Irene E. Petras, 76, of Mount Pleasant, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in the Excela Health-Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant. Ms. Petras was born June 17, 1943, in Mount Pleasant, the daughter of the la...

Mark A. “Giz” Podroskey, 42, of Monongahela, Victory Hill, died Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in UPMC Shadyside. Born Sept. 8, 1977, in Pittsburgh, he is the son of Mark “Podro” and Cathie Bakewell Podroskey...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com If the Thomas Jefferson football team wants to fulfill their state championship aspirations, they’re going to have to go through a familiar foe to get there. Erie ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Eight members of the Tube City Writers group held a symposium in McKeesport Thursday night to tell the stories and show off the writing skills they have spent months c...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Local students will have a chance to register to be part of the new Mon Valley Rowing Club at two upcoming registration event days. Team registration days...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council is taking steps to minimize the financial impact of unauthorized loans taken out in 2018 that were then used to purchase police vehicl...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners are concerned about an outcropping of outdoor shipping containers in residents’ yards. Township Building Ordinance and Zo...

By the Mon Valley Independent A legendary native of Monongahela and an NFL icon, Fred Cox, died in Minnesota Wednesday from complications due to kidney failure. Cox, 80, had been on hospice care in hi...

By DAN PALM MVI Sports Coming off of the best season in school history, the Thomas Jefferson wrestling team would appear to be a candidate for a drop off after losing a ton of talent to graduation. Bu...

Lorraine Caruso, 93, of Monongahela, formerly of Charleroi, died on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, surrounded by family. She was born on May 12, 1926, the daughter of the late Albert and Anna Celesky Schoe...

Dr. Richard L. Gobbie, 87, a storied dentist in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his wife of 62 years and his loving family on Nov. 20, 2019, after a courageous bat...

Lillian Maria Grooms, 91, of Elizabeth Township, passed away Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. She was born Dec. 21, 1927, in Udine, Italy and was the daughter of the late Enrico Pincetti and Irmae Obit. She w...

Sadie Marie Hester Jackson, 102, of McKeesport, was called home to be with the Lord on Nov. 16, 2019. She was the beloved daughter of the late John and Katherine Steele. Sadie leaves to cherish her me...

Shirley Campbell O’Brien-Virostek, 92, of Port Vue, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert O’Brien and Andrew Virostek; loving mother of Robert (Sara) O’Brien Jr., and...

Curtis A. Prest, 105, died Nov. 18, 2019, at the Residence at Hilltop in Monongahela. Curt was born Oct. 8, 1914, in Topsham, Maine, the son of Charles and Anna Hurd Prest. He lived in Topsham until h...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports The Mon Valley, and California University in particular, lost an icon with the passing of Chuck Gismondi this week. Gismondi, an Elco resident, died Saturday at age 77. He co...

Armeda Joy Sloan Riley Donora Armeda Joy Sloan Riley was born on December 22, 1956 in New Eagle to Audrey L. Sloan and the late Charles “Stu” Sloan Jr. She was the second of six children. She departed...

Della E. Rider Smith Regal Fayette City Della E. Rider Smith Regal, 88, of Fayette City, passed away Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 in Mt. Macrina Manor, Uniontown. She was born Aug. 4, 1931 in Charleroi, daug...

Betty Jane Lomago Parsons formerly of Monongahela Betty Jane Lomago Parsons, formerly of Monongahela, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 in Saint Mary Med...

Louella M. ‘Diddy’ Hornfeck Wyano Louella M. “Diddy” Hornfeck, 84, of Wyano, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Born in Mt. Pleasant on Jan. 7, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Elsie Corwi...