By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The last moments of Nicholas Tarpley’s life were so calm and typical, they were at odds with how it ended. In joint preliminary hearings held Monday for Devell Ch...

Kay A. Curry, 77, of Jefferson Hills, passed away Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, surrounded by her loving family at the home of her niece and nephew in Monongahela. She retired as the owner of Curry’s Corner i...

Two-year-old June Wilson of Belle Vernon gives a bottle to one of the petting zoo goats at Sunday’s August Fun Fest at Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver Township.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Representatives of Penn-DOT District 11 took an up-close look at area infrastructure this week, including some Mon Valley roads. State Rep. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council will consider setting a fee schedule for the use of all borough parks. Councilwoman Cindy Brice said she was in Monessen recently and learned the c...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township Historical Society is giving residents an opportunity to leave their mark on history. Individuals and groups may sponsor a brick or slate...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com School districts throughout the Mon Valley have received funding to provide healthy snacks to students.   The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is administered feder...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Along with wrapping up another Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League championship Thursday, Laurel Highlands and BeeGraphix guard Rodney Gallagher III cl...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com New Eagle council continues to discuss what to do with the borough’s broken-down dump truck. At last week’s work session, council members debated whether it ...

For the Mon Valley Independent The Cal U football team was selected to finish third in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West poll released by the league office last week. The Vulcans finishe...

Lorraine A. Walker Nelson, 94, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, at Mon Valley Hospital, Monongahela.  Born April 10, 1927, in Charleroi, she was the daughter o...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After a long year off as a result of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the precursor event to McKeesport’s International Village ethnic food, music and da...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com For many people, Friday’s farmers market in Monongahela’s Chess Park was just a normal afternoon gathering of vendors, crafters and farmers. But for many Chr...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township Commissioners recently approved two projects — one for a housing development, the other for a new store. The Willowbrook Planned Residential ...

Carol Evans Brounce, 73, of North Charleroi, passed away Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, at Grandview Estates of Elizabeth. Born Aug. 2, 1948, in North Charleroi, she was the daughter of the late Richard A. a...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Back in June during the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League girls draft, Cedarbrook head coach Mariah Ward described just how easy of a decision it was t...

By Wayne Stewart For MVI Sports Donora’s unofficial historian is Dr. Charles Stacey, and his qualifications are impeccable.   He has observed the local sports scene as a student, graduating from Donor...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon Area sophomore has big dreams for his future. William Schwerha recently graduated from a program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala....

Stephen E. Burns, 80, of Champion, Pa., formerly of Donora and Monessen, died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. He was the son of Robert C. and Teresa Helzlsouer Burns and was born in Pittsburgh on Nov. 8, 1940....

Levetta “Vee” Sherrill, 51, of Elrama, died Friday July 30, 2021, in her home. Born June 21, 1970, in Orange County, Calf., she was the daughter of the late Richard L. Sherrill and Henrietta “Kay” Kee...