By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fire heavily damaged a vacant duplex at the corner of Sixth and Ella streets in Donora Monday evening, drawing fire companies from three counties to battle the ...

Mary Ann Goff, formerly of Charleroi, went home to Christ on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. She was 88 years old. Mary Ann was born on Oct. 17, 1931, to the late Andrew Wilson and Izora Phillips Wilson. Sh...

Brian Lee Koster, 45, of Charleroi, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. Born on Nov. 18, 1974, he was the son of the late Henry and Yvonne Ghrist Koster. Brian loved Florida State Seminoles footba...

Bernadette Ann Fusco Simon, 70, of Monongahela, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital. Born in New Eagle on Feb. 22, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Armand and Frances Vincent Fusco...

Dolores M. Wilson, 89, of Monongahela, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in her home. She was born July 22, 1930, in Monongahela, the daughter of George and Mary Hlavenka Ribnicky. Dolores was a 1948 graduat...

By DAN PALM MVI Sports The McKeesport Area wrestling team returns a good mix of veterans teamed with a talented group of newcomers, as 11-year coach Adam Alfer hopes to build off last season’s 7-5 rec...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports For the Thomas Jefferson swim team’s first 20 years of existence, there was a bit of a disconnect between the team and the school. Because Thomas Jefferson lacked a pool, t...

By DAN PALM MVI Sports Elizabeth Forward senior Ethan Cain will trade his red and black for crimson and gold next year.   Cain recently signed his national letter of intent to continue his academic an...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The season of giving is upon us and area teens are already getting into the holiday spirit. On Saturday, a dozen teens got together for a gift wrapping party at the ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Over the past year, Monessen’s schools received $50,000 from ArcelorMittal to assist the district’s STEM programming and development.   The conventional c...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com World AIDS Day 2019 was Sunday, but the Turtle Creek-based Human Services Center Corporation is holding its McKeesport World AIDS Day event a few days later. The HSCC ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School District has received approval from the state Department of Education to offer flexible instructional days in place of some snow da...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent On the first day of her classes, California University of Pennsylvania professor Lynne Langley likes to put on the pop song “Best Day Of My Life,” dance around an...

Francis P. “Franny” Salciccioli, 63, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Pittsburgh on April 2, 1956, he was a son of the late Frankl...

Dennis Robert Shannon, 71, of California, Pa., passed away on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Born on May 11, 1948, he was the son of the late Charles and Rita Kearney Shannon. He was Catholic by faith and was...

Arthur F. Trilli, 98, of North Belle Vernon, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. He was born on March 13, 1921, to parents Ippolito and Maria Florio Trilli, who preceded him in death. Arthur was t...