By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Donna Vesely has obsessively watched almost all of the Oscar-nominated films from the past five years. She’s realized it’s hard for people in the Mon Valley to se...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The cast of this year’s Charleroi Area High School musical is getting ready to go on an adventure — to Neverland.   When the curtain rises at 7 p.m. Friday for the o...

By RON PAGLIA Thanks to the magic of e-mail and the reliability of the U.S. Postal Service, our journeys down Memory Lane remain rather smooth.   That, of course, is another way of saying readers have...

Pete “Petey” Como, age 55, of Christy Park, died Feb. 22, 2019, at home. Born May 3, 1963, in McKeesport, he was the son of the late Luigi and Ida (Toppi) Como. Pete was Owner and Operator of P.J.’s B...

Julia “Julie” Kuzio, age 93, of Liberty Borough, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. She was born Jan. 1, 1926, in Glassport, daughter of the late Demetro and Katherine Nestor Chocinsky. She worked for and ...

Audrey Elaine Robertson, 75, of Dawson, Perry Township died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Born in Elizabeth on Jan. 18, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Steve and Edna Lynch Uveges. A homemaker, Audr...

Mildred “LaRue” Scrip, 91, of Stockdale, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Charleroi on May 14, 1927, daughter of Bryson and Carrie Montague Schaefer. L...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Second-seeded Serra Catholic used size to its advantage Friday night, earning its first trip to the WPIAL semifinals in nine years. The Eagles (19-3) posted a 71-61 ...

By DAN PALM For the MV Independent Today at Connellsville High School, the 3A individual wrestling season starts for Belle Vernon Area, Ringgold and McKeesport. The top five finishers at each weight i...

By Jeff Oliver For the MV Independent It is often said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Apparently, basketball coaches feel that way, too. Take layoffs between the regular season and th...

Katherine A. Clay, 94, of McKeesport, died Feb. 21, 2019. She was born in Wilmington, Del., on Oct. 8, 1924, to the late Matthew and Margaret Lucy Sullivan. She was preceded in death by her husband, t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Over the past few school years, Betsy Bacon, a first-grade teacher at McKeesport Area School District’s Twin Rivers Elementary, noticed that some of the 6- and 7-year-...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monessen man who allegedly attempted “suicide by cop” earlier this month will stand trial on multiple charges relating to the incident after waiving a preliminary ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela 250 is kicking into high gear planning the city’s anniversary events for this summer. Carol Frye, the nonprofit’s treasurer, visited Ringgold School B...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Aiden Fisher, a second grader at Ringgold Elementary South, has an application waiting for him at the Monongahela Police Department — even though he has a few years ...

Bertha “Mae” Smart Bowers, 92, of West Newton, formerly of Elizabeth Township, passed away on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at TLC Adult Care Center in West Newton. A member of Central Highlands Community Un...

Bruce J. Matson, Sr., 77, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Feb. 22, 2019, in his home after a lengthy illness. He was born on Sept. 4, 1941, in Charleroi, the son of the late Bert Eugene and Jean Carso...

Our loving spouse, father, “Grandfather” and great “Grandfather” passed away at home surrounded by all the generations of his family on Feb. 17, 2019. Charles Hughes was born in Akron, Ohio, on Dec. 9...

Frank M. “Bud” Shaffer, 96, of Bitner, Dunbar, passed away Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at Country Care Manor.  Born Sept. 22, 1922, in Crucible, Pa., he was the son of the late George O. and Mary Thomas ...

Robert W. Streyle, 79, of Fallowfield Township, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of the GREENLEE’S BENTLEYVILLE FUNERAL HOME, 619 Main St., Bentle...