Valerie A. Cornell Rostraver Township Valerie A. Cornell, 77, of Rostraver Township, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 13, 2020, in Country Care Manor. The daughter of the late Bruno and June ...

George L. Saraco Donora George L. Saraco, 96, of Donora, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born in Monessen on Jan. 23, 1924. Serving with the United States...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The first presumed case of coronavirus has been reported in Washington County, though county officials are still awaiting details from the Pennsylvania Departme...

On Friday afternoon, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the closure of all Pennsylvania schools from Monday through March 27, after many area superintendents had already started making decisions for their distri...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Tenacity and persistence appear to be the key words in the Belle Vernon Area School District. After more than a year of contract talks, including two marathon s...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi is adopting a series of temporary policies and procedures. Now through April ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Office of Commonwealth Libraries has directed all public libraries in Pennsylvania to close for routine serv...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The day before Washington County became the first in Western Pennsylvania to have a positive case of coronavirus, Donora council formed its committee to combat th...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Allegheny County medical centers are responding to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills and Kane...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Ringgold hockey team will no longer be participating in a national tournament later this month.   Due to concerns regarding coronavirus, USA Hockey announced thi...

By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media The PIAA already postponed the end of winter sports season, but now spring sports might also be in danger. Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday ordered all schools closed for two w...

By Jeremy Sellew jsellew@yourmvi.com Gov. Wolf’s mandate to close all Pennsylvania schools through March 27 makes it official that all spring sports are postponed.   Hopefully, that’s all that it is, ...

Geraldine ‘Gerry’ Jeannette Sabol McKeesport Geraldine “Gerry” Jeannette Sabol, 96, of McKeesport, died March 11, 2020. She was born in Kissimmee, Fla., on March 7, 1924, and is the daughter of the la...

William R. Ryan Jr. Donora William R. Ryan Jr., 40 of Donora, died Friday, March 4, 2020. Born Aug. 5, 1979, in Monongahela, he is the son of Cindy Radabaugh Ryan of Donora and the late William R. “Go...

Mary Anne McCracken Fallowfield Township Mary Anne McCracken, 77, of Fallowfield Township, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born April 14, 1942, in North C...

enn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Fifth-grade Girl Scouts from Charleroi Area Elementary School were out in the spring-like weather Thursday morning to raise the flag. From left are Kasmira Banks...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Education Association and Belle Vernon Area School Board reached agreement on a new five-year contract late Thursday, preventing a strike ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Local school districts will likely update their coronavirus response plans once superintendents participate in a video conference this morning with the Pennsylvan...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the coronavirus spreads throughout the state, physicians are urging area residents to take precautionary measures — and some religious and educational organizatio...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Last month, parishioners from Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church celebrated “being blessed” by performing acts of kindness for their neighbors and the people who serv...