By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Meals on Wheels volunteer Helen Stratigos said the organization is “dedicated and reliable” volunteers are determined to make sure their senior citizen neig...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen Hilltop firefighter whose social media activity recently sparked a citywide debate has been removed from the fire department.   Hilltop Chief Delmar Heppl...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent The South Allegheny School District will furlough four teachers and cut a full-time health aide to part-time for the 2019-2020 school year.   The furloughed ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A group of fourth grade students from Rostraver Elementary were honored by Rostraver Township commissioners for creating educational materials after being inspired b...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Elections Division announced Wednesday that residents who wish to vote in the May 21 primary must be registered by Monday.   Registered voters who...

Janet A. Nicholson Bulger, 96, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Monday, April 15, 2019, at Mon Valley Hospital, Monongahela. Born Nov. 1, 1922, in Johnstown, Pa., she was the daughter ...

Sue D. Jozefczyk, 71, of North Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late Alfred and Rita Makovics Dolfi, she was born in New Eag...

Julie Katheryn Seraly Nicholas, of New Eagle, passed away unexpectedly at Monongahela Valley Hospital at the age of 51 from injuries sustained as a result of an automobile accident on Monday, April 15...

Arthur L. Popp, 92, of Monessen, passed away on Wednesday April 17, 2019, in Hallsworth House of Monessen. He was born in Monessen on Nov. 28, 1926, a son of the late Howard and Frances Winstone Popp....

Martha Ann Ashcraft Kahle “M.A.” Neal, 89, died peacefully at home, following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s Disease, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. A completed obituary will be published in a later...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Chartiers-Houston handed the Frazier softball team its only loss this season back on March 30. It was a game the Commodores thought they should have won. In the re...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent The Belle Vernon Area Leopards found out Tuesday how the Elizabeth Forward Warriors felt the last four years in softball. With Bailey Parshall mowing down the opp...

By JEREMY TEPPER For the MV Independent Pat Brennan admits he and his Serra Catholic teammates got frustrated at the plate against Riverview on Tuesday. During the first four innings, Serra Catholic s...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Frazier head coach Dan Kupets has been around the game of baseball long enough to know what it takes to win.   He’s coached at pretty much every level and understand...

By ZACK ZEIGLER For the MV Independent South Allegheny’s softball team survived a scare at rival Steel Valley Tuesday. But the Gladiators hung tough and overcame a 4-1 deficit to rally past the Ironme...

By the Mon Valley Independent Jarett Bach improved to 5-0 on the season as the Yough baseball team used a nine-run fifth inning to roll over visiting Derry, 12-2, on Cougar Mountain. Bach worked five ...

James G. Bindi, 73, of Monongahela, died Monday April 15, 2019, in Har-mon House Care Center, Mt. Pleasant. He was born July 24, 1945, in New Eagle, son of the late George J. and Virginia McClure Bind...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon Area school bus was involved in a vehicle accident Tuesday morning in Rostraver Township.   Rostraver Township police said a Chevrolet Equinox driven ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com   Tempers flared Tuesday as Belle Vernon borough council denied responsibility for lack of progress on street projects.   Over the last few years, council met with P...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board on Monday terminated its longstanding agreement with the Fayette City Borough Recreational League.   The sub-lease will remain in effe...