By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “New style, same great cause.” The event has a bit of a different format than it has in the past, but the Mon Valley YMCA John Barbero Memorial Auction Fundraiser open...

By Taylor Brown-Herman tbrown@yourmvi.com As Charleroi’s outgoing council members and mayor shared sentimental goodbyes during their last meeting as elected officials, they were not the only ones to m...

Troy Emerson Mitchell, 58, of Liberty Borough, died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born Nov. 20, 1963, in Pittsburgh, the son of Emerson Eugene and Donna Ger...

Grace Balogh, age 99, of White Oak, died on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, in UPMC Shadyside. She was born on Aug. 6, 1922, in McKeesport and is the daughter of the late Stephen and Elizabeth Fulop Kovach;...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It will most likely be February before the Rostraver Township Commissioners consider plans by Olympus Energy to install a well-pad site off of Route 51. The com...

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Pennsylvania asked the federal government on Wednesday to send health care workers to hospitals and nursing homes that are increasingly under stress from persisten...

Loretta M. Davis Aul, 90, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, at her home. Born Dec. 2, 1931, in Greensburg, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Choker...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the first time in their last 12 tries, the Charleroi boys have beaten Monessen on the hardwood. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s...

By the Mon Valley Independent In a relatively new rivalry between South Allegheny and McKeesport, Tuesday’s game had a little more meaning. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesda...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The Cougar mascot greets Frankie Frezzell, 3, of North Charleroi during Tuesday’s boys basketball game between Charleroi Area and Monessen. To purchase this pho...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council will not be able to pass a 2022 budget this year because no one advertised the budget as required. To read the rest of the story, please see...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com During a special meeting Tuesday night, the Monessen School Board tabled an agenda item related to the City of Monessen Revitalization Program. To read the rest of the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It’s great to have goals. It’s even better to exceed them. Jacob Kotchman, 17, of California set out to raise enough donations to fill 30 backpacks for the home...

  Col. Raymond L. Anderson, U.S. Army, Ret., of Virginia Beach, Va., formerly of Statesville, N.C., passed away on Dec. 14, 2021, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease that was military servic...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Forward School District employee has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct or c...

Anne “Bunny” Trilli, 80, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, in Havencrest Nursing Center, Monongahela. She was born on Aug. 3, 1941, in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late Attilio Trilli ...

Sophie J. Ferenac, age 96, of Greenock, passed away at home on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Born March 7, 1925, in McKeesport, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Rose Ziemianski Novak. Sophia was a ...

Emily Pottios Gazi, of Charleroi and formerly of Roscoe, left this world on Dec. 12, 2021, at age 86. Her battle with serious medical issues in recent years showed her courage and faith in facing life...

Sara Ann “Sally’’ Smedley, 93, formerly of Rostraver Township, died Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Donora on Feb. 28, 1928, she was the daughter of the l...

Jack B. Chester, 78, formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Ray and Virginia Bradley Chester, he was born in Pittsburg...