Alexander Forrest, an eighth-grader in the South Allegheny School District, creates a stop-motion animated movie using the Stop Motion App in the middle school’s newly created innovative technology cl...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Westmoreland County judge on Wednesday declined to unseal court records related to a fatal shooting that occurred in early November in Rostraver Township. Keven Van ...

By MAX ROBINETTE mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela council approved a five-year police contract at Wednesday’s meeting. Council members agreed to the deal with Teamsters Local 205 that runs from 2023...

The family of Carol Lynn Pietroboni Devers, 69, of Rostraver Township, who died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, would like to invite friends to attend a Mass of Christian burial celebrating her life. The Mass ...

JoAnn Kubin, 81, of Fallowfield Township, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at Allegheny General Hospital. Born in North Charleroi, on Dec. 2, 1941, she was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth B...

Edward T. Stevenson, 65, of Newell, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, in UPMC - Montefiore Hospital after a long illness. He was born on April 25, 1957, in Brownsville, son of the late Edward M...

By the Mon Valley Independent Now that the WPIAL soccer season has come and gone, it’s time for the postseason awards. The Mon Valley Independent and MVI Live staff has compiled the 2022 Mon Valley In...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Basketball is a game of runs, and the South Allegheny boys were on the wrong side of one to end the first half against Washington. The Gladiators didn’t waver, however, despi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Members of the Corning/World Kitchen Retirees Association are more than just former co-workers — they are family. On Tuesday, gathered around a small, but festive, t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com One juvenile is dead and another is in critical condition after a double-shooting Tuesday afternoon outside of a gas station/convenience store on Versailles Avenue in ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon council approved the 2023 budget, heard a complaint about sewer payments and spoke about the upcoming parade for the state champion Belle Ver...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Monessen’s Ethel Peshok maintains an extremely grateful attitude towards life as she approaches her 100th birthday on Monday. The lifelong Monessen native — minus just...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora police arrested a wanted man early Tuesday after he attempted to evade a traffic stop and crashed his vehicle along the ramp to the Stan Musial Bridge. O...

Bernice Bukosky, 88, of Kankakee, Ill., passed peacefully on Dec. 8, 2022, after a prolonged illness. Ms. Bukosky was a long-time faculty member in the English Department at Kankakee Community College...

A grieving family wishes to announce the passing of their beloved Nino Anthony Giorgi, 76, of Washington, formerly of Charleroi, on Dec. 12, 2022. Born on Dec. 8, 1946, he was the son of the late Orla...

Carol Howard, 64, of Rostraver Township, went home to glory in Jesus Christ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. A daughter of the late Kenneth Bashur and Laura Jean Halt, she was born in McKeesport on Aug. 5, ...

Maureen Ann Black Jones, 80, Chesterfield, Va., died peacefully on her birthday after an extended battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born Dec. 8, 1942, in Charleroi, the fifth child of James T. Black Jr...

Bruce “Grady” Muirhead, 75, of Fayette City, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, in WVU, Uniontown Hospital, with his son, Jason, by his side. He was born July 5, 1947, in Charleroi, son of ...

Donna Jean Steck Thorpe, 77, of Monessen, went to be with the Lord peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Mount Macrina Manor, Uniontown. She was born on Dec. 26, 1944, in South Huntingdon Township, ...

On Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, James N. “Jim” Yelanich Sr., of Charleroi, was called to be with the Lord. He was born in Fayette City, on May 30, 1947. Jim served proudly in the United States Marine Corps...