By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Serra Catholic girls volleyball coach Keith Trahan is no stranger to success beyond the regular season. Entering his seventh season at the helm, Trahan has led the E...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent Sally Phillips has been around Ringgold High School a long time. She taught there for 40 years and has served the last 12 as the school’s girls tennis coach. Howe...

Joan K. Beck, 69, of Rostraver Township, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Born in North Charleroi on June 4, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Joseph P. and Pauline J. Haluch Kopanic Sr. For 12 yea...

James D. Day, 87, Monongahela, Victory Hill, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, in his home. He was born Aug. 31, 1931 in Donora, the son of Louis M. and Mary Pribish Day. Jim retired in 1993 from ...

Dennis A. DiPiazza, 72, of Monessen, passed away with his family at his side on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, in Jefferson Hospital. He was born on June 10, 1947, in North Charleroi, the son of Theresa Ezzo...

Peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, Ann Taylor left this earthly home for her eternal home. She is survived by her loving sons, Leroy (Roxanne), Jerome, Mark and Anthony Taylor; and devoted daughters...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The classrooms of South Allegheny Elementary School won’t have to worry about running out of pens, pencils, notebooks, rulers, markers and erasers this year, thanks to...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council voted Tuesday to hire two new part-time officers, one of whom previously worked on the force. Casey Perrotta, 37, was sworn into offic...

By Joyce Gannon Pittsburgh Post-Gazette jgannon@post-gazette.com In December 2015, Jason Togyer took two weeks of vacation to meet with funeral directors in McKeesport and nearby towns in the Mon Vall...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The crystal anniversary of Auberle’s “Voices Carry,” its biggest annual fundraiser, is being held next month. This week, Voices Carry event planners announced the ente...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Jamie’s Dream Team has found its dream location for fundraising activities — Vinoski Winery in Rostraver Township. The nonprofit organization, which helps both ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A former bus driver for the Monessen School District has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for a single charge of possession of material depicting th...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District will take a “wait and see” approach before applying for flexible instruction days. Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill in July that could ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When Mike Collodi took over Elizabeth Forward’s football program five years ago, he had a plan. Actually, he had two. “I had a three-year plan and a five-year plan...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent Belle Vernon Area has lofty hopes this season in golf as the Leopards hope to defend the section title they won a year ago. And while BVA holds a 4-0 record after...

For the MV Independent Saint Vincent College will induct eight individuals and one team into its Athletic Hall of Fame at a 6 p.m. reception and dinner on Sept. 28 in the Fred M. Rogers Center and a V...

Esther Hanna, 90, of West Newton died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Born in Rostraver Township on July 6, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Alfred R. and Ellen R. (Wilt) Creevey. Esther loved being wit...

Dennis A. DiPiazza, 72, of Monessen, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, in Jefferson Hospital.  Arrangements are incomplete. For additional information, please visit www.dalfonso-billick.com. A co...

Lisa Marie Anderson Lees, 49, of Charleroi, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. A daughter of the late Rudolph Anderson and Vicki McKnight Anderson, who survives and resides in Charleroi, she was b...

Melanie Karen Putnak, 72, of Pittsburgh, passed away on Aug. 21, 2019, following a lengthy illness, at the home of her son with the family around her. Born on Oct. 19, 1946, to the late Thomas E. Scur...