By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two McKeesport Area School District parents accused the district during Wednesday’s agenda meeting of not being transparent enough about positive COVID-19 cases. They ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania voters don’t need to count on the postal system to make sure their absentee or mail-in ballot is counted. Anyone can vote early by going to the ele...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Elected officials from the Mon Valley are showing their support for the Clean Slate Bill, which was approved Wednesday by the state Senate and is now headed ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township has been approved for PennVEST funding to replace the outdated sewage treatment plant at Buena Vista with a system to transport the sewage to...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Matt Regula attended Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League games in an effort to watch some of the girls representing teams he was interested in applying...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com After spending the last two seasons as boys basketball coach at Baldwin, Eugene Wilson has found a new home in the Mon Valley.   Wilson was hired Wednesday by a unan...

By Jeff Oliver MVI Sports The best way I could describe Danny Bergstedt is that he was truly a renaissance man. The definition of a renaissance man is a person with many talents or areas of knowledge ...

Daniel J. “Danny” Bergstedt, 73, of Monessen, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at his residence. Danny was born in Char- leroi on Dec. 5, 1946, a son of the late David H. and Lena DeRocco Bergs...

Allan fell asleep in the Lord on Sept. 10, 2020. He was the son of the late Andrew and Margaret Brith- inee, born on Dec. 27, 1938. Allan was a member of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Mone...

Norma R. Whitelaw, 90, of Fallowfield Township, Charleroi, passed away peacefully in her home on Oct. 21, 2020, with her family by her side. The daughter of the late John and Annie Wells Robson, she w...

Mike Argirakis, 86, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in his home. A son of the late Constantine ‘Gus’ and Mary Loulis Argirakis, he was born in Monessen on Dec. 22, 1933. Mike...

By the Mon Valley Independent Trick-or-treat listings Allegheny County • Clairton — 5 to 6 p.m. treats at the city building; 6 to 8 p.m. city—wide trick or treat. • Elizabeth Borough — 6 to 8 p.m. Oct...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com A pair of area boys soccer teams will enter the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs as two of the top five seeds. Charleroi captured the No. 4 seed and Elizabeth Forward earned ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners will consider purchasing an automated system for the police department. The system will allow officers to send information ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Jason M. Walsh, who has worked with the Washington County district attorney’s office for four years, has been promoted to first assistant district attorney. Walsh...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent The “Lady Liberty” statue at Monessen’s Eastgate War Memorial got a fall makeover Wednesday thanks to volunteers and donations. American Legion Post 28 Commande...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The girls soccer playoff field is set and eight local teams have qualified for the postseason. But one will not be able to participate. In the COVID-19-affected se...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com After nearly nine months as acting superintendent for the Ringgold School District, Randall Skrinjorich now officially holds the position of superintendent. ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping Halloween festivities in Rostraver Township, not even for those children who may need to isolate for medical reasons. Th...

On Friday Oct. 16, 2020, Mary Beth Ambrose Dunlop, loving wife, mother, grandmother and daughter went to be with the Lord. Mary Beth was born on May 16, 1964, in Monongahela, to Louis and Lorraine Amb...