Lorraine Loretta Gordon McCartan, 86, of Pleasant Hills, formerly of Rostraver Township, died Monday, March 11, 2019. Born in Bloomfield on Jan. 4, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and L...

Patricia Clark McCusker, age 87, of Elizabeth Township, formerly of Glassport, died Saturday, March 9, 2019.  She was born in Mexico, Maine, on Nov. 13, 1931, daughter of the late James and Dorothy Ce...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Over the past year, Penn State Greater Allegheny has been using its Crossing Bridges Summit to challenge its students, faculty and staff to engage with residents from ...

By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Bob O’Connor has been hooked on Civil War history since he was a child. A Gettysburg trip with his family particularly sticks out in his memory. “It was a...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area School District’s Harvest Bounty Program organizers are preparing to host their third annual craft and vendor show. Set for 10 a.m. March 23 at Charle...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Audiences will travel through time this weekend, as Belle Vernon Area High School presents its annual spring musical, “Big Fish.” A contemporary Broadway musical, “B...

By DAN PALM For the MV Independent The title of two-time state champion now belongs to Frazier’s Thayne Lawrence. The junior standout picked up his second gold medal in as many years at the PIAA Class...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Serra Catholic boys basketball team had a little trouble getting to their PIAA first-round contest against Penns Manor Saturday. Unfortunately for the Comets, ...

By JEREMY TEPPER For the MV Independent Eric Smith could articulate for a while on why his McKeesport team fell to North Catholic Saturday afternoon. He could touch on the 14-6 second quarter, or more...

Eugene J. “Gene” “Dude” Backus, 72, of Monongahela, Forward Township, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Feb. 20, 1947, in McKeesport, he was the son of the late Eugen...

David J. Dyky, 67, of Monessen, died on Thursday, March 7, 2019, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Monessen on Feb. 23, 1952, son of the late John and Ann Talpas Dyky. Dave was a member of the E...

Rickey Jon Kurdilla, 66, of Belle Vernon, passed away on March 9, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family.  Born March 7, 1953, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Michael and Roseann Si...

Linda L. Laughland, 62, of Rostraver Township, died Thursday, March 7, 2019. She was born in Monongahela, on May 13, 1956, the daughter of the late Harry T. Sowers and Louise Boyd Sowers, who survives...

Patricia Ann Grace Martinelli, 75, of Belle Vernon, and Pompano Beach, Fla., passed away early Sunday morning March 10, 2019, in her home with her loving family by her side after a heroic four-year ba...

Antoinette L. Young, 92, of Charleroi, went to be with the Lord on Saturday March 9, 2019. She was born April 17, 1926, in Charleroi, the daughter of Thomas and Bessie Arrigo Parnella. Antoinette was ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen Councilman Anthony Orzechowski doubled down Friday on his stance against Mayor Matt Shorraw’s recent mail delivery requests.   Shorraw has again been at odd...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Police have not yet identified a suspect in the triple stabbing early Thursday at a North Belle Vernon bar.   North Belle Vernon police Chief Eugene Lipari said Frid...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Three men have been ordered to stand trial in connection with a November shooting in Sutersville.   Aaron DeVaugntae Brown, 26, of Jeannette; Curtis Thomas Everett, ...

By Paul Peirce An expanding sinkhole along a busy stretch of Route 51 in Rostraver Township no longer worries PennDOT, municipal officials and passing motorists, because it no longer exists. The crate...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Steel on Friday gave an updated timeline for repairs to be made for the Clairton Coke Plant’s desulfurization process. Repairs to desulfurization equipment damage...