By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The Charleroi girls basketball team has relied on three things this season: Defense, taking care of the basketball and senior guard Bella Skobel.   If one falters, th...

By the Mon Valley Independent Qitarah Hardison notched a double-double in her 11th straight game and Kendelle Weston ripped the nets for a game-high 20 points as the Greyhounds rolled into second-plac...

Dane Benjamin Hone of Charleroi, passed away on Jan. 5, 2020, due to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in Leander, Texas. He was born Dec. 7, 1974, and graduated with the Class of 1993. He is...

Elizabeth Reisinger Spragg, 77, of Charleroi, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, in her home. She was born Aug. 21, 1942, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late Carl and Anna Schallenberger ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A portion of Bunola River Road in Forward Township will close indefinitely beginning today. According to Forward Township police, the road will be closed between Reg...

Photo courtesy of Monessen No. 1 Fire Dept. A Monessen house located on the 1100 block of State Street was damaged following a chimney fire Wednesday afternoon. Monessen No. 1, Monessen Hilltop and Ch...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Rudy loves to run down the halls in the dairy barn, or any where else his hooves will lead him. The Brown Swiss bull calf was born at Round Hill Park 6:35 p.m. ...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Pirate Pierogies stopped by Ringgold High School Wednesday as part of a special visit by several Pittsburgh Pirates. Shown with a few of the Pierogie mascot...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Ringgold baseball and softball teams won’t start their respective seasons until late March, but they received some additional tips on hitting, pitching and men...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports The stars will shine Friday night at Ringgold High gymnasium. The Rams (10-6, 3-3) will play host to Waynesburg Central (7-9, 1-5) in a key Sec. 3 4A contest (tip-off is set ...

By DAN PALM MVI Sports Thomas Jefferson defended their 3A Section-2 championship with a 38-34 win in a rematch of last year’s title match. Kale Buckiso sealed the victory with a technical fall at 138 ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board hired two police officers for the district run police force. Board directors Joe Lopretto, Mindy Sturgess, James Brown, Tom Filotei, Ivan ...

James Joseph Miller TAMARAC, FLA., FORMERLY OF BELLE VERNON James Joseph Miller, 63, of Tamarac, Fla. and formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 3, 2020. Born April 3, 1956 t...

Reyon Mason Harris Charleroi Reyon Mason Harris, 21, of Charleroi, slipped out of the hands of his family into God’s hands on Jan. 11, 2020 just two days before his 22nd birthday. Reyon was born on Ja...

Ruth Furno Rostraver Township Ruth R. Furno, 87, of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Born in Van Meter on July 22, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Metro and Anna Casturo Feddock...

Erma Abercrombie Coal Center Erma Abercrombie, 102, of Coal Center, died Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. She was born Monday, Nov. 19, 1917, in Charleroi, a daughter of the late Martin and Louise Brigode Dietz...

Thomas M. Tollan Carmichaels Thomas M. Tollan, 80 of Carmichaels, passed away, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 in Washington Hospital. He was born Jan. 10, 1940 in Charleroi, son of George (Tucker) Tollan and ...

Betty Ann Hazy, 83, of Monessen, died Wednesday Jan. 22, 2020 in Havencrest Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Sept. 4, 1936 in Monessen, the daughter of the late Joseph and Helen S...

Louis M. Offerman Sr. Charleroi Louis M. Offerman Sr., 92, of Charleroi, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Sept. 16, 192...

Mike Darnay / For the Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson boys basketball head coach Dom DeCicco’s wife and twin daughters showed their support by wearing jaguar apparel to Tuesday’s game. From le...