By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For the second consecutive year, the Ringgold hockey team will play for a championship.   The Rams, who captured the Division 2 title last season, earned a spot in t...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Even though the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team is in the second round of the PIAA tournament, head coach Joe Salvino said a lot of things need to change if...

For the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Area graduate and Penn State sophomore pitcher Bailey Parshall was tabbed as the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week for a stellar performance in the circle at the ...

GOING GREEN IN CHARLEROI Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Delia McCurdy applies the finishing touches to Eric Childs before the final performance of “Seussical the Musical” Sunday afternoon at ...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Robert Prah Jr. has been campaigning for more than a year, and he’s got the Army-green notebook to prove it. Prah, a Democrat from Rostraver Township, will appear ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council does not plan to support a proposed skate park in the borough. Chantal Bey, who founded Strive for a Better Tomorrow and the Strive and Thrive Cent...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Adorned in red awareness ribbons, bracelets and T-shirts, Zion Baptist Church parishioners, members of Mayor Michael Cherepko’s administration and the Partnership for ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Several Mon Valley school districts are among the more than 100 across Pennsylvania that have called on legislature to enact Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed Charter...

Ann McCay Hofius, 74, of Hermitage, Pa., passed away March 7, 2020, at Sharon Regional Hospital in Sharon, Pa. Ann was born May 19, 1945, to Raymond Adolf and Miriam Ruth (née Johnston) Johnson Sr. in...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports It’s been quite the year for the South Allegheny boys basketball team.   The Gladiators, who won a section championship and advanced to the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals,...

By Dan Palm MVI Sports Frazier’s Thayne Lawrence was vying for his third consecutive PIAA Class 2A wrestling championship over the weekend in Hershey.   He once again made it to the championship match...

Darla Jean Pershing, 57, of Fayette City, died unexpectedly Thursday, March 5, 2020, in her home. She was born Sept. 8, 1962, in New Eagle, a daughter of Steve Sollosi of Elrama and the late Agnes Inn...

James Lee Snyder, 22, of Monessen, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born Aug. 10, 1997, in Monongahela, the son of Lynne Fleming o...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Thomas Jefferson secured a spot in the second round of the PIAA playoffs with a convincing 62-30 victory over Portage Area in a first round matchup Saturday at Mt. A...

Ridsy Calderone Jr., 92, of Rostraver Township, died Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Jefferson Hills Manor. He was born on Nov. 24, 1927, in Monessen, son of the late Ridsy Calderone Sr. and Frances Galan...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Area’s Mitch Pohlot, left, and Devin Whitlock celebrate after beating Clearfield Friday night in the PIAA playoffs. It was the Leopards’ first win ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Until a letter arrived in the mail this week, Monessen was planning to host the Mon Valley Veterans Day parade. However, Mayor Matt Shorraw was informed by Washingto...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A fire in Carroll Township Friday afternoon claimed the life of a 62-year-old disabled woman. According to the Washington County Coroner’s office, Joann Wilson ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com “They came for us at noontime.” Judah Samet is a survivor of the Holocaust who visited Ringgold Middle School Friday afternoon to share his story with seventh- an...

Claire McCarty Grove, 94, of McKeesport, died March 4, 2020, at AHN Forbes Hospital. Born Sept. 18, 1925, in McKeesport, she was the daughter of the late James Lester and Carolyn Denny Brinker and the...