By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com An early season loss can sometimes do a team good.   In the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League, defending champion AMD Industries saw their long winni...

Timothy W. Stockdill, age 64, of Elizabeth, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at AHN Jefferson Hospital. He was a retired electrician with IBEW Local 5. He was a member of Elizabeth Baptist Chu...

Glenda Lee Bereczky Busch, 68, of White Oak, finished her journey on this Earth on July 15, 2021. She spent a little over a year bravely battling pancreatic cancer without ever showing how much pain s...

Mary Pobok Brassart, 96, of Millsboro, Del., formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2021, at her home in Delaware. Born March 3, 1925, in Naomi, Pa., she was the daughter of the late...

Steven Campbell of the Allison 2 Volunteer Fire Department heads for the finish line during the gear scramble Thursday at the Fayette County Firefighters Convention in Brownsville. Convention activiti...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Club Serenity bought a house on Nash Avenue in Monessen for use as a recovery home for addicts who are sober, but some city residents have spoken out against havi...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The St. Andrew Summer Fest, which invites area residents, families and children to Monongahela, will take place this weekend.   The event, which was scaled back last...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Washington County residents may soon have a say in how county government is run. County commissioners announced Thursday they will hold a virtual meeting Jul...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Washington Township’s board of supervisors had another discussion Wednesday about the possibility of a dollar store being built on Fayette Avenue (Route 201). The boar...

Michael R. Morgan Sr., 87, of Washington, died Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Born in Webster on July 23, 1933, he was the son of the late Michael and Virginia Taylor Morgan. Mickey was retired from the Te...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Washington County Department of Public Safety is getting input from emergency responders regarding the communication system in the county. There are current...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With their star Rodney Gallagher missing Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League action for two weeks, the BeeGraphix coaching staff had a reasonable goal....

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi has once again taken ownership of the community’s boat launch and new parking area. The site, which was recently redeveloped through a project and partners...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth is suing a former police officer over missing funds and equipment that hasn’t been returned to the borough. Garrett Kimmell had been the borough’s K-9...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Elite Physical Therapy remained one of two teams atop the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League standings as they outlasted Union Cleaners, 59-52, Thursday...

Stephanie J. Kostelac, 66, of Monongahela, passed away on July 14, 2021, in UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh. She was born in Charleroi, on May 15, 1955, daughter of the late Steve and Helen Sedok Lexie....

Laurel McFeely, 46, of Charleroi, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in AGH Jeffferson Hospital, Jefferson Hills. She was born Aug. 4, 1974, the daughter of the late James and Claudia Lape McFeely. L...

The obituary for Joseph E. Sedlak Jr. and Mary Sedlak published earlier this week contained an error. Theresa Carson has not preceded her sister, Mary Sedlak, in death, but survives her. Our apology f...

Photos by Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent This week marks the 82nd and 83rd annual conventions for the Fayette County Firefighters Association, the first time ever the association combined con...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An integration plan to combine six state-owned universities, including California University of Pennsylvania, into two institutions was unanimously approved Wed...