By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Customers walking into Eat’n Park on Lysle Boulevard in McKeesport were surprised Friday to find Mayor Michael Cherepko, police Chief Adam Alfer and City Administrator...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com The youngest of the seven Pagans Motorcycle Club members charged with attempted homicide after a brutal attack in Charleroi in April has pleaded guilty. Corey Vol...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Representatives from PennDOT and Morgan Excavating said the Pasta Shoppe will need to front the funds for repairs to the restaurant’s sewage system and th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster and state Rep. Austin Davis, both McKeesport Democrats,   joined forces to hold a breakfast for veterans and their families Friday morning at t...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Going through the old belongings of a family member can be emotionally challenging, but Carleton Young uncovered something amazing in 2014.   While sortin...

Andjelia “Julia” A. Bradovich Tarabrella, 93, of Monongahela, died on Nov. 7, 2019, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born Aug. 4, 1926, in South Greensburg, a daughter of the late He...

Elizabeth “Suds” Staley, 95, of Forward Township, passed away on Nov. 7, 2019. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ in Glassport for 80 years. She was the wife of the late Thomas H. Staley S...

Lucille Vallozzi, 97, formerly of Monessen, died Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in Harmar Village Care Center, Cheswick. She was born on Feb. 17, 1922, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Antonio and Natalin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More than 40 people strolled through the historic Elks lodge in Charleroi on Thursday, sorting through items numbered and marked with bright green stickers as the or...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Sewage Authority Board should regain its ability to conduct business after Monessen council appointed a new member of the board.   At last ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport has decided not to handle its own trash and recycling collection services. Council voted Wednesday to award a bid for hauling and collection of trash and re...

By RON PAGLIA For the Mon Valley Independent There are many things wrong with growing older. You age in ways that have nothing to do with numbers or the aches and pains in parts of your body that you ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A recent grant awarded to the Mon Valley Alliance Foundation is the last missing piece to complete a years-long project at the Charleroi Riverfront Park. On Thursday...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Donora borough council is looking into options related to the property where dozens of animals were confiscated recently. The issue was raised Thursday during a...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills borough council unanimously voted to adopt its 2020 tentative budget at its Wednesday agenda meeting, beginning the process of adopting a fin...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Fans of classic comedy throughout the Mon Valley can act like knuckleheads and get their nyuk-nyuks out at the annual Three Stooges Film Fest at the Grand Th...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area coach Matt Humbert had one message for his football team after last week’s quarterfinal win over New Castle. “Don’t you dare enjoy this one,” he ...

By Jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the second consecutive year, Thomas Jefferson and Blackhawk will meet with a trip to Heinz Field on the line.   While the Cougars will aim to dethrone the unbeat...

By Jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Despite still having a whole year of high school soccer ahead of her, Jaime Dermotta had her sights set on committing to a school that fit her aspirations both acade...

Charles D. Gillingham Rostraver Township Charles D. Gillingham, 85, of Rostraver Township, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Born in Rostraver Township on Jan. 22, 1934, he was the son of the late Charles...