By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Carmichaels man accused of raping a 9-year-old girl in a Belle Vernon borough residence has been ordered to stand trial.   Donald Ray Huffman II, 29, of Old Waynes...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Glassport council approved an agreement Tuesday with the Allegheny County Intermediate Unit to provide a Head Start program at the Glassport Borough Recreati...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A West Newton woman accused of setting a pickup truck on fire has been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court.   Marian L. Warman, 19, appeared Monday b...

By Jeff Stitt   jstitt@yourmvi.com A local fallen hero who was stationed in North Versailles Township, along with the “McKeesport 23,” are being honored through a 5K run this summer. White Oak-based O...

Mary Kay Cronin, 80, of Marianna, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019, surrounded by her family. She was born Jan. 24, 1939, in Marianna, daughter of the late Timothy and Catherine Niverth Roule. Mar...

Paul R. Sentinek, 89, formerly of Woodcrest Circle, Scottdale, East Huntingdon Township, died peacefully, Monday morning, April 15, 2019, in Redstone Highlands, Greensburg, surrounded by the love of f...

Mr. Frank P. Zencuch Jr. passed away on April 9, 2019. He is survived by his beloved spouse of 48 years, Kathi; his sons, Jason (Teresa) and Adam (Cristina); his grandchildren, Jacquelyn, Kaitlyn, Isa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Spring is upon us, and the warms days of summer are just around the corner. White Oak borough council knows Mon Valley residents will be looking for a place to cool of...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Less than a year after an Elizabeth Township resident approached the board of commissioners seeking a solution to a sliding hillside near his home in the Boston sect...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com After sitting vacant for almost five years, a former Westmoreland County Community College branch finally has a buyer. Belle Vernon Area School Board on Monday appro...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Respect our city. Respect our Earth.” That is what McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko is calling on Tube City residents to do during the fifth annual “McKeesport Sprin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A violent two-vehicle crash in Carroll Township early Monday morning claimed the lives of two Mon Valley residents. Julie Nicholas, 51, of New Eagle and her passenge...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area is in the market for a new wrestling coach after the school board Monday accepted the resignation of Mike Doppelheuer. Doppelheuer said late Mond...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent In the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own” about a women’s professional baseball league formed during World War II years, Tom Hanks plays a grizzled former pro bas...

Walter Harris, 87, died March 28, 2019, at his residence in Shelby Township, Shelby, Mich. He was the son of the late Margaret and Theodore Harris. He was born in Connellsville and resided in Monessen...

George D. Kvasnak, 90, of Elizabeth Township, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019, at Norbert Personal Care Home in Pittsburgh. An Army veteran having served during the Korean War, he retired as the...

Helen M. Rice, 84, of New Eagle, died Sunday, April 14, 2019, in her home. She was born Nov. 1, 1934, in Uniontown, daughter of the late Boyd and Margaret Mullen Cutright. Helen was a graduate of Mono...

Kathleen M. Tosi Sadler, 94, of Calhoun, Ga., formerly of Monongahela, died Saturday, April 13, 2019, in Gordon Health and Rehabilitation Center, Calhoun, Ga., Born June 15, 1924, in Monongahela, she ...

Walter John Tabory, 96, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 14, 2019, in Cambridge Hillside Personal Care Home, North Charleroi. Born Feb. 18, 1923, in Monongahela, he was the son ...

Dessa Bunovich, 92, passed away after a long illness on April 12, 2019. She was born March 14, 1927, the daughter of the late Robert and Mildred Ivkovich and the wife of the late George Bunovich. Besi...