John “Jack” M. Tinivell Sr., 89, of Fallowfield Township, passed away peacefully in the comfort of his home, with his wife by his side, on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Born on May 12, 1932, in Fallowfield...

Donald W. Mankin, 70, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. Born Dec. 2, 1951, in North Charleroi, he was ...

Carl L. Neil, 87, died in Greensburg on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, after a courageous battle with prostate cancer. He was the husband of Nancy Neil for 65 years; the father of an infant daughter; the so...

Margaret Sukla, 95, of Monongahela, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. She was born May 3, 1926, in Monessen, the daughter of Michael and Helen Slavic Pavlo. Margaret was a member of Holy Ghost Byzantine C...

Carrie Anne Teegarden, 53, of Glassport formerly of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Feb. 12, 2022. Born on March 1, 1968, in Charleroi, she was the daughter of the late Allen A. Teegarden and Gloria Deloly ...

Harry Robert Williams, 50, of Belle Vernon, passed away Feb. 4, 2022, at home. He was born in Cleveland, on July 1, 1971, to the late Harry Williams and LaVerne Pollock. He was previously employed in ...

Swimmers prepare to enter the water Saturday at the Mon Valley Rowing Club’s annual Polar Plunge in Belle Vernon

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council approved a revised version of its 2022 budget Thursday that cleaned up several of the errors found in the original version presented in Dece...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Roscoe officials plan to prioritize blight this year, according to Mayor Tom Wilkinson. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online ed...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Love was in the air — and on the dance floor — at Mariner’s Hall in Dunlevy over the weekend. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our onl...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Council took action this month to make more blighted properties available through the McKeesport vacant property recovery program. To read the rest of the s...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Monessen showcased its resiliency and grittiness Saturday against Washington, winning the final eight minutes and securing a 53-47 statement victory. To read the rest of the ...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Monessen girls basketball squad split a pair of non-section games at home Saturday. To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to our online edition...

Janet Lee Stevenson, 67, of Monessen, passed away on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, peacefully in her home after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born Sept. 13, 1954, in Charleroi, daughter of the late W...

Rico Tartt of Pittsburgh holds Kenza Hawkins, 7, of Donora as they watched the Monessen High School basketball team play Friday night. Tartt is the aunt of Lorenzo Gardner, who plays for the Greyhound...

Teri Joy Mitchell, 66, of Elizabeth, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Born in Trenton, N.J., on Jan. 26, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Russell H. and Carolyn Powell Theobald. Teri was a district s...

Alicia M. Tosi-Thomas, 42, of Washington, Pa., died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at home. She was born Dec. 13, 1979, in Washington, Pa., daughter of the late Joseph M. Tosi and Dianna Ali Tosi-Corridoni ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Public Works, at the behest of the city’s mayor, has shut down the Versailles Avenue Bridge. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Check another box off the goals list for the Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team. They clinched the section championship that wasn’t awarded to them heading int...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A dangerous section of road in the 5-Town area will soon be a bit safer.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Independent, cal...