By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With Bishop David Zubik in attendance, Auberle held its annual public meeting Thursday as its headquarters in McKeesport. The social service agency’s board members and...

Mr. Lewis Laurance Savisky, 85, passed away on Sept. 18, 2022, in Mooresville, N.C. Lew was a native of New Eagle. He spent 42 years in Beckley, W. Va. He then moved, in 2018, close to his family in M...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Naomi Outreach hosted its annual luncheon for veterans Wednesday at the Cedarbrook Golf Course restaurant in Rostraver Township. Naomi Outreach was started in t...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com McKeesport enters the WPIAL playoffs with a little bit of a chip on its shoulder. The Tigers rolled through Class 4A’s Big Seven Conference before suffering a setbac...

By LIAM BElAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro and his running mate, lieutenant governor candidate Austin Davis, brought their “Get out the Vote” bus tour to Donora o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough council will present the first reading of its proposed 2023 budget next week, but several major changes are likely down the pipeline before it is a...

Kenny R. Cox, 61, of Elco, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh. Born in North Charleroi on Nov. 26, 1960, son of the late Charles and Marguerite Volosin Cox. Kenny wa...

By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports There aren’t too many grandmothers around who can still turn cartwheels, but Sissy Cieply Jochmann – a 1971 graduate of Monessen High School – can turn them perfectly. ...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Dog owners — and their four-legged friends — are now free to enjoy the one-mile walking trail located within the John DiVirgilio Sports Complex in Rostraver ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s mayor doesn’t anticipate asking city council for a property tax increase in the 2023 spending plan. He didn’t give dollar figures, but during the council ...

Roberta Wilson, 85, of Carroll Township passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at The Residence at Hilltop. Born July 7, 1937, a daughter of the late Arthur and Martha Hoskines Skaine. Roberta was empl...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood is, without question, a beautiful and esteemed venue. And, in a few days, student singers from McKeesport ...

Dolores J. Curran, 69, of White Oak, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late Lyle and Dolores Malena Hall Sr., she was born in Monongahela o...

Gerald F. “Galvie” Gardner, 83, of Belle Vernon, died peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, at Wexford Healthcare Center in Wexford, Pa. Gerald was born in Fayette City on Oct. 6, 1939, and was the y...

Mary Patricia “Pat” Henry, 78, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in the Upton’s Personal Care Home, Normalville, Pa. She was born Nov. 10, 1943, in Charleroi, daughter of the...

Joyce Frances Lynn Leech, 49, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov. 1, 2022, at home. Born Sept. 27, 1973, in New Eagle, she is the daughter of Gary Leech and wife, Carol, of Monongah...

Andrew J. Rozik, 61, of Ellsworth, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. Born in Charleroi, on Feb. 26, 1961, he was the son of the late Andrew and Helen Virginia Flannigan Rozik. Andrew was the owner/operato...

David Ronald Sala, 60, of Donora, passed away on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. He was born March 4, 1962, in Donora, son of the late Dante Sala and the late Philomena Min...

Frazier volleyball players celebrate after defeating Mapletown in the WPIAL Class 1A semifinals at Peters Township High School.  

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Mayor Ron Mozer talked to Monessen’s school board Tuesday about plans to revitalize the city, emphasizing collaboration between city leaders and school board me...