By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Historical Society is officially the owner of the Longwell House. The society announced in May that it would be purchasing the home, which is on...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Run like a robot’s life depends on it. That’s what FIRST Robotics Team 1708, headquartered at McKeesport Area High School, wants area runners and fitness enthusiasts t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 36-year-old Belle Vernon man was sentenced Monday to six to 12 years in connection with an alleged conspiracy to sell heroin and cocaine with his father. Quinto...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Residents of White Oak Farms could soon see a road open that has been closed for nearly six years. Residents and managers of the apartment complex have been dealing wi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Seven dilapidated houses in Elizabeth Township were condemned and ordered demolished by the township commissioners Monday evening. Among the properties is a hou...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent The Carnegie Library of McKeesport will present an encore screening of “Missing McKeesport” at 2 p.m. Sunday.   An earlier screening of the film, which documents Mc...

Darlene A. Hefner, 66, of Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Jefferson Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 4, 1953, in Charleroi, daughter of Harry Martz and Marga...

Eileen Briggs, 71, of Stockdale, died Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. She was born Thursday, Sept. 18, 1947, in Brownsville, the daughter of the late Mildred Encrapera. In addition to her mother Eileen was pr...

Donald James Schultz, 32, of Washington Township, Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born July 21, 1987, in Fountain Valley, Calif., son ...

David A. Turcheck, 73, of Rostraver Township, died Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Born in Brownsville, on July 25, 1946, he was the son of the late Joseph and Amelia Keli Turcheck. David was a 1964 graduate ...

Joseph J. Vizza, 87, of Monessen, passed away on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, in Hallsworth House. He was born on March 24, 1932, in Monessen, the son of the late Emilio and Tressa Zimmaro Vizza. Joe was a...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Untimely turnovers and a late defensive lapse cost the Cal U football team in its home opener Saturday. A 34-yard touchdown from Kutztown’s Collin DiGalbo to Jack ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com When Markello Apodiakos played his last game at Belle Vernon Area last fall, head coach Rob Miele knew he had a big void to fill in the goal-scoring department.   Ap...

By the MV Independent The Monessen girls soccer team picked up its first win of the season in dramatic fashion Saturday. With visiting Albert Gallatin leading 1-0, Zalendria Hardison scored the tying ...

Nolan Abel, 4, of Rostraver has fun on a slide Saturday at the North Belle Vernon Community Fest. See more photos from the event on Page A7 of todays edition of the Mon Valley Independent. Heather Har...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com An Allegheny County judge initially gave Elizabeth Forward School District and PA Coach Lines three weeks to reach an agreement, but that order has been extended....

By Emily Bennett DiLullo ebennett@yourmvi.com If your child struggled to read out loud, would you consider having them practice reading to a close friend or family member? What if you could guarantee ...

By Emily Balser Allegheny County police are investigating a crash that killed one person and injured two others early Sunday morning in McKeesport. Officials said the incident happened just before 7 a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Academics have been overshadowed by transportation litigation in the Elizabeth Forward School District this year, but that doesn’t mean education has been ignor...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Gardening season is far from over, even for people who have butterfly gardens. “There’s still much to be done in the garden,” said Mary Jane Hickman of White Oa...