William “Bill” Urbanik, 75, of Kernersville, N.C., passed away Tuesday morning May 31, 2022, of kidney failure. A native of Donora, Pa., Bill was a three-sport athlete in high school and a member of t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A well-known Mon Valley family now has a second building bearing its name.   The Lee Supply Company Child Learning Center, formerly a wing of the Mon Valley YMCA, wa...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the first time since the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League was formed, the McKeesport Tigers will be represented in the girls division.   To read...

Bentworth salutatorian Nina Thompson bites her medal Thursday evening as she walks out of commencement holding her diploma.  

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com One of the Mon Valley’s biggest — and most humble — champions has passed away.   Longtime state Rep. Peter John Daley II died Wednesday at age 71, his family announc...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council discussed pest control, filling borough vacancies, blighted building demolition, property sales, a new civil service ordinance and allocating Ame...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport has long been considered a melting pot of cultures. For generations, Mon Valley residents have been regaled with tales of their ancestors immigrating to the...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Local fire companies and the West Mifflin Community Foundation are using an age-old firefighters’ tradition to engage with the community this weekend. To read the rest...

Dustin J. Banks, 43, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, May 30, 2022. He was born on July 5, 1978, son of Lynn and Mary Banks. He graduated from Charleroi High School in 1996. He worked at all the re...

James “Jungle” William Britton II, 64, of Daisytown, Pa., died unexpectedly and peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. He was born Friday, Oct 11, 1957, in Waynesburg, Pa., son of Joanne Bakewel...

Janeé Carol James Drakeford, 67, formerly of Monessen, passed away Monday, May 30, 2022. Born in Charle- roi on June 19, 1954, she was the daughter of the late Robert L. James, Sr. and the late Virgin...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The last time Grace Smith and Brooke Markland played for a WPIAL championship, they were freshman starters on an Elizabeth Forward team hoping to accomplish somethin...

By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports Bill Urbanik, a 1965 Donora High graduate and standout athlete, died Tuesday. With him went so much, including a lifetime of sports memories. Fortunately, he shared som...

Donald Wilson, 69, of Bentleyville, passed away peacefully at home on May 31, 2022, after a seven-year battle with lymphoma. Don lived his life as a loving and supportive husband to his wife and soulm...

By the Mon Valley Independent The tryouts are complete for the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League’s Girls Division and draft night is upon us. To read the rest of the story, please see a ...

Rose Marie Gironda was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sis-ter, nurse, teacher and friend. She went Home on May 15, 2022, at age 93. Rose Marie was born to Santo and Maria DiBiase in Ju...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Paige Doleno gives Dante Compagni a congratulatory hug as the Ringgold High School graduates get ready for their commencement Wednesday evening. Commencement wa...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Beaver Area softball is looking to repeat as WPIAL Class 4A Champions on Thursday when they take on Elizabeth Forward at California University. The Bobcats (18-0) ente...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmi.com Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Starkweather Circle No. 173, held its 111th veterans memorial service Wednesday at the Noble J. Dick Aquatorium in Mono...

John Daniel Patrick “Dinky” Cosner 76, of Fort Myers, Fla., passed away from pulmonary fibrosis on May 16, 2022. He was the son of John “Tubby” and Mary Cosner. He was predeceased in death by his pare...