By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The emotions Ronalee Matthews displayed during Wednesday afternoon’s peaceful protest in Rostraver Township said it all. A West Newton resident and Caucasian mother ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Amid a backdrop of boarded-up buildings and a heavy police presence, demonstrators took to Pleasant Hills’ Southland Shopping Center on Wednesday afternoon t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi borough may be enhancing code enforcement efforts. During a meeting Wednesday, council discussed giving Code Enforcement Officer Bob Whiten power to write ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners Wednesday officially went on record opposing the construction of a leachate evaporation system at the Westmoreland Sanitary...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The path of Charleroi’s Bella Skobel led her from timid freshman to a senior star on the court. Now her path will take her to West Virginia. Skobel, who averaged j...

By The Valley Independent YOUNGWOOD – Don’t put away those Belle Vernon Area bats and helmets just yet. The Leps are going to the state playoffs. BVA picked up the third WPIAL Class AA berth into the ...

Judge Gilfert M. Mihalich, age 93, embraced by family and friends, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Gilfert was born on July 12, 1926, in Monessen, son of the late Matthew and Kathry...

Sandra J. “Sandi” Behanna, 68, of Donora, passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at Select Specialty Hospital, Latrobe. She was born on June 8, 1951, a daughter of the late Constance Roy Splude. Mrs. B...

Anita E. Mazzei Sefchok, 91, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, was lifted to the gates of heaven on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the lat...

Louise Frances Cmar Olexa, 83, of Monessen, died on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Jefferson Hills Manor. She was born on Sept. 19, 1936, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Michael and Virginia Salott...

Frank A. Jurczak, 77, of North Charleroi, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in his home. A son of the late Frank and Leona Denys Jurczak, he was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, on Nov. 3, 1942. A ...

Margaret E. Edwards, 102, of Collinsburg, formerly of Columbus, Ind., died Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Westmoreland Manor. She was born June 17, 1917, in Bloomington, Ind., a daughter of the late John...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Ron and Christine Janney didn’t have to wait in a line and spent little time inside their polling place Tuesday   afternoon at Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Depart...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Incumbent state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, was claiming victory late Tuesday night in the 49th District. Cook said his sources told him he succ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, Allegheny County’s longest-serving Congressman, was leading at presstime in the 18th Congressional District race for the Democratic nomination ag...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The race for the 39th Legislative District was impossible to call before presstime Tuesday night due to a slower-than-normal vote reporting process.   Incumbent s...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Tensions are running high in Pleasant Hills as the borough and surrounding areas brace for a prayer vigil this afternoon to protest the death of George Floyd...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Crews were working Tuesday to restore water and natural gas service to homes in Washington Township affected by suspected mine subsidence Monday night. A reside...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Local disc jockeys threw their support behind Black Out Tuesday, a movement started by big names in the music industry. One of the first Mon Valley DJs on board was ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After two seasons at the helm of the Ringgold girls basketball program, Lindsy Muchnock has tendered her resignation. The former Seton Hill and Latrobe star was hi...