By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The A.P. Delsandro Memorial in Donora has gotten an upgrade that includes the reinstallation of large, bronze plaques honoring Donora residents who were lost in s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com By this time next year, the McKeesport Area School District could be calling one of its students a National Merit Scholarship winner. During last week’s school board m...

By RON PAGLIA It’s unlikely any of the hundreds of motorists traveling busy Route 88 in Carroll Township find anything significant about the golfers they see at Monongahela Valley Country Club these d...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward’s Anna Resnik is your prototypical leadoff hitter.   The sophomore speedster is known as the type of player who does whatever it takes to get on ba...

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"] Janine D. Edmundson, 62, of Rostraver Township, died Thursday, April 25, 20...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area track and field standout Hunter Martin continues to prove that no hurdle can stand in his way.   Both literally and figuratively.   The school reco...

By Zack Zeigler For the MV Independent Every year, thousands of athletes around the WPIAL show off their skills in running, jumping, and throwing in track and field.   It is one of the most popular sp...

By the Mon Valley Independent Frazier needed just three innings to topple Charleroi, earning a 15-0 victory in Section 3-2A play Saturday.   The Commodores (11-2, 9-2) used scored five runs in the fir...

Louis John Merolli, 79, of Finleyville, passed over Jordan at 10:44 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2019. He was  the beloved husband of Berta Adler Merolli; loving father of Bernadette (James) Merolli-Pa...

Wilma Swalin, 76, of Monessen, died Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills. She was born Sept. 2, 1942, in Belle Vernon, daughter of the late Charles Evans and late Mary Ca...

David F. Yerkey, 51, of Monongahela, died Saturday, April 27, 2019, in his residence, after a five-year battle with cancer. Born Jan. 23, 1968, in Cecil Township, he was the son of the late Robert D. ...

Frank H. Rimsek, 52, died unexpectedly on Monday, April 15, 2019 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. The North Charleroi native was born on Feb. 16, 1967 to the late Frank R. Rimsek and Mariann L. Cook Rimsek B...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com After leading the California football team to three playoff appearances and a pair of conference titles over the last four years, head coach Darrin Dillow has resign...

By BILL BECKNER For the MV Independent Belle Vernon does not have a turf softball field, but that won’t stop the Leopards from playing a home game on an artificial surface Saturday. And a pretty cool ...

Donald Evans passed away in Las Vegas, Nev., on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the age of 75. He was born in New Eagle, on Dec. 31, 1943. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Ellen Evans....

Irene V. Madej, 96, of Monongahela, died Thursday, April 25, 2019, at The Baptist Home in Mt. Lebanon. She was born May 16, 1922, in Monongahela, the daughter of Paul and Anna Hako Estok. Irene was a ...

Joanne Pro, 89, of Fredericktown, formerly of Monessen, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019, in Premier Washington Health Facility. Joanne was born in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late Giovanni...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley first responders kept busy as wet and windy weather swept through the area Friday. Scattered showers throughout the day made for dreary conditions, but wi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lt. Gov. John Fetterman sought support for Gov. Tom Wolf’s Restore Pennsylvania initiative at Friday’s Legislative Lunch held by the Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com While many Christians commemorated Easter and Good Friday last week, members of the Orthodox Catholic Church are marking Jesus’ journey to the cross, his death and res...