By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two New Eagle businesses are going “blue” to make sure one Mon Valley family has a cool summer. With the COVID-19 pandemic putting a halt to a lot of summer plans, c...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The weather is warming up, the Mon Valley is in the green phase of the state’s reopening plan and residents have been given the go-ahead to head outdoors and enjoy the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Work will start soon on the comprehensive plan for Elizabeth Township. The plan had been discussed last year, but hiring a firm to carry out the process was put...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For months, players like Colby McKeta and Nick Stanger wondered if they’d ever play the game of baseball again. Their senior season at Belle Vernon Area was wiped ou...

Carol Bashada, 74, of Fallowfield Township, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020. Born on Aug. 25, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Kesman Ceci. She was a member of St. Andrew the...

Helen Trona, 93, formerly of Rostraver Township, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 15, 2020. Helen was employed at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh before becoming a mother and homemaker. She later wor...

Dolores T. “Bubbles” Vesio, 85, of Rostraver Township, died Monday, June 15, 2020, in Paramount Senior Living, Pittsburgh. She was born on Nov. 19, 1934, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late Willi...

Kathleen R. Daugherty Wassilchalk, 94, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2020, at Mon Valley Hospital, Monongahela. Born July 30, 1925, in Gillespie, she was the daug...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Yocolano siblings, Ginna, 2, Chloe, 7 and James III, 6, enjoy the sunshine at Palmer Park in Donora.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com What is being billed as the first annual Community Unity Cookout in Monessen is scheduled for Sunday. The free event will run from noon to 4 p.m. at Ninth Stree...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District hasn’t decided about its plans for a traditional, in-person graduation ceremony. Administrators want to wait as long as possible to see i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Forward Township will see a greater allotment from the state’s 2019 Act 13 gas well impact fee disbursement than any other Allegheny County municipality. The township ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Students and parents in the West Jefferson Hills School District may soon see changes to the district’s boundaries that determine which schools students atte...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Homicide detectives are investigating after a 29-year-old woman was found dead in her car early Thursday morning. Allegheny County and McKeesport poli...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Trinity girls basketball program was already represented in the local summer basketball circuit by the Venick twins, Emily and Kaylin. Now the Hillers’ gang is...

Marjorie June Riggins Turney, 94, died in the evening of Saturday, June 13, 2020, while she was surrounded by family in her daughter’s home in Sugar Grove, Pa. Marjorie was born in Mt. Jewett, Pa., on...

Evelyn “Effie” Kubis Exler, 83, of Finleyville, maintained her independence at home with care from her loving family. She is survived by daughters, Angie (Sam) Quattrone, Joyce Quattrone and Renee (Ku...

Albert P. “Spaghetti” Gagliardi, 90, of Monongahela, Victory Hill, died Thursday, June 18, 2020, in his home. Born Jan. 19, 1930, in Monongahela, he was the son of Antonio and Mary Surace Gagliardi. A...

Ralph “Rick” DiPiazza, 66, of Huntington Beach, Calif., formerly of Roscoe, passed away on June 11, 2020, at Fountain Valley Hospital in Fountain Valley, Calif. The son of the late Ralph and Mary Edna...

Barbara Jo Shinkle, 56, of Washington, formerly of New Eagle, died Friday, June 12, 2020, in The Grove, Washington, Pa. She was born April 3, 1964, in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Frank E...