By Tom Davidson Douglas Berry confided to other inmates at the Allegheny County Jail that he killed Elizabeth Wiesenfeld and needed to get out of jail so he could dispose of her body using sulfuric ac...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Pittsburgh woman who allegedly led McKeesport, White Oak and North Versailles police on a high-speed chase over the week...

James “Jim’’ Kenneth Hart, 79, of Webster, Rostraver Township, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, surrounded by his family after a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was bo...

Mary Jane Neidermeyer, 84, of Monongahela, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2019, in her home. Born Sept. 8, 1935, in Bunola, she was a daughter of the late John and Martha Jenkins Crocci. A homemaker, Jane was...

Thelma Mae Nichols, 89, of Fayette City, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Country Care Manor. Born in Layton on March 6, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Ray and Mary Thomas Fleming. A homemak...

Cecilia V. Pardus, 89, of Monessen, died peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in her home surrounded by her five children. Cecilia was born in North Charleroi on April 26, 1930, daughter of the lat...

BY JEREMY TEPPER For the MV Independent The adjustment to high school sports can be a trying one for most freshmen. Oftentimes, it takes time to adjust to the speed of the game, wipe out nerves and si...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com It took a little longer than he had hoped, but Donnie Caterino will certainly take it. In his team’s eighth game of the season, the first-year coach picked up his fi...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the opening 20 minutes, Elizabeth Forward’s girls soccer team gave defending section champion Belle Vernon Area all it could handle Wednesday. But the Leopards...

By JEFF STITT and CHRISTINE HAINES jstitt@yourmvi.com chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward administrators and school board directors faced a standing-room-only crowd Wednesday as parents demanded to ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A former Monongahela police officer is accused of having unwanted sexual contact with a woman while he was on duty, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Wed...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com A California third-grader has wobbled his way into his teacher’s heart after raising money to gift his classmates with “wobble stools.” Nine-year-old Jayd...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Several Elizabeth Township residents are petitioning their state legislator asking for a forensic audit to be done of the township finances by state Auditor Gen...

Gilbert R. Chuboy, 83, of Perryopolis, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Gilbert’s professional funeral arrangements are incomplete, will be announced tomorrow and have been entrusted to the BLAI...

All the traffic stopped while the Angels walked the crossing guard “Pidge” across the street to the waiting arms of Jesus on Sept. 14, 2019. Robert Cunningham, 68, of Monessen, was born July 31, 1951,...

Maxine Gregorini, 93, of Monongahela, died Sept. 18, 2019, in the Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela. She was born on Dec. 29, 1925, in Rochester, the daughter of Maxwell and Cecelia Matteo Otley. Ma...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com A win is a win.   That was Belle Vernon Area head coach Rob Miele’s message to his soccer team. Despite missing two starters from his back line and shuffling a few...

It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Kelley Vitale, on Sept. 12, at the age of 37. Kelley is the wife of Tracy Burgoon, the daughter of Stan and Maryann Vitale and daughter-in-la...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic boys soccer coach Chad Bruns has become accustomed to watching his team earn shutout victories this season. The Eagles’ three wins have all come in sh...

Miranda K. Bogochenko, 55, of Scenery Hill, passed away Sept. 14, 2019. She was born April 20, 1964, in Beaufort, N.C., a daughter of Ethel Heady Dawson (Ben) of Mulberry, Fla., who survives. Mrs. Bog...