Concetta “Connie” Prestia Delconte, 94, of Clairton, formerly of Donora, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Reggio di Calabria, Italy, on Aug. 9...

Marie Gordon Egros, 93, of Rostraver Township, passed away on March 28, 2020, in the Mon Valley Care Center. She was born Sept. 14, 1926, in Pittsburgh, daughter of the late James Lawrence and Sara Sw...

Lucille Marion Meucci passed away peacefully in her sleep during the early morning of Saturday, March 28, 2020. She was born to Harry Marion Strole and Grace Hilda Sutherland Strole in Lock Four, Nort...

By the Mon Valley Independent Those looking forward to be inducted into the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame this year will have to wait. The organization announced Sunday that this year’s Class...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Ethan Codeluppi is a soft spoken kid who doesn’t usually have much to say. Instead, he allows his play on the football field to do the talking for him. After a succe...

Alan Mugrage, 75, of Charleroi, passed away on March 26, 2020, with his family by his side. Born in Charleroi on April 14, 1944, Alan was the son of the late Warren and Myrtie Peck Mugrage. Following ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It wasn’t long ago that Larry Callaway questioned whether he would ever get the opportunity to play football again.   A multi-sport athlete who excelled on the gridi...

By BRIAN HERMAN March 30, 1990 On its way to the WPIAL championship, 29 victories and the first trip in the school’s history to Hershey, Ringgold High’s basketball team hasn’t had to really look up to...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Storms rolled through the Mon Valley over the weekend, causing flash flooding and packing high winds. National Weather Service-Pittsburgh placed the entirety of the Mi...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Washington County, which had 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday, is now under Gov. Tom Wolf’s and stay-at-home order. Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monongahela resident had a hot commodity to give   away Friday. William Hefner parked his truck, filled with individually wrapped rolls of toilet paper, at Mononga...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’   “To this ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has made even more modifications to its COVID-19 response policies. Bishop David Zubik announced this weekend that, effective immedi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two area state representatives have co-sponsored legislation to supply grants to volunteer fire departments and EMS agencies. State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run, a...

Iretta A. Lynch, 96, of Rostraver Township, passed away on March 28, 2020, in Mon Valley Hospital. She was born in Monessen, on July 8, 1923, daughter of the late Phillip and Bertha Spielmyer Yost. Ir...

FAYETTE CITY Laura Hines, of Fayette City, passed away peacefully in her home on Wednesday, March 2 5 , 2020, at the age of 100. She was t h e daughter of the late Loe Rae and Martha Trew Harris and w...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The news is filled with the big picture regarding the coronavirus pandemic: hundreds of thousands sick worldwide, entire countries on lockdown, record unemploym...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Westmoreland County was added to the list of counties in Pennsylvania under a stay-at-home order Friday afternoon. In the Mon Valley, Westmoreland joins Allegheny...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Gospel Alliance Church in Rostraver Township is taking a new approach to offering prayer while services are canceled. A drive-through prayer initiative was announced...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, is calling for Gov. Tom Wolf to lift the ban on construction work and release a comprehensive list of businesses ...