By the Mon Valley Independent Four players finished in double figures for McKeesport in a 76-62 victory over Laurel Highlands in Section 1-5A play Friday night.   Christian Moore poured in a game-high...

Shirley Senko Tiernan, 82, of Belle Vernon, Fairhope, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Residence at Hilltop, Carroll Township. Born April 2, 1936, in Monessen, she was the daughter of the late Michael a...

William H. Hecklick Jr., 69, of Monessen, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Uniontown Hospital. Born Feb. 10, 1949, in Charleroi, he was the son of the late William H. Sr. and Anna Warholic Hecklick. A...

Robert M. Schneider, 57, of Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in the Hallsworth House, Monessen. A son of the late Joseph C. and Mae Ellen Roberts Schneider, he was born in North Charle...

Ethel L. Krasonic, 83, of West Newton, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Born in Greensburg on June 24, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Helen Hails Sethman. Ethel truly was a loving wife a...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area overcame a sluggish second half to put an end to its three-game losing streak with a 52-39 home-court victory over Ringgold in Section 3-4A play Th...

Richard Anthony McCrory, 74, of Roscoe, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. He was born Saturday, Aug. 12, 1944, in North Charle- roi, a son of the late Elgie Struthers McCrory and Nell Savitsky McCrory. Ri...

Paul Arlie McManus, 78, of Charleroi, passed away on Jan. 16, 2019, after a valiant fight with lung disease. The community will truly miss this happy-go-lucky shining star; he was one in a million! Bo...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen police received some unexpected gratitude last week, as a group of sixth-graders stopped by for a visit.   Monessen Middle School English language arts teac...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County judge on Thursday cut short the attempted murder and conspiracy trial of two Monessen men, saying damaging evidence against the defense was turned over too la...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Only three Mid-Mon Valley residents attended an ArcelorMittal Monessen community meeting Thursday, and two of them work at the coke plant. ArcelorMittal division manag...

By Megan Guza and Brian Rittmeyer A man on probation for assaulting a Penn Hills teenager broke into the girl’s home Wednesday and forced her into his car, prompting a statewide Amber Alert and search...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Following a successful inaugural event last year, North Belle Vernon’s Jazzy Boutique will host its second Glitter & Gold Gala next week.   With prom season approach...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania kicked off 2019 by acquiring or renewing accreditations for 21 academic degree programs.   Program accreditation is a quality-a...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. For the MV Independent Coming off an emotional and hard fought win against rival Belle Vernon Area and heading into a key three-game homestand, Elizabeth Forward girls basketbal...

By the Mon Valley Independent McKeesport used a big first quarter effort to topple Yough, 68-19, and claim its fifth straight victory in Section 3-4A play Thursday night.   The Tigers (8-5, 6-2) outsc...

Robert J. Morgan Jr., 75, of Monongahela, Forward Township, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Born April 3, 1943, in Clairton, he was the son of the late Robert J. Sr. and Anna G. Cochran Morgan. A 1962 gr...

Mary Lourdes Rosick, 84, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Born on Dec. 10, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Rita Ligon Krupka. She worked as a reg...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Dedicated. Whether it be to his family, fellow firefighters or neighbors, that is how the Mon Valley will remember Carroll Township “Chief 63” Robert Greenlee, 65, w...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man was arrested after being caught with drugs by an off-duty Rostraver Township cop. Lance Elliot Robinson, 41, of Soles Street was arraigned Monday be...