William Thomas Bittle, 86, of Elizabeth Township, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. He was born Dec. 23, 1935, in Holland, Va., and was the son of the late Clarence Lee and S...

Geraldine Marie Yarnall passed peacefully at age 91 in her home after a long bout with Alzheimer’s, with her children at her bedside. She was born June 2, 1931, in the Philipsburg section of Californi...

Carl Walter Sobek, 72, of Hermitage, Pa., passed away peacefully at his home on Sept 25, 2022. Carl was born Dec. 24, 1949, as the only son of Carl Paul and Irene Belczyk. He was a Catholic by faith. ...

Shirley Mudrick, 91, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on Sept. 26, 2022, at Mon Valley Care Center. Born on Oct. 16, 1930, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Ruth Sansom Co...

Carol F. Dugan Gillon, 77, of Monongahela, passed away on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of the late Frank and Caroline Moore Dugan, she was born in Belle Ve...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com They were “Doing the Bearcat” up on the hill at Ellsworth Athletic Field Monday night as the Bentworth girls picked up a critical win over rival Charleroi in Secti...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It was natural for Natalie Lamenza.   The Thomas Jefferson junior scored three straight goals for a first-half natural hat trick in leading the Jaguars to a 7-0 vict...

By JEREMY SELLEW By the Mon Valley Independent A number of local high school golfers will have the opportunity to play for WPIAL championships next week after qualifying through the championship’s fir...

Olivia McDowell, 8, and Bentley Schneider, 8, enjoyed a sweet snack Monday evening during halftime of the Belle Vernon Area girls soccer game against Thomas Jefferson.  

Mason Crosby Jr., of Monessen, departed this life on Sept. 16, 2022, at Allegheny General Hospital. Mason was born on Jan. 23,1951, son of the late Azlie and Mason Crosby Sr. He was a graduate of West...

Bernard Joseph Garland, 79, of Fairfield, Pa., formerly of Belle Vernon, passed away Sept. 11, 2022. He was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., on April 19, 1943, son of the late Helen Sandusky Garland ...

Lee Allen Harmon, 80, of Monongahela (Valley Inn), passed away on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in the Mon-Valley Care Center, Carroll Township. He was born in Monongahela, on Dec. 30, 1941, son of the late...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The newly formed Monessen tax forgiveness board appointed committee positions and resolved confusion over where previous applicants stand under the updated agre...

David W. Mason, 75, of Monongahela, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in his home. He was born Aug. 13, 1947, in North Charle- roi, son of the late Wayne and Vincie Vigliotti Mason. David was a member of...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough was awarded a $39,600 grant from T-Mobile on Monday.   The funding will go toward the transformation of a downtown area affected by the 202...

Mary Louise Willebrand, 87, of Rostraver Township, formerly of Donora, passed away Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. She was born Oct. 7, 1934, in Donora, the daughter of the late Joseph M. Gonzalez and the lat...

Keith Hawker, 67, of Rostraver Township, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Born in Charleroi on Nov. 8, 1954, he was the son of the late Curtis Ray and Ida Marie Nichols Hawker. Keith was a truck driver fo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new entertainment group is ready to take the stage. A show choir called VoiceZ on Fire is a new program offered by the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts. To read the...

By JIM BUSCH For the Mon Valley Independent The work of some of the Mon Valley’s most talented artists is now on display to the public. On Sunday, members of the Valley Art Club invited their friends ...

Frank L. Thomas, 65, of Fayette City, passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, at Penn Highlands Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Oct. 28, 1956, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Leroy and Ir...