Donald R. “Pete” Lynch, 76, of Perryopolis, passed away Friday, April 5, 2019, in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. He was born April 25, 1942, in Perryopolis, son of Van Mahlon Lynch and Olive Stuck...

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By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Following his team’s 13-0 win over Ringgold on Tuesday, Elizabeth Forward head coach Harry Rutherford was quick to focus on their next opponent. The veteran coach st...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area head coach Tom Rodriguez has said it all season long. The Leopards need to be better than three teams if the defending Class 4A champions want to...

By ZACK ZEIGLER For the MV Independent When Shady Side Academy was forced to postpone it’s Section 2-2A game at Serra Catholic, the Eagles were quick to find a replacement. Perennial power West Greene...

By the Mon Valley Independent One day after falling in walk-off fashion, the Elizabeth Forward baseball team bounced back for its first Section 3-4A win, 8-7, over Uniontown at Wylie Field Thursday.  ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students and parents have been talking with McKeesport Area School District administrators since January about creating a black student union in the district, but cont...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation wants to bring The Wall That Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to Donora’s Palmer Park. At Thursday’s...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Forward Township tradition and one of the best-attended summer events in the Mon Valley is in jeopardy of being canceled.   Forward Township Supervisor Ron Skrinjo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Eleven days ahead of schedule, U.S. Steel announced on Thursday morning that the company is now desulfurizing 100 percent of the coke oven gas generated at the Clairto...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon Area High School junior has an important message to share about distracted driving — It can wait, safety can’t.   Logan Dimpel was the winner of a hig...

Ralph F. “Boomer” Conte, 69, of Monongahela, died Thursday, April 4, 2019 in Monongahela-Valley Hospital after a courageous 2-year battle with cancer. Born May 2, 1949 in Monongahela, he was the son o...

Jacob Joseph Cramer, 29, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. He was born in Pittsburgh on Jan. 24, 1990, son of Jesse J. and Charisse Felicetty Cramer, who survive and reside in Be...

Frances Mary Kustron Dobos, age 97, of Whitehall, Pa., formerly of Donora, passed away Monday, March 25, 2019, at Fellowship Manor in Whitehall, Pa., where she had resided for the last 16 years. She w...

Kerry L. McFeely, 59, of Charleroi, son of Ada McFeely Kuhel, of California, Pa., passed away unexpectedly, peacefully in his sleep, on March 25, 2019. He is survived by his beloved wife of 16 years, ...

Concetta Scaccia Miceli, 86, of Monessen, passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2019, at her home. She was born on March 30, 1933, in Alia, Sicily, Italy, the daughter of the late Salvatore and Guiseppina...

Wallace J. Zielinski, age 78, of Carroll Township, died Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at Monongahela Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. He was born Dec.11, 1940, in McKeesport, son of the late Joseph Zi...

By jeremy sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com Playing only its second game of the season, the Belle Vernon Area baseball team features a young bunch with just the right amount of senior leadership mixed in. In...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It wasn’t pretty, but California head baseball coach Lou Pasquale will take it.   In their first section game since moving back down from Class 2A to Class A, the Tr...

By jeremy tepper For the MV Independent Don Roberts knew it would take time for his Ringgold team to come together this season.   The Rams won the state championship a year ago, but five starters grad...