Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent California Area High School seniors stopped by the school Monday to receive their caps and gowns. They were also given ballots to vote on graduation and opted t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After about two years of negotiations, both the Belle Vernon Area Education Association and the Belle Vernon Area School Board ratified a new five-year contract...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania will soon be in the market for a new leader.   The seventh president in university history, Geraldine M. Jones, plans to step d...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The California Area High School Marching Band was one week away from performing in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on March 20. But those plans ...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Westmoreland County’s top elected officials are pleased with having been moved into the yellow phase of coronavirus reopening. They would just prefer a more robust...

James W. “Jimmy” Jackson, 72, of Charleroi, died Friday, May 8, 2020, at his home. He was born in Pricedale on Feb. 28, 1948, son of James Coleman and Mable Bowman. Jimmy was retired from the former C...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Could a change to Pleasant Hills’ food truck ordinance be in the near future? That was the topic of discussion at the borough’s council meeting Monday night,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man has been denied bail after allegedly breaking into another man’s apartment, stabbing him multiple times and stealing $400, which police said he later ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Among counties that encompass the Mon Valley, only Westmoreland County reported new deaths Monday.   There were six new deaths reported on the same day the state ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak borough still isn’t ready to make a call about whether Heritage Hill Pool will open this summer. Borough Manager John Palyo explained during Monday’s virtual...

Marian Cecilia Lynch, 76, of Donora, a 1965 graduate of California University of Pennsylvania, was called home to her eternal rest on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at Canterbury Place, Lawrenceville. She wa...

Francis J. “Frank” Marflak, of Bloomingdale, Ill., was the  beloved husband for 53 years of Celeste; devoted father of Francis J. Marflak Jr. and Christina (Erik) Darby; loving grandfather of Emily Ja...

Ruth Elizabeth Mucci, 94, of Monongahela, Victory Hill, died Saturday, May 16, 2020, in the Victoria House, Monessen. She was born March 3, 1926, in Monongahela, the daughter of Albert and Elizabeth C...

Robert J. Pupich Jr., 63, of White Oak, died on Thursday, May 14, 2020. He was born in McKeesport, on Oct. 24, 1956, and is the son of the late Robert J. Sr. and Dolores Brocard Pupich. Rob was a teac...

Susan Ann Hoover Robb, 70, of Elizabeth, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at Jefferson Hospital. She was a retired waitress at the Hilltop Dari Delite in Jefferson Hills, loved her family, espec...

Joseph C. Strinich, 96, of Elizabeth, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020, at home. He was a member of St. Michael Parish in Elizabeth Township and a member of the Croatian Fraternal Union. A Duquesne...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic may have shut down schools, businesses, parks and playgrounds, but it didn’t stop the annual Avenue of Flags in West Newton. It did,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After the counties that encompass the Mon Valley joined the yellow phase Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced another dozen counties will make the move this Friday. Be...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There is no tax increase in the 2020-21 proposed budget, which the Belle Vernon Area School Board is expected to approve tonight. Once it receives board approva...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Former Pleasant Hills resident and stained glass mosaic artist Lisa Valentino is taking her work to the streets. Literally. Valentino, a 1983 Thomas Jefferso...