By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media Barbara Piasecky of Hempfield was saddened by the news last week that Bishop Edward Malesic is slated to leave the Greensburg Diocese to serve in the same role for the ...

By jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Tears were shed, hugs were distributed and one last memory was shared among senior members of Warriors Fast Pitch and Perryopolis Wednesday night.   The two teams ha...

By Bill Beckner Trib Total Media Poised to lift the Monessen football program back to prominence, new coach Shane Swope is bringing the strength of a construction worker, the tact of an architect and ...

Charles C. Jones, 71, of Monongahela, formerly of North Huntingdon, passed peacefully in his home following a lengthy illness on Saturday, July 18, 2020. He was born Dec. 13, 1948, in Greensburg, the ...

The Ward family of Blaine Hill enjoyed a Friday afternoon of fishing in Elizabeth. With Brittany and Walter Sr. are Walter Jr., 10 and Izayah, 3.

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A global company will soon call the Mon Valley home. On Friday, the Mon Valley Alliance, an economic development organization, announced it has sold lot 11A ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department issued a new order Friday that relaxed some of the restrictions it enacted July 8, but kept some others in place as new cor...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District is taking an interactive approach to releasing information about schools reopening for the 2020-21 school year. The district released t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The restart of classes in the Elizabeth Forward School District will be marked by several keywords: safety, flexibility and adaptability are at the top. “Our go...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township’s electronic recycling program will resume next month. In past years, residents dropped off unwanted recyclables, but items will be picked up curb...

When we decided to take on the task of putting together the Mon Valley Independent Senior Swing softball tournament, the goals appeared simple. Giving local teams the chance to play together after the...

By the Mon Valley Independent Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intercollegiate athletics, preparations for next season must go on. Last week, the Cal U men’s basketball program announced...

By the Mon Valley Independent Members of Monessen’s Thunderbird Gym competed in the World National Powerlifting Federation Nationals in Youngstown, Ohio, on Sunday. As they usually do, those local com...

It is with the heaviest of hearts that the family of Samuel A. Basile III, 42, of Bethel Park, must tell all who loved him that Our Lord welcomed him into Heaven on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Sam fough...

Mary Ann “Antoinette” Antczak Dirling, age 84 and a longtime resident of White Oak, passed away on Thursday, Jul. 16, 2020, in HCR ManorCare, Monroeville, after battling an enduring illness. Born June...

Sophia E. Evancho, 99, formerly of Monessen, died Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Townview Health and Rehabilitation Center, Canonsburg. She was born on Jan. 3, 1921, in New York, N.Y., the daughter of t...

Gregory Robert McBeth, 44, of Rostraver Township, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Born in Carroll Township on March 10, 1976, he was the son of Diane Leah Green McBeth, who survives and resides in Rostr...

David Lee Popp, 66, of Monessen, died Thursday, July 16, 2020, in UPMC Presbyterian-Montefiore, Pittsburgh. He was born on Feb. 5, 1954, in North Charleroi, the son of the late Mabel Furlong Popp and ...

Betty Jane Tulak, of Henderson, Nev., died July 6, 2020, at age 90. She was born Betty Jane Farrow in Ashland, Ky., on Aug. 28, 1929. She was formerly of the rural area of Crawford County, Ohio. Betty...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After his team went 0 for 24 from 3-point range in a loss Tuesday, Campy’s Pizza coach Naz Victoria wanted to see a better effort. He got it Thursday, but it still...