By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a bill Monday to increase the state’s property tax and rent subsidy for seniors and people with disabilities. To rea...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com It’s time for Elizabeth Borough residents to go dancing in the streets as the Sounds Like Summer on Plum concert series will begin Thursday. To read the rest of the st...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Early in the American Legion season, Belle Vernon hasn’t had the best of luck getting in the win column.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednes...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s school board will consider introducing a pilot program of Beable, a “life-ready literacy system” meant to accelerate literacy gains while identifying s...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame will hold its 28th annual induction ceremony on June 16, and while a lot of the attention falls to the six inductees, th...

Linda Martinez Gentili, 75, of North Huntingdon, died on Monday, June 5, 2023. She was born in McKeesport on Dec. 27, 1947, and is the daughter of the late John and Guadalupe “Lupe” Quezada Martinez. ...

Patricia Gillingham, 91, of Donora, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at TLC Adult Care Center in West Newton. She was born in Donora, daughter of the late Reginald P. Gillingham and...

Retired Pennsylvania State Trooper William R. Saghy, 79, of Blainsburg, Pa., passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023. He was born on Oct. 23, 1943, in Deemston, Pa., to the late John and Irene Grove Sag...

Tracey L. Tobal, 58, of Charleroi passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, after a long battle with Huntington’s disease. Born on May 22, 1965, she was the daughter of Joseph Tobal of California and th...

Anthony L. Reno, 84, of Monessen, passed away on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital, with his loving family by his side. He was born on Oct. 14, 1938, in Monessen, son of the ...

Almondie Dorothy Rawls, 44, of Donora, was taken away from us far too soon on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Dee Dee, as she was affectionately called, was born on Dec. 20, 1978, to Lewis and Patricia Rawls...

William Pacak, 89, of Pricedale, passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2023, in his home. A son of the late Andy and Helen Voytilla Pacak, he was born in Monessen on Sept. 27, 1933. Formerly of Monessen, W...

In memory and honor of Mrs. Betty Jane Lawson. She was born on June 6, 1937, and took her walk with Jesus on May 9, 2023. She was very loving and had a kindred soul. She was preceded in death by her g...

Marie Elizabeth Watkins Johnson was 92 years old. She departed this life June 1, 2023, at the Concordia Nursing facility in Monroeville, where she had been a resident for over one year. Prior to that,...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com Nicholas Kafkalas just graduated from Monessen High School in 1943 when he said goodbye to his family and left his home on Schoonmaker Avenue to receive infantry ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Leaders in Mon Valley communities that receive service from the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi have more questions than answers related to a potential dissolu...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Less than a week after winning its fifth WPIAL title in program history, the Belle Vernon Area softball team survived and advanced in its PIAA tournament opener Mond...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Concerns continue to be raised throughout Elizabeth Township after a group filed an appeal against the township and its board of commissioners following the approval o...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Something seems fishy in McKeesport — in a good way. That’s thanks to nonprofit Venture Outdoors, which will host fishing clinics at Lake Emilie in Renziehausen...

By the Mon Valley Independent Julia Resnik and Carlee Soukup each collected three of Elizabeth Forward’s 11 hits in its 7-2 victory over Erie Cathedral Prep in the first round of the PIAA Class 4A pla...