By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township commissioners on Monday discussed the future of the township-owned “Chapel Drive property.” Commissioners Andrew Kuzma, Rich Algeri, Robert Rhoderic...

Michael R. Seamon Jr. Monongahela Michael R. Seamon Jr., 83, of Monongahela, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at Cambridge Hillside Senior Living in North Charleroi. He was born Jan. 30, 1937, in Charle...

Edward Anthony Scarpari Jr. Tours, France Edward Anthony Scarpari Jr., 51, of Tours, France, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020. A 1986 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School, he attended Musking...

Betty L. Sinclair Donora Betty L. Sinclair, 88, of Donora, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Transitions Healthcare, Washington, Pa., with her loving family by her side. She was born...

Heather Hart / Mon Valley Independent Bishop David Zubik, left, of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, visited St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Donora on Sunday for an installation ceremony for the Rev. Kevin ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Democratic officials from the state and local level convened in Monessen Saturday to encourage fellow Democrats from the state’s 58th Legislative District to urge thei...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The NAACP McKeesport Unit celebrated Black History Month on Saturday with its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser.   McKeesport Councilwoman LuEthel Nesbit, who has be...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com California Area School District students set a record this year by raising more than $11,000 through a Pennies for Patients fundraiser. From Feb. 3 to 21, students a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A team of middle school students in the Elizabeth Forward School District won two honors in the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” video competition. “They wo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A 19-year-old man was listed in critical condition Sunday night following a shooting earlier that day in McKeesport. Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Depart...

By Dan Palm MVI Sports Belle Vernon Area sophomore Cole Weightman’s decision to move up in weight prior to the postseason paid off Saturday.   Weightman, who went from 195 to the 220-pound weight divi...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The Belle Vernon boys basketball team accomplished more than anyone could have anticipated this season.   The Leopards’ run to the WPIAL Class 4A championship game, w...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It’s not often that a team feels reinvigorated after a loss.   That, however, was the case for the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team when it suffered a tough 59...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Scoring 1,000 career points in less than two seasons doesn’t happen often at the high school level.   It’s so rare that even a veteran coach like Joe Salvino, who ha...

Ronald S. Godla - Monessen Ronald S. Godla, 74, of Monessen, died Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born on July 3, 1945, in North Charleroi, the son of the late Stephen ...

Georgetta ‘Dolly’ Mary Wiles Rostraver Township Georgetta “Dolly” Mary Wiles, 86, of Rostraver Township, died Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Born in Rostraver Township on Jan. 10, 1934, she was the daughter...

Marie A. Sickles Monessen Marie A. Sickles, 93, of Monessen, died Saturday Feb. 29, 2020, in Mon Valley Care Center. She was born on June 14, 1926, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Frank and Ther...

By The Mon Valley Independent The Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team fell short in its quest for a WPIAL Class 4A championship as the sixth-seeded Leopards suffered a 72-54 loss at the hands of to...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The days of civil rights activists being killed for attempting to register black voters may be in the past, but there are still ways in which minorities are bei...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Most 13-year-olds won’t be popping bottles at their birthday party, but that isn’t the case for Anne Josephs. Don’t worry, she isn’t breaking any laws. Josephs, a Be...