By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Monessen man has pleaded guilty to leading one of the largest drug trafficking rings in area history. Deaubre Lightfoot, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of cons...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com If a loved one were to need immediate CPR, would you be able to help them? Could you keep them alive until an ambulance arrived? A CPR session is set for ...

By Jeremy Tepper MVI Sports On and off the court, Antonio and Bryce Epps feed off each other’s energy.   When Antonio is acting a certain way at home, so too does Bryce, Antonio said.   And when one o...

By Jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com In a two-point loss to Baldwin last week, the McKeesport girls basketball team missed 16 shots from the free throw line.   Because of that less than ideal statistic,...

By Joe Sabolek MVI Sports The senior duo of Marquell Smith and Dawayne Howell is one that Monessen head coach Dan Bosnic knew he would have to rely on before the season started.   In the Greyhounds’ f...

Deamontae Diggs scored a game-high 27 points to help lead McKeesport past Greensburg Salem, 75-62, in Section 1-5A play Tuesday night at the Neenie Campbell Gymnasium.   Brison Kisan added 14 points a...

Edrietta Harding, 90, of Bentleyville, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was born July 25, 1929, in New Castle, the daughter of Everette and Martha Graham Young. Edriet...

Paulette Joyce Lowther, 66, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. She was born on April 10, 1953 in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Petr...

Anna Mae O’Brien, 88, of Greenock, passed away Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. She was born Sept. 1, 1931, in McKeesport and was the daughter of the late James E. and Anna Kerston McKenna. She was a member of ...

Walter F. “Murp” Balawajder, 91, of McKeesport, died Dec. 15, 2019, at home. Born Feb. 18, 1928, in McKeesport, he was the son of the late Stanley and Josephine Leonard Balawajder. Walter retired from...

Helen Marie Sinko Brown, 91, of Rostraver Township, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Born in Van Voorhis on Sept. 28, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Baltous and Margaret Sinko. Helen was a long-tim...

Daryle J. Gardner-Bonneau, 65, of Portage, Mich., died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, in her home. She was born Dec. 25, 1953, in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Arthur “Art” Maser and Dorothy Caske...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Fifth-grader Rico Smith helps kindergartener Serenity Carney put the icing on the bottom of her gingerbread house Monday at Monessen Elementary Center

Dolores J. Kolodziej, 88, of McKeesport, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, in Kane Community Living Center in McKeesport. Born Nov. 4, 1931, in McKeesport, she was a daughter of the late Andrew an...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO and CHRISTINE HAINES ebennett@yourmvi.com chaines@yourmvi.com Minor flooding could hit the Mon Valley over the next two days as the area is hit with rain. While a similar amou...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com There is currently no spending plan in the works in North Charleroi. During a council meeting Monday night, council briefly spoke of planning a January meeting to di...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There will be no tax hike or increase in sewage fees in Elizabeth Township in 2020. The commissioners Monday approved the budget ordinance, which calls for $7,4...

Pauline Kowalchuck Maleski, 89, successfully completed her life’s call in being a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and aunt on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, at Orchard Manor Nursing Home in Grove ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Last week, Monessen City Council interviewed interested people for positions on authority boards –– something that hasn’t been done for quite a few admini...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 16-year-old Washington resident is charged as an adult with attempted homicide in the beating of a Monongahela man with an aluminum baseball bat. Christopher Ur...