to church yesterday for Ash Wednesday services. It also marks the beginning of Lent — the 40-day period of abstinence and self-res...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com For one Belle Vernon Area High School senior, years of work in scouts culminated in an Eagle Scout award in October and lessons in morality and community service that ...