Larry Martin Morgan, a gentle, jolly and spirited soul, passed away the evening of Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, in his Star Junction home with his devoted wife of 41 years, Doris Diane Bogdanske Morgan, fai...

Frank Brody, 95, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital after a short illness. He was born Dec. 23, 1924, in Webster, the son of Alexander and Mar...

Eleanor R. Jenkins, 93, passed away on Dec. 14, 2020, at The Residence at Hilltop, which happened to coincide with her late husband’s birthday. The daughter of Assunta Gianni and Valentino Roncace, El...

Iva Irene Carson Molinari, 95, passed away from COVID-19 complications at Windber Woods Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Dec. 29, 1924, in Speers to Lawrence and Iva (Morgan) C...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With more than 10,000 additional cases of COVID-19 reported Wednesday, a light at the end of the tunnel can finally be seen in the Mon Valley. Carol Soltes, a staff ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Old Man Winter made his presence known in the Mon Valley on Wednesday. Area residents and businesses began to brace for the first winter storm of the season on Tuesday...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Thomas Jefferson girls basketball team is familiar with the waiting game caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was just over eight months ago when the Jaguars’ win...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township has been assured by Westmoreland County officials the check is in the mail. Commission Chairman John Lorenzo said the township will be receiv...

By JOE GRATA For The Mon Valley Independent A long-time North Belle Vernon resident who was among the nation’s oldest living women has died at age 111. Elizabeth (Antal) Lucas passed away Sunday of co...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The White Oak Post Office, and the McKeesport Agape Center, also located in the borough, have moved, and those running the organizations hope to up and running in a ma...

Thomas J. Feehan Sr., 88, formerly of Monessen, passed away on Dec. 15, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born on Sept. 15, 1932, the youngest child of Clarence and Elizabeth Meluck Feehan....

Anna Marie Farquhar, 73, of Fayette City, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in her daugh-ter Brenda’s home. A daughter of the late John and Mary Ercegovich Yusko, she was born in Nor...

Gloria L. Wilson Balog, 89, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at Southwestern Nursing Care Center, West Mifflin. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, funeral services ...

Florence L. Reed, 97, of Ghennes Heights, Monongahela, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 16, 2020. She leaves six surviving children, Patricia Fonner (Ray) of Washington, Sharon Heiney of Thomasville, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Deputy fire Chief Jeff List said his fellow firefighters have found great joy over the past several years in giving new coats to youngsters in the McKeespor...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com With Christmas around the corner, Rod Ambrogi of Fallowfield Township couldn’t envision laying off his 40 employees to comply with the governor’s latest directi...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Students in the Belle Vernon Area School District, already learning in full remote mode, are being encouraged to take time to just be kids today and enjoy the s...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With a major snowstorm in today’s forecast, a group of Snow Angels — volunteers with shovels in tow — will brave the cold to help older and disabled residents in Mon...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PennDOT District 11 announced Tuesday that the Jerome Street Bridge rehabilitation project will resume today, weather permitting. The bridge (Route 2094) spans the You...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com COVID-19 care kits containing everything an individual or family would need for three days are being prepared by the Monessen Salvation Army. “We had a great op...