By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The state’s deputy secretary of community affairs on Friday talked to Mon/Yough Valley elected officials, municipality managers, business owners and corporate leaders ...

Michael Gunter Jr., 22, of Pittsburgh, residing in McKeesport, departed this life on April 22, 2022, at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. Michael was born on Aug. 12, 1999, the son of Zelda Brown and Michae...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com A week filled with a pair of critical games lies ahead for head coach Dutch Harvey and the Yough softball team.   The Cougars are scheduled to travel to Elizabeth Fo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A group of young men preparing to graduate from Ringgold got life lessons Friday from esteemed professional sports referee Gene Steratore. To read the rest of the st...

Robert William Hemphill, 81, of Monongahela, died unexpectedly Monday, April 25, 2022, in his home. He was born March 21, 1941, in Canonsburg, son of the late Merle Simon and Leona Marie Russell Hemph...

Bessie A. Bolena Spinner, 95, of New Eagle, passed away at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital on April 29, 2022. Born in Ambridge on Jan. 24, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Goldie F...

By the Mon Valley Independent After scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning, the Belle Vernon Area softball team held on for a 5-3 victory over rival Ringgold in Section 2-4A play on Seni...

By MAX ROBINETTE For the MVI The City of McKeesport and AMVETS Post 8 commemorated the 79th anniversary of the sinking of the SS McKeesport Friday at the Palisades. To read the rest of the story, plea...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mounds Fest 22 is expected to attract residents from across the region for a weekend event designed to bring attention to the culture and life of Native Americans.  ...

Damian P. Luti, 66, of Monessen, died suddenly Thursday, April 28, 2022, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. He was born Oct. 11, 1955, the son of the late Pierre A. Luti and Yolanda Mosco Luti. He was a m...

By Bill Beckner Trib Total Media Literally, Penn-Trafford walked away with a first-place softball showdown against Thomas Jefferson. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students who are in life skills classes in three local school districts got a chance to dress to the nines, have a good meal and cut a rug at an inclusive prom Thursda...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen officially entered into an agreement with PENNVEST Thursday for a $2.3 million loan that will kick start a city-wide sewage project. To read the rest of ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Tom DeRosa has broken his silence about the dissolution of the Forward Township Police Department. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Friday...

By the MVI Robots will fight it out gladiator-style during the 17th annual BotsIQ high school robotics competition this weekend at California University of Pennsylvania. To read the rest of the story,...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Frazier softball team once again relied on the right arm of sophomore pitcher Nicole Palmer in a 2-0 victory over visiting Charleroi in Section 3-2A play Thursda...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Major Corley, Delvin Miller and Danny Bergstedt Memorial Golf Outing will be held June 25 at the Madison Club Golf Course.   To read the rest of the story, please see...

Lois M. Burkey Pekonen, 85, of Mount Pleasant, East Huntingdon Township, wife of Robert R. “Bob” Pekonen, passed away at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mount Plea...

Emmy Kurlander Culyba, 94, of her adopted home in Donora, passed on to the lord on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Emmy was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary, where she experienced firsthand the terribl...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area softball team inched closer to a playoff berth, and got a leg up in securing at least the No. 3 spot in the section Wednesday, outslugging vi...