By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Greg Garry was sworn in Monday as the new mayor of Monongahela. A former city treasurer, Garry defeated Councilwoman Claudia Williams in November. Williams remains o...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Three new commissioners were sworn into office Monday in Elizabeth Township along with incumbent Andrew Kuzma. The board then immediately reorganized and held i...

Dorothy J. Lees Dorothy J. Lees, 94, died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. She was the daughter of the late James and Julia McCloskey Sholtis. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Vaughn Pete Lees. ...

Matthew C. Smelser Charleroi (Carroll township) Matthew C. Smelser, 43, of Charleroi (Carroll Township), died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. Born March 16, 1976, in Toledo, Ohio, he is the son of Charles J. (S...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Roger Schneider of the Pittsburgh S-Gaugers shows Cameron Gibson of West Elizabeth, Madison Bindus of Elizabeth Township and Cody Anderson of Rostraver Township...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A local paramedic was killed early Sunday morning while responding to the scene of an accident on I-70. Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services Paramedic Supervi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Eric Porter will officially take the bench as a magisterial district judge in Charleroi today. Elected in November to replace long-time judge Larry Hopkins, Porter w...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council will look — and potentially sound — a little different starting tonight. Edward “Sonny” Lawson, Joseph Greco and Donnie Pavelko will be sworn in as...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Brothers Grimm are hitting the stage over the next two weekends for the McKeesport Little Theater Juniors production of “Into the Woods.” The tale by James Lapine ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon has received permission from the state Department of Community and Economic Development to utilize a $150,000 streetscape grant to give the d...

By Jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Last year was a historic season in more ways than one for the Thomas Jefferson girls basketball program.   The Jaguars advanced to the WPIAL championship game for th...

By the MV independent McKeesport’s Jhayla Bray reached the 1,000 rebound plateau with a double-double in McKeesport’s 66-34 victory over East Allegheny at the Jamfest at Penn Hills Saturday afternoon....

By Dan Palm MVI Sports Four local wrestling teams were in tournament action this weekend.   Bentworth and Ringgold competed in the Tri-County Athletic Directors Association Tournament, while Belle Ver...

Olive Bracken, 96, of Charleroi, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Born on Dec. 23, 1923, she was the daughter of the late James and Irene Blazier. She was a member of Mary, Mother of the Church ...

Elizabeth “Betty” M. Canigiani Savarino, 91, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born July 7, 1928, in Faye...

Mike Magatz, 94, of Monessen, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born on Aug. 26, 1925, in Monessen, son of the late Metro and Mary Terletsky Magatz. Mike was a lifelo...

Leonard Santini was born in Lock 4, the second of four children to Edmund Santini and Beatrice Wilkinson Santini. Leonard passed into glory on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, preceded by his wife, Sally Welker ...

Anne Marie Yost, 92, Rostraver Township, passed away Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, with her devoted husband of 72 years, Russell L. Yost, at her side. A daughter of the late John and Anna Filicko, she was bor...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Five-year-old Leyla Knox of California poses for a photo with California Area High School senior cheerleaders Macy Dochinez, Erin Sheehan, Jennie Bostich and Ka...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com No matter what 2020 may bring, Monessen council members say they are prepared to face the challenges head on.   Whether they’ll face them with Mayor Matt ...