By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MVI Tina Sorrentino is determined to educate others by sharing her experience about the heartbreak of drug abuse.   The Glassport resident lost her 23-year-old son, Anthony...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Jonathan Held, Westmoreland County’s long-embattled sheriff, lost his bid for a third term in office on Tuesday. Democrat James Albert, a retired Greensburg distri...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With the largest roster in the Jess Strom era, the Cal U women’s basketball team will tip off the regular season Friday. The Vulcans will travel to West Liberty Fr...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Maddie Carr has always envisioned herself playing college soccer.   Soon, the dream will become a reality.   After helping to lead Serra Catholic to its first playof...

Evelyn L. Gearhart, 95, of North Belle Vernon, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Dunlevy Manor. A daughter of the late Howard M. and Ruth Greene Bollinger, she was born in Altoona on July 26, 1...

Brenda Marlene Sarah Hudock Kmetz, 79, of Star Junction, passed away peace-fully on Nov. 5, 2019. She was born May 13, 1940, in Star Junction in her family home, daughter of Martin “Mush” and Sarah Ma...

Stanford Alan Lefkowitz, 88, of White Oak, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was born In McKeesport on June 23, 1931 and is the son of the late Carl ...

Cecelia “Cel” Sala Tonecha, 93, of Valley Inn, Monongahela, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. She passed in the arms of her devoted daughter, Nancy, who was her caretaker for many year...

By BILL BECKNER JR. For the MV Independent   When the Rosensteel family tragically lost their daughter, the Western Pennsylvania soccer community embraced them, consoled them and did their best to hel...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL announced sites for the WPIAL quarterfinals and semifinals Monday. Locally, four teams remain in the hunt for a WPIAL championship and will be back in ac...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com A number of local products have had a significant impact on the field at Adamson Stadium this fall.   Cal U wide receivers JaQuae Jackson (Serra Catholic) and Derek ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Shoppers at Foodland in Monessen will hear the familiar sound of bells from Salvation Army volunteers.   The bell ringing for this year’s holiday season b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More than 100 groups and nine World War II veterans will participate Saturday as Charleroi hosts the Mon Valley Veterans Day Parade.   The nine veterans, Armand Lore...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Testimony was heard Monday in Allegheny County Orphans Court on whether a parcel of land in Blythedale Park can be used for a pump station by Olympus Energy, th...

By kristie linden klinden@yourmvi.com Tomorrow night, Monongahela gets another chance to play a special role in Sgt. Vernon Hamilton’s voyage from the Mon Valley to World War II and back again. “Homec...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Public Library wants your old junk. Starting today, the library will collect all varieties of previously and gently owned goods from comm...

Cecelia ‘Cel’ Sala Tonecha Monongahela Cecelia “Cel” Sala Tonecha, 93, of Monongahela, Carroll Township, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. A complete obituary will appear in tomorrow’s edition of the Mon Val...

Leonard “Leo” Joseph Puma, 94, of McKeesport and West Palm Beach, Fla., died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, on March 18, 1925, and was the son of the late Samuel and Rose Marino Pu...

Frances Moore, 61, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. A daughter of the late Thomas E. and Norma Jean Sethman Seibert, she was born on April 3, 1958, in North Charleroi. Having live...

Daniel R. Heinz, 47, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. A son of the late Robert Heinz Sr. and Patricia Pistorius Heinz, who survives and resides in Scenery Hill, he was born in Pit...