George Tzanakis, age 90, of West Mifflin, passed away on May 1, 2021. He was born on Sept. 18, 1930, in Windsor Heights, W.Va. and is the son of the late Nickola and Antonia Georgelakis Tzanakis. Ge...

Katherine Kotun, age 92, of McKeesport, died May 1, 2021. She was born in McKeesport on Nov. 19, 1928, and is the daughter of the late Samuel and Theodora Skarpenzou Pandel. She is the wife of the lat...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series. By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Every morning, Dave Yurkovich wakes up extremely early. He takes an immense amount of supplements, somethin...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports West Mifflin walked off for an 11-10 win over Elizabeth Forward on a windy afternoon for baseball at the Titans ball fields Friday.   The win puts West Mifflin in sole posse...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The 2020-21 edition of the Mon Valley Independent -BeeGraphix Super 6 all-star teams were headlined by a pair of playmaking guards on the boys and girls side.   Bell...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Four years after bricks from the former Atlas building began to fall, a new development will begin at the site in   downtown Charleroi. On Friday, the Mon Valley All...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After providing hope that the Valley could soon be home to a state-of-the-art and more environmentally friendly steelmaking facility, U.S. Steel announced it has cance...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Members of the Annunciation of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church in White Oak are marking Jesus Christ’s journey to the cross, his death and resurrection this weeken...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Art will imitate life for California High School students performing in the district’s upcoming musical. The school’s production of “The Addams Family Quaran...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Area residents will have a chance to ask questions and get answers Tuesday at a public meeting about a proposed power plant in Elizabeth Township. “The Alleghen...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Washington County, there aren’t many contested primary races at the local level, but there will be a few races in November.   There are also a number of races ...

Stephen Perok Jr., age 82, of Southgate, Mich., formerly of Donora, passed Nov. 17, 2020. He was the beloved husbandof 56 years of Marlene; loving father of Jeff (Jennifer) Perok and Joelle (David) Co...

Dorothy J. Santoro, 88, of Charleroi, passed away on Friday, April 30, 2021. Born on Feb. 12, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Angelo and Yvonne Balieu Capella. She was a devoted wife, mother, g...

Ellie Clash, Will Wagner, Bradley McIlvaine and Leah Stein, all members of the National Honor Society at Charleroi Area High School, planted flowers Thursday during Charleroi’s borough-wide cleanup da...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen Municipal Fire Chief Delmar Hepple doesn’t want residents to be afraid after a recent string of fires in the city.   In less than two weeks, city firefighte...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A meeting Thursday involving members of the state Senate Appropriations and Education committees and the chancellor of the State System of Higher Education has ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After a year-long hiatus, a group of Mon Valley residents will put on their dancing shoes and head back to Mariner’s Hall in Dunlevy this weekend. The PT Cruisers, a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners are expected to vote next week on an agreement with the Washington County District Attorney’s office to install a license p...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Restaurant and hospitality business owners in the Mon Valley will be happy to know a new grant is available to help them rebound from COVID-19 shutdowns and ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A new concession stand is coming to the baseball fields at Clairton-Resident Park thanks to two area corporate partners, Pennsylvania American Water Company and U.S. S...