By Matt Petras For the Mon Valley Independent Washington County Court of Common Pleas Judge Traci McDonald Kemp, the county’s first black woman elected to county-wide office, gave a Martin Luther King...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students from five different Penn State University campuses in Western Pennsylvania joined forces in McKeesport Monday to complete service projects in memory of the li...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Every girl deserves to feel like a princess on her prom night. That’s why Diann Donaldson, owner of Jazzy Boutique in North Belle Vernon, has made it her ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A resale ministry based in West Newton and Elizabeth is having a months-long sale to clear out inventory to make room for new items. Marci Elsbury and her husband, R...

Barbara J. ‘Barb’ Saxton Lebanon, Mo., formerly of Monongahela Barbara J. “Barb” Saxton, 61, of Lebanon, Mo., formerly of Monongahela, passed into life eternal after a lengthy battle with dementia on ...

John Daniel Bonga Duquesne John Daniel Bonga of Duquesne, a resident of Juniper Village in Forest Hills, age 98, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. John was the first American child born to Andrew ...

Lewis ‘Bo’ Sweitzer Sr. Newell Lewis “Bo” Sweitzer Sr., 95, of Newell, passed away Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at his residence. He was born in Newell, on Dec. 1, 1924, son of James Sweitzer and Madeline B...

Joseph S. Ciferno Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, formerly of Fayette City Joseph S. Ciferno, 77, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, formerly of Fayette City, passed away Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 at ...

John Robert Milton Bentleyville John Robert Milton, 78, of Bentleyville, died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Manor Care Health Services, McMurray. He was born Dec. 19, 1941, in Star Mine, Carroll Township,...

Dorothy L. “Dot” Alford, 75, of West Newton, died peacefully with her family by her side, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020.  She was born Aug. 16, 1944, a daughter of the late John and Irene Andriechack Krofek. ...

Lois Ann Trembach Alewine, 73, of Rostraver Township, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. Born in Belle Vernon on Sept. 15, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Emma I. Kovac Trembach. Lois w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com This month, three churches in the Mid-Mon Valley officially joined forces in a merger to form St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church. The Rev. Kevin Dominik said the m...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It seems that whenever or wherever Mon Valley residents see a need, they are quick to help. That quality applies even if the need is half a world away. Wildfire...

Rose C. Badstibner, 104, of McKeesport, died Jan. 18, 2020, at Kane Regional Medical Center. Born Dec. 30, 1915, in McKeesport, she was the daughter of the late George and Ida Robertson Glaub and the ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Ringgold High School senior has been recognized for a poem he wrote about Martin Luther King Jr. Roderick Wilson Jr. will be honored tonight by Carnegie Mellon ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The phrase “follow your heart” is good advice, and Port Vue resident Gregg Johnson hopes it proves profitable. An avid music fan and performing musician, Joh...

Frances Ann Reed Fee, 82, of Belle Vernon, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at Walnut Ridge Memory Care Center in Youngwood. She was born on Aug. 10, 1937, to the late J...

Dorothy Gaydos, 90, of Carroll Township, passed on to the Lord Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at Concordia of Cranberry in Mars, Pa. She was born Jan. 22, 1929, in Meadowlands, Pa., daughter of the late Thoma...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Devin Whitlock might not have had Saturday’s non-section tilt with Monessen circled on his calendar, but it was one that was certainly on his mind.   The Belle Verno...

Jennie R. Johnson, 99, of Fallowfield Township, passed away on Jan. 19, 2020, at Dunlevy Manor, where she had resided for the past 3 1/2 years. She was born in Charleroi to the late John and Sophie Pa...