Lola Tintori Martin, 93, of North Belle Vernon, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, at her home. Born Aug. 3, 1925, in Belle Vernon, she was the daughter of the late Carlo and Emma Vignoli Tintori. A resid...

Joseph P. Minno, 84, of Monessen, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Country Care Manor, Fayette City. He was born on June 21, 1934, in Donora, son of the late John and Anna Minno. Joe grew up ...

Mary Ann Moeller, 85, of Rostraver Township, passed away Wednesday , Jan. 9, 2019, in her home. She was born in North Charleroi, on Feb. 21, 1933, daughter of the late John and Anna Blasick Moeller. M...

Mary Ann Moeller, 85, of Rostraver Township, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in her home. She was born in North Charleroi, on Feb. 21, 1933, daughter of the late John and Anna Blasick Moeller. Ma...

Ernest Leslie Opfer, 85, of Forward Township, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Born in Elizabeth Township, on April 15, 1933, he was the son of the late Harry and Hazel Bricker Opfer. Ernest worked for ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the first time since 2012, and the first time under head coach Justin Walther, the Serra Catholic boys basketball team can call itself section champion. The Ea...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Monessen moved one step closer to its sixth consecutive section title with a 97-63 throttling of Geibel Catholic in Section 2-A play Tuesday night.   In the lopsided...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent Back when he was flying through the air and burning the nets in the comfy confines of the California Area gymnasium, Kass Taylor dreamed of one day doing the same...

By Dean Dellamalva jr. For the MV Independent Even though Ringgold fell at home to Uniontown at home Tuesday night, coach Phil Pergola wasn’t disappointed with the way his team played. “I had no probl...

By the MV Independent Elizabeth Forward kept its playoff hopes alive and ended its six-game losing streak with a 76-67 victory over Waynesburg Central in Section 3-4A play Tuesday night.   Chase Vaugh...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Emergency crews responded to a landslide around 1 a.m. Tuesday on state Route 201 in Fayette City.   The slide, which occurred near Ricker’s Market, compromised a re...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Two buildings next to the Coyle Theater in Charleroi will soon come down.   Alliance Solicitor Todd Pappasergi said the demolition is expected to take about a month....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com All the school districts in the Mid-Mon Valley canceled classes today and most will be closed Thursday, but students in one district won’t have to make up these l...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board is still seeking candidates to fill its superintendent position.   Last month, board members narrowly approved initiating a “professio...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts Twin Coaches Jr. Stage Band is the most recent beneficiary of a mini-grant from the Mon Valley Alliance.   The $250 Town to Town ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Three Monessen men have been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court for their alleged roles in a November drug and gun bust.   Richard William Hatfield ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Four local state lawmakers are set to have a town hall public hearing next week to hear some of the concerns of area residents in regard to higher-than-normal exceedan...

Mrs. Joyce Guzy Benzio, 76, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. Born in North Charleroi, Mrs. Benzio was a daughter of Mary DiNardo Guzy of North Charleroi and...

Melody Beth Kasmarik, 38, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, in Los Angeles, Calif. A daughter of the late John Kasmarik Jr. and Carmella Provance Kasmarik, who surviv...

Betty J. Sutherland, 91, of Monongahela, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in her home. She was born April 11, 1927, in Monongahela, the daughter of Charles E. and Gertrude J. Baxter Walters. ...