By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent White Oak residents may have noticed the colorful boxes that have been popping up around the borough. These boxes, which look like large birdhouses, are par...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The building at 211 W. Main St. in Monongahela, despite some bumps in the road, will still be renovated – just not by the Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce. Chamb...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Greater Rostraver Chamber of Commerce is continuing an educational effort in the Mon Valley. On Wednesday, the chamber hosted the third annual educational confer...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent The mid-Mon Valley will be well-represented at Pitt’s Trees Pool today and Friday competing in the WPIAL swimming championships. Belle Vernon Area, Ringgold, Eliz...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Coming off their big senior day win over then-No. 3 IUP on Saturday, the California University women’s basketball team slipped up in Wednesday’s game on the road a...

Donald C. Campbell, 81, of West Newton, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019. Born in Glassport on Aug. 1, 1937, he was the son of the late William and Ethel Kallenbaugh Werner. Donald was a truck driver and al...

William “Bill” H. Hudspith, 84, of Bradford, passed away peacefully, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, at the Bradford Manor, with his loving wife beside him. Born on May 27, 1934, in Charleroi, son of the late ...

Carol E. Kuhn, 76, formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, in Select Specialty Care, Latrobe. A daughter of the late Elsie Dudgeon and John C. Kuhn Jr., she was born in North...

Maxine A. Warren Zukauckas, 83, of New Eagle, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Sept. 4, 1935, in Monongahela, she was the daughter of Thomas and ...

By Jeremy Sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic head coach Justin Walther celebrated the birth of his first son Declan on Sunday. On Tuesday, Walther and his Eagles celebrated another berth, into ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For some, baseball and softball season is near, while for others, it has already arrived.   A number of collegiate players have dug their cleats into the dirt infiel...

For the Mon Valley Independent The California University women’s basketball team jumped one spot to No. 17 in the latest Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Top 25 poll on Tuesday. The Vulca...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Washington Township family is mourning the tragic loss of a four-legged family member. Paul Zuro said his dog Otto, a 3-year old German shepherd, was violently kil...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough is one step closer to hiring a new police chief.   A five-person panel has been established and the first round of interviews for the position will...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Some Mon Valley residents remain without power as electric companies work overtime to restore service.   Hundreds of thousands of residents throughout the Pittsburgh...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monday was a bittersweet night for the Belle Vernon Area school board. After appointing three candidates to fill vacancies created last week following the sudden res...

For the MV Independent Penn State Greater Allegheny’s Ostermayer Laboratory is set to undergo a $14 million renovation project in the spring of 2020 with a projected completion date of January 2021. T...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Bryan Neason’s retirement didn’t last long. While he brought in sufficient money through rental properties he manages, retirement still bored him.   “I figured, w...

Muriel A. Spencer, 86, of Finleyville, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, at her home. She was born Oct. 26, 1932, in Venetia, a daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Robson Sopko. Mrs. Spencer was a homemaker a...

Miles A. Kelley, 80, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital. Born in North Charleroi on Oct. 4, 1938, he was the son of the late Carlos and Olive Pell Kelley. Miles ...