Thomas “Mel” Couchenour Jr., 82, of North Belle Vernon and formerly of Elizabeth Township, passed away on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, at Jefferson Hospital. He was a retired plant manager for the former Tyg...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com Regina Carson Stottlemyer is settling into her role as director of the Charleroi Area Public Library.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tu...

Pamela Griffith Godlewski, 72, of Newell, passed away Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in Uniontown Hospital. She was born Dec. 19, 1948, in Ohio County, W.Va., daughter of Arthur C Griffith and Sarah A Grimm Gr...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Four board members were sworn into office Monday as Belle Vernon Area School Board held its reorganization meeting. To read the rest of the story, please see a ...

Pastor Melvin Lee Hileman, 92, of Rostraver Township, passed away peacefully at 10:41 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, in the home of his caregiver, Gary McDonald. Born in Charleroi on May 10, 1929, he wa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Glassport has been awarded thousands of state grant dollars to battle blight in town.

Ruth A. Iaquinta, 71, of Donora, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. She was born in North Charle- roi, daughter of the late Thomas Eugene Iaquinta and Julia Frances Sark...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports The McKeesport wrestling program is under a rebuild, sporting a roster with loads of underclassmen. The Tigers, though, are embracing the challenge ahead. To read the rest ...

Jan Ellen Tintori Rosenau, 65, of Upper Marlboro, Md., formerly of Belle Vernon, left this world on Nov. 21, 2021. The sole child of the late Robert Lee Tintori and Eula Mae Dietrich Tintori, she was ...

By Christine Haines Mon Valley Independent This weekend marks the 30th anniversary for the drive-through live Nativity at United Church of Christ at Malden Crossroads in California. To read the rest o...

Judith “Judy” Ann Wilson, 79, of Dunbar, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, Dec. 5, 2021, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Judy was born July 13, 1942, in Connellsville, daughter o...

For the MV Independent The Cal U men’s basketball team battled foul trouble and nearly erased a 16-point deficit before suffering an 89-82 loss at East Stroudsburg in PSAC Crossover play Saturday. To ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports As Bentworth girls’ basketball coach Donna Sallee enter her fourth year with the program, she has noticed a lot more positivity and a certain comfort level around the squad a...

Lauren Rumbaugh holds her daughter, Devin, 4, as her husband, Vance, waves to Santa as he arrives by fire truck during Rostraver Township’s Christmas Celebration Sunday evening at the John DiVirgilio ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a year off due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Rostraver Township Police Department is bringing back its Santa Cop program for a second year. On Thursday, R...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Christmas is still a few weeks away, but Port Vue residents received an early gift. It’s a bit too big to wrap in pretty paper and a bow, but the new Port Vue Recreation Cente...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Ringgold was on the precipice of a WPIAL playoff spot last season, with a late matchup against Peters Township standing as perhaps its last hurdle. That matchup never happe...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The future of former Kenric Manor in Donora remains a mystery as officials have determined the owner’s proposed use goes against borough ordinance. Borough Admini...

Deanna R. Detar-Schutter, 46, of Rillton, passed away Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. She was previously employed by Mon Valley Hospital and was a social member of the VFW of Rillton. Deanna was the loving moth...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Port Vue welcomed in the holiday season with a Light Up Night celebration Friday. The celebration was the first event held in the borough’s new recreation center. While the we...