Latest News
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 13, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School board could be back to full strength Monday. Last month, then-board president Dan Engstrom resigned because he was moving out of th...
Alyce J. Webster Larson –  New Eagle
Obituaries
By obits 
August 13, 2021
Alyce J. Webster Larson, 86, of New Eagle, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in the Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela. She was born Feb. 14, 1935, in New Eagle, ...
Robert M. Lieber  – Surprise, Ariz., formerly of Monessen
Obituaries
By obits 
August 13, 2021
Robert M. Lieber, 71, of Surprise, Ariz., formerly of Monessen, passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Crescent Surprise Assisted Living, Surprise, Ariz. Born Dec. 19, 1949, in McKeesport, he was ...
Norma Elizabeth Lutes –  California, Pa.
Obituaries
By obits 
August 13, 2021
Norma Elizabeth Lutes, 91, of California, Pa., died Thursday, July 29, 2021. She was born Thursday, June 5, 1930, in California, Pa., a daughter of the late Robert and Anna Bell Crawford. She was a me...
Edward J. Kearns –  Donora
Obituaries
By obits 
August 13, 2021
Edward J. Kearns, 86, of Donora, passed away on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born in Donora on March 21, 1935, a son of the late John and Mary Smucz Kearns. Catholic by...
Reist ready to lead Tigers’ offense
By Jeremy Sellew 
August 12, 2021
By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Caleb Reist has been following McKeesport football since he was 5 years old. He watched the Tigers continue their tradition of winning year after year while idolizin...
Charleroi nixes Corelle Brands street sweeper use request
Latest News
By Stacy Wolford 
August 12, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough Council has opted not to offer street department services to one of the largest employers in town, creating a divide among council members who worr...
Work on Mounds Park in Monongahela may resume in September
Latest News
By Stacy Wolford 
August 12, 2021
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela residents and children looking forward to using the newly renovated Mounds Park may have to wait a few more weeks to see its completion. After a ...
Ralph J. “Rattler” Greco of Carroll Township
Obituaries
By obits 
August 12, 2021
Ralph J. “Rattler” Greco of Carroll Township, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Born in Donora on Sept. 30, 1930, he was a son of the late Antonio and Amelia Settino Greco. Mr. Greco graduated ...
Obituaries
By obits 
August 12, 2021
A memorial service will be held for Miriam Ritchie and her son, Raymond Ritchie, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at Belle Vernon Cemetery. Family and friends will gather at the cemetery chapel for...
International Village: Cultures gather as festival begins
Latest News
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 11, 2021
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Your nose, taste buds, eyes, ears and dancing feet are a passport around the world this week in McKeesport. The city’s 61st International Village festival kicked off T...
Monessen schools will require masks
Latest News
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 11, 2021
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Monessen School Board has approved a health and safety plan for the upcoming school year that will require all teachers, staff, students and visitors to wear mas...
BVA tabs new superintendent
Latest News
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 11, 2021
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board voted Tuesday to offer a contract to a new superintendent. The contract with Dr. Ken Williams, who currently works in the adm...
David William Tuomi –  Rostraver Township
Obituaries
By obits 
August 11, 2021
David William Tuomi, of Rostraver Township, passed peacefully on Sunday, Aug 8, 2021. He was the beloved husband of Joanne (Berkosky); loving father of Diane (Dave) Rimkus of Robinson; son of the late...
Donora doctor retiring after 60 years
Latest News
By Mon Valley Independent 
August 11, 2021
By WAYNE STEWART For the MVI Television has had its share of long-running shows about doctors, including Marcus Welby, Ben Casey and James Kildare.   Collectively, their medical tenures lasted 20 year...
Obituaries
By obits 
August 11, 2021
Irene E. Andrachek, 91, of Monessen, died Sunday at home in Monessen. She was born on July 24, 1930, in McKeesport, the daughter of the late George Girman and Anna Sovak Girman. She was a member of St...