By Jeff Oliver For the MV Independent Ron Hughes’ professional career really took off after he graduated from Charleroi High School and later California University of Pennsylvania. That career include...

By DAN PALM For the MV Independent The WPIAL Class 2A individual wrestling sectionals were held tonight at Canon-MacMillan High School and our local squads came home with five individual champions and...

Kim Baloga, 68, of Charleroi, passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in Jefferson Hills Manor, Pleasant Hills. She was born Aug. 30, 1950, in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Curtis and Bertha ...

Mary Lou Bickerton, 92, of Finleyville, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at Mon Valley Care Center in Carroll Township. She was born Sept. 16, 1926, in Clairton; a daughter of Melvin and Edna McLaughlin ...

Douglas T. Gordon, 71, of Belle Vernon, departed this life on Feb. 14, 2019, at H.J. Heinz VA hospital in Aspinwall. He was the son of the late Dolly Avery Rone and Alfred Rone of Pricedale. He was a ...

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Carmella M. Pezzino Long, 98, of Pittsburgh, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, after a brief illness. She was born May 13, 1920, in Pittsburgh, daughter of the late Calogero and Antonietta Pezzino. In add...

Bonita L. Spina, 80, of North Belle Vernon, was reunited with her Lord on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at Mon Valley Care Center, Carroll Township. Born Nov. 4, 1938, in Belle Vernon, she was the daughter...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com No students were injured when a Belle Vernon Area school bus was hit from behind Thursday morning while it was stopped to pick up a student just outside of North Belle...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen council introduced a proposed ordinance Thursday that could subject elected officials to fines for missed meetings.   Solicitor Joseph R. Dalfonso drafted t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com If all goes well with water testing today, a boil water advisory in four Valley communities could end tomorrow.   The precautionary measure was issued Tuesday for No...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A week after arguing about the decision to eliminate committees on Donora borough council, members had a fast, seemingly tense meeting Thursday. Last month, counc...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com PennDOT officials weren’t able to start cleanup Thursday at a landslide on Bunola Road in Forward Township because there was more movement on the hillside. The land ...

By Renatta Signorini and Paul Peirce For more than half a century, law enforcement has tied Robert “Bobby I” Iannelli to illegal sports betting and numbers lotteries throughout Western Pennsylvania. N...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Blessing Board of McKeesport is using the spirit of Valentine’s Day to encourage people to donate to the nonprofit, which gives free furniture to individuals and f...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Greenock Volunteer Fire Company Vice President Lisa Stegman is hoping to fill the dance floor Saturday for two good causes.   For the fifth year, the fire company is...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport councilwoman LuEthel Nesbit encourages Allegheny County parents who live in McKeesport, and across the Mon Valley, to take advantage of the Allegheny Lead S...

By Jamie Martines Environmental advocacy groups are planning to sue U.S. Steel over pollution from facilities in the Mon Valley. PennEnvironment and the Clean Air Council, which have offices in Pittsb...

WHAT’S GOING ON IN CHARLEROI?   For the third time in six months, Charleroi lost a member of council. This time, it was Councilman Larry Celaschi who rendered his resignation hours before council met ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Bentworth’s Candelaria Kossel waited until after the season to decide on where she wanted to continue her athletic and academic careers.   She waited because she w...