Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Easter Bunny wore a mask Saturday as he participated in a parade held by the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Company. The bunny stopped by the homes of children to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com They thought he just had a stomach bug — a bit of a fever.   Devin Taquino, 47, of Donora died Friday after battling coronavirus for a little more than two weeks....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania continued to drop over the weekend with 1,676 reported Saturday and 1,178 reported Sunday. For the second day ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While local musicians are unable to perform in front of an audience, young performers are still perfecting their crafts to prepare for their next opportunity. The Mo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In response to the COVID-19 crisis, McKeesport-based nonprofit Auberle has expanded services to meet the needs of thousands of individuals, children and families throu...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com When the PIAA announced the cancellation of winter championships and spring sports Thursday, Ringgold hockey coach Rick Kalinowski figured a move by the PIHL would f...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Chris Peccon knows a thing or two about overcoming the odds.   That’s because he had to do it over each of his first three seasons in a Ringgold uniform.   Peccon, a...

By Brian Herman Sports Editor If Belle Vernon Area would had followed the script, they would have lost to visiting Mt. Pleasant Thursday.   The Leps didn’t.   BVA used a four-run third inning en route...

Ben Bamford / For the Mon Valley Independent Rostraver Central Fire Department hosted its final fish fry of the season for take-out orders on Good Friday. Working at the fish fry are volunteers Dylan ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A new state loan program “will provide critical funding to hospitals during the COVID-19 health emergency,” according to state Sen. Camera Bartolotta. The Republican f...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported fewer new cases of COVID-19 Friday, with the figure dropping by more than 200. For the second time this week, the s...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The former Fayette City United Methodist Church building will soon be under new ownership.   Shawn Davis, senior pastor of the Pillar of Faith Church in Clarksville,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf ordered the Department of Corrections Friday to establish a temporary program that will transfer inmates who qualify to community facilities or home...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco is unhappy that county residents who die with COVID-19 symptoms aren’t being tested for the virus. “There are several factors...

By Teghan Simonton Trib Total Media In the McKeesport Area School District, Superintendent Mark Holtzman estimated more than a thousand families either don’t have reliable internet access or the neces...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The victim of a fatal head-on crash on a busy state road in White Oak Thursday afternoon has been identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Donald ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Thomas Jefferson girls basketball coach Lisa Fairman had a feeling the events of Thursday were coming. But that didn’t make it hurt any less. When the PIAA announc...

Mack C. Brownfield, 52, of Belle Vernon, passed away unexpectedly in his home on April 9, 2020, from natural causes. He was born on April 26, 1967, in Uniontown. He was a part of the 1985 graduating c...

Florence S. “Herk” Dermont, 83, of Bunola, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at UPMC Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born in McKeesport on Dec. 6, 1936, a daughter of the late Martin and Ma...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Educators and more than 1.7 million K-12 students across Pennsylvania learned their schools will remain shuttered for the remainder of the academic year as a result of...