By Tom Davidson A 21-year-old McKeesport woman is accused of stabbing an East Pittsburgh woman and her two adult daughters Monday night outside an East Pittsburgh apartment building, state police said...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An Arnold City man accused of burglarizing a Stockdale residence and vehicle in two separate incidents is behind bars.   Michael Nervina, 36, is charged with two cou...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township man accused of throwing a Memorial Day party at his home that allegedly included underage drinkers was ordered to stand trial on charges rela...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon Borough Council appointed a new emergency management coordinator Tuesday night.   Shelby Ferguson II will take over the position from J...

Fay L. Dequenne LaFrankie, 84, of Forward Township, formerly of Clairton, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at home. She was a former member of St. Michael Parish and its Christian Mothers, a fo...

George A. Martin IV, 79, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. Born in Rostraver Township on Oct. 10, 1939, he was the son of the late George A. III and Margaret I. Miller Martin. George ...

Thomas P. “Boxey” Monack, 83, of Speers Hill, passed away on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. Born on June 4, 1936, he was the son of the late James and Bessie Monack. He was a member of Mary, Mother of the Chu...

By DAN PALM For the MV Independent Hannah Henn scored three goals to power visiting Oakland Catholic past Thomas Jefferson, 3-1, in a Section 3-3A matchup Monday. Henn scored back-to-back goals on bre...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Citing risk of long-term injury, Belle Vernon Area’s Izzy Laurita has walked away from high school soccer. An All-WPIAL peformer, Laurita was the Leopards’ leading...

William David Penatzer, 37, of Charleroi, passed away with his family by his side on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. Friends are invited to call on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, from 1 p.m. until time of service ...

Ronald Michael Skira, 67 of Arnold City, Belle Vernon, passed away Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 22, 1952, in Charleroi, son of Michael Skira and Be...

By the MV Independent The Bentworth girls soccer team faces plenty of situations where its big guns, Jocelyn Timlin and Paige Marshalek, are going to be the focus of their opposition’s defensive plan....

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two offers have been made to purchase the Coyle Theater. On Monday, Mon Valley Alliance CEO Ben Brown confirmed that two offers — of undisclosed amounts — have been ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com With West Jefferson Hills School District abuzz over the opening of the new 300,000-square-foot, $95 million Thomas Jefferson High School, the question remai...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Two elementary students in the Elizabeth Forward School District were taken to a hospital Monday after receiving burns during their bus ride to school. Forward ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Hospital Foundation’s 42nd annual Dr. Frank R. Bondi Invitational came to a close Monday night. The four-day event, which took place at several venues a...

On Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, Robert A. Szepesi, 81, of White Oak, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his daughters. He was born July 17, 1938, in Duquesne and was the son of the late Stephen and Irene...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As Mon River Arts prepares for its upcoming production of “The Rocky Horror Show,” director Ray Cygrymus confessed to the cast that while he has seen the movie ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors moved a step closer Monday to adopting the International Property Maintenance Code, voting to advertise their intent to adopt the c...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Friday night’s matchup between Thomas Jefferson and Belle Vernon Area was undoubtedly one that high school football fans circled on their calendars months prior to t...