By BRIAN HERMAN Sports Editor WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Two years ago, Belle Vernon Area’s girls softballers nipped McKeesport, 5-4, for the first postseason victory in the school’s history. After blowing...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com When Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the shutdown of all social functions due to the coronavirus pandemic in March, Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department Ch...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nothing can stop true love — not even a global pandemic. COVID-19 is forcing 2020 brides to get creative, but it won’t prevent them from saying ‘I do.’ Jenna Dunlay ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Washington County Courts have issued an order to all law enforcement agencies directing them to enforce Gov. Tom Wolf’s yellow phase guidelines. Washington County...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The new five-year contract approved Monday by the Belle Vernon Area School Board and its teachers union freezes wages in the first year and eliminates several b...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A former Jefferson Hills employee suing the borough claiming she was harassed and discriminated against by former and current council members is preparing fo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After a special meeting last week to approve a preliminary 2020-21 spending plan and virtual learning coming to a close, Charleroi Area School board directors approv...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Area high school baseball and softball teams got to check out who they will be section mates with over the next two seasons after the WPIAL announced new alignment...

By JEFF OLIVER Staff Writer (Editor’s Note: During these unprecedented times, the sports staff at the MVI will republish stories from the Valley Independent archives.) McMURRAY – Chris Cox watched fro...

Dr. Anthony “Tony” Lazzaro, of Brownsville, passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Paramount Senior Living Center in McMurray, May 15, 2020. Born April 22, 1931, in Vesta Six, Pa., he was the son ...

Marian Lynch, 92, of Strasburg, Pa., formerly of Coulters, Pa., died Friday, May 15, 2020. She was born in McKeesport on Feb. 15, 1928, and is the daughter of the late Joseph and Alice Spangler Eichle...

Norma Jean Petitto, 89, of Greensburg, formerly of Rostraver Township, died Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Walnut Ridge Memory Care. Born in Du-quesne on Jan. 2, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Edmun...

In loving memory of Howard Fields, 76, of Charleroi, who died at 5:16 a.m. Sunday, May 10, 2020, at St. Luke’s Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, N.J. He was born Nov. 6, 1943, in Charleroi, a son of th...

Donna Marie Stahl Weaver, 60, of Smithton, passed away Sunday morning, May 17, 2020, in the comfort of her home, while being comforted by her loving family. She was born Sept. 7, 1959, in North Charle...

By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media Could the PIAA take a county-by-county approach to restarting sports or should the entire state resume summer workouts at the same time? “We want to have that discussi...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There’s still no telling what it’s going to take to get sports going again. But I think there should be a little bit more of a rush to do so. Locally, regionally, ...

Shirley G. Beall, 95, of North Charleroi, formerly of Coal Center, died Sunday, May 17, 2020, at her home. She was born in Coal Center on March 6, 1925, daughter of George and Ella Walker Stemberg. Sh...

Alice Elaine Bergman, 89, of Rostraver Township, died Friday, May 15, 2020. Born in Donora on June 28, 1930, she was the daughter of the late George and Elsie Simonson Oxley. Elaine was a telephone op...

Samuel F. Ditta, 97, of Charleroi, died Friday, May 15, 2020, in Oakleaf Personal Care Home, Baldwin. Born March 21, 1923, in Charle- roi, he was the son of Frank and Serafina Pillitteri Ditta. During...

Taylor Easterday, 27, of Donora, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020. She was born Oct. 6, 1992, in Manchester N.H., daughter of Norma Malavé Easterday and the late Carl Easterday. Surviving to cheris...