Peter “Pete” Culyba, 89, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at his home. He was born on July 25, 1931, son of the late Basil and Mary Bakos Culyba. He was a longtime member...

Virginia Kuvinka, 84, of Monessen, died Friday, May 14, 2021, in UPMC Family Hospice Pittsburgh. She was born on Feb. 28, 1937, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late David and Ruth Jenkins Johns. V...

Col. Thomas J. Tredici will be remembered for his military service, monumental professional contributions and sustained dedication to public service to the citizens of the United States. As a military...

Alma May Collin Blackburn, 86, of Fallowfield Township, was welcomed into the Heavenly Kingdom of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on May 8, 2021. She was born Oct. 4, 1934, in Monongahela, daughter o...

George Charles Holben, 78, of New Eagle, died Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Forbes Hospital, Monroeville. He was born Aug. 28, 1942, in Punxsutawney, the son of the late George and Emma Kostick Holben. G...

By the Mon Valley Independent It’s been a couple years, but the WPIAL will hold a softball championship tournament this season and the brackets were unveiled Thursday for 10 local teams vying for cham...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports It had been a difficult last couple of weeks for the Belle Vernon Area baseball team. The Leopards had endured five straight losses coming off a 10-day COVID shutdown...

By JOE SABOLEK MVI Sports The Uniontown Red Raiders made the trek from Fayette County to visit the Ringgold Rams in Section 3-4A action Thursday at Ken Griffey Sr. Field as Uniontown played spoiler in...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A pair of five-run innings sunk Yough softball in the regular season finale versus West Mifflin. The Titans earned a first round bye in the playoffs and will head into the p...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Many storybooks take children on a literary journey where words, pictures and illustrations allow their imaginations to roam into another world. Kids from McKeesport a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School Board is expected to give preliminary approval next week to a $46,387,194 general fund budget with a 2.5% property tax increase. Al...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One of the consultants working on the Rails to Trails project about the master site plan for Palmer Park talked to Donora Council Thursday. The majority of the pr...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Shoppers, foodies and chocoholics will descend upon Monongahela Saturday when the city holds its first-ever World of Chocolate tour. The event, sponsored by ...

Carol Sue Dragone Walters, 75, of Monongahela, died Wednesday, May 12, 2021 in her home. She was born Oct. 23, 1945, in Brownsville, the daughter of Frank and Margaret Macik Dragone. Carol graduated f...

Scott S. Taylor, 51, of Charleroi, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2021, after a yearlong battle with cancer. Born on April 22, 1970, he was the son of the late John Taylor and Donna Gray Taylor, who ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com More than 100 people gathered Wednesday at Renziehausen Park to pay tribute to a late McKeesport Area teacher, who was also a McKeesport city councilwoman. The group o...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The ballot will appear as if the race for supervisor in Forward Township is uncontested when voters go to the polls Tuesday, but that would ignore the somewhat ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The mayoral race in Monessen is hotly contested and has only grown more contentious as the primary draws closer. Mayor Matt Shorraw, 30, a Democrat, is running fo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two new employees clocked in for their first shifts for Charleroi Borough this week. On Monday, Jeremy Hepple, a Charleroi volunteer firefighter, started training fo...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Five additional businesses will soon benefit from the Monongahela Main Street Program’s facade project. In a 3-0 vote Wednesday, Monongahela council approved...