By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The settlement agreement between the Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel was approved in court Monday. The settlement agreement and order with U.S. ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Teachers in the Belle Vernon Area School District have been working without a contract since June 30 and thought progress was being made in negotiations – until...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com For the past six weeks, posts have plastered Facebook and flyers were tacked up all over Elizabeth Township asking people to be on the lookout for a missing Lab...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Organizations in the Mon Valley and South Hills looking to make their communities stronger can attend the Jefferson Regional Host Kick-Off and Celebration fr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania will host a band festival this weekend. Guest conductor Dennis Fisher will lead the school’s 73rd annual Pennsylvania Intercoll...

Claudette Fleming Donora Claudette Fleming, age 57, of Donora, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Washington, Pa. She was born in North Charleroi on July 16, 1962, the daughter of the late Harry Fleming a...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent The McKeesport History and Heritage Center celebrated Black History Month Saturday with an exhibit that presented the history of African Americans through music, po...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club who were convicted of aggravated assault and conspiracy in connection with the beating of a former Pagan in Charleroi la...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com They say the Lord works in mysterious ways, and for the Rev. Mary Kay Glunt and her husband Donald, also a reverend, a 1985 trip to Missouri that was suppose...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Grants obtained by Madonna Catholic Regional School are aimed toward improving safety, upgrading technology, introducing students to the Farm to Table concept a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The White Oak Police Department, in partnership with Mayor Ina Jean Marton, will hold two of its annual community outreach programs again this year. Marton announced a...

By JEFF OLIVER For MV Independent One of the fastest rising occupations these days is that of Doordash driver. The drivers pick up customers’ orders at participating restaurants and sandwich shops mad...

By adam brewer MVI Sports All Belle Vernon Area boys basketball coach Joe Salvino wanted to see from his team Saturday in its WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal contest against No. 3 Quaker Valley was a soli...

By dan palm MVI Sports Three local wrestlers punched their tickets to the Class 2A state tournament in Hershey, six others won Class 3A section championships and 19 more advanced to the Class 3A WPIAL...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Alyssa DeAngelo wasn’t   just going to sit back and let there be a chance her high school career could come to an end Saturday afternoon. The senior standout made he...

By jeremy tepper MVI Sports Ringgold head coach Phil Pergola knew his team would have to play a near-perfect game Saturday to beat Highlands. The ninth-seeded Rams came up way short of that mark, howe...

Elaine B. Haines, 92, of Charleroi, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Born on Nov. 12, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Emily Zinsius Behrendt. She retired after 23 years with Tel...

Jay Legros, 65, of Roscoe, lost his courageous battle on Feb. 22, 2020. Jay died peacefully surrounded by his loved ones. He was born Nov. 6, 1954, in Charleroi. He was the son of Gizel Kokoska Legros...

Shirley M. Mislo, 68, of Monessen, passed away Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in UPMC Montifiore, Pittsburgh. She was born in Charleroi May 26, 1951, a daughter of the late George Mislo and Goldie Boone Mislo...

Lloyd W. Shepler, 90, of Monessen, passed away on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in his home surrounded by his family. A son of the late Harold Walter Shepler and Alice Virginia Smallwood, he was born in Nort...