By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Washington County Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a female who was struck and killed by a train in Charleroi Tuesday night. Police, ...

Elana “Lanny” Carmane Cillo-Lundy, passed away peacefully at her daughter’s home, surrounded by her loved ones, on Aug. 21, 2019. She was born June 21, and if we tell you the year she will haunt us fo...

Patricia L. Bakaitus, 73, of North Belle Vernon, passed away peacefully, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, at home surrounded by her children. She was born June 21, 1946, in Charleroi, daughter of the late Mar...

Chase A. Courtney, 19, of Charleroi, passed away Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. He was born May 4, 2000, the son of Robert Larry Courtney Jr. and Melanie Koury Courtney of Charleroi. Chase attended Charleroi ...

George Lewis Diehl Jr. of New Eagle passed away peacefully on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, in Mt. Vernon Nursing Home of Elizabeth. George was 87 years old. He was born in Smithton on April 21, 1932, the so...

By JEREMY TEPPER For the MV Independent For four years, this season’s Serra Catholic senior class have been talking about a rather specific, modest goal. What the Eagles want to do, first and foremost...

By Dan Palm For the Mon Valley Independent The Monessen boys soccer team is going through a transformation.   Gone are 14-year head coach Sam Perry along with six starters. In are first-year head coac...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward students were slated to head back to school Thursday, but that’s not going to happen. EF administrators and attorneys representing the district spent...

Ruby I. Escott, 88, of McKeesport, died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. She was born in Dravosburg on Sept. 1, 1930, and is the daughter of the late Robert and Clarissa Trostle Boyd and the wife of the late W...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A female pedestrian was struck and killed by a train Tuesday night in Charleroi, according to reports from first responders. Police, fire and EMS officials were call...

By Stephen Huba Trib Total Media News Wire Services Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. Or so the saying goes. On Saturday evening, Lisa Meilander saw an example of simple kindn...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Students across the Valley are heading back to their classrooms — in fact, some have already started. Students in the Elizabeth Forward School District were suppo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon man accused of swiping snakes, iguanas, worms, mice and other items from a West Newton pet store will stand trial in Westmoreland County Court. On Mon...

Evalean “Eva” Minnie, 88, of Donora, passed away on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at the North Strabane Rehabilitation and Wellness Center in Canonsburg. She was born on May 18, 1931, in Belle Vernon, the da...

By the MVI The Monessen Public Library hosted its first-ever custom car show Aug. 10 and it was deemed a success by organizers. “The first (inaugural) Monessen Public Library Car Cruise was a wonderfu...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD), which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, has announced this year’s RADical Days. RAD — a special purpose area-wide unit ...

By Mary Ann Thomas When a pair of osprey that have been nesting in the Homestead and McKeesport area decided to build their nest on a utility pole this year, Duquesne Light and the Erie Bird Observato...

Aloa L. Brown, 93, of California, Pa., passed away on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, in her home. She was born in Charleroi on July 15, 1926, a daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Cochanour Peters. Mrs...

Deborah “Debbie” E. Radu, 59, of Glassport, formerly of McKeesport, died Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. She was born in McKeesport on Sept. 28, 1959, daughter of the late Edward and Elizabeth Miller Radu. She...

Lt. Col. Gerald Kozak, USAF, (Ret.) 85, of McKeesport, was born Jan. 15, 1934 and died Aug. 16, 2019. Arrangements by THE SPRINGS FUNERAL SERVICES-NORTH, www.tsfs.co.