Good day for bingo at the Monessen Center for Active Adults
Latest News, Main
March 17, 2026
Barbara Croushore of Rostraver Township marks numbers on her card Monday during afternoon bingo at the Monessen Center for Active Adults in the Knights of Columbus building. The center hosts bingo for...
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White Oak receives grant money for blight demolition
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 17, 2026
Four homes are targeted to be brought down. Several projects were discussed during White Oak council’s workshop and regular meeting Monday. The borough received a $35,000 grant from Allegheny County t...
McKeesport Area students learn about ‘financial reality’
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
March 17, 2026
High school juniors have to create budgets and manage real-life scenarios. By SANDY SABOT For the McKeesport Area School District McKeesport Area High School juniors recently participated in a “Financ...
Ethnic intimidation charges are filed after DUI arrest
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 17, 2026
A man from New York has been charged with ethnic intimidation after assaulting a state trooper who arrested him for DUI in South Huntington Township early Monday. Enayet Hossain, 47, of Richmond Hill,...
Bonari the hero as Rams win title
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
March 17, 2026
Anthony Bonari scored with 2:53 left in overtime to lead Ringgold over Burrell in the D2 championship. When Ringgold and Burrell met twice in the regular season of the PIHL campaign, both of their gam...
Subdued Americans head into final appreciating flair
MLB, Sports
March 17, 2026
MIAMI (AP) — Criticized for their cool, American players head into the World Baseball Classic championship also appreciating opponents’ flamboyant flair. U.S. captain Aaron Judge’s controlled composur...
Venezuela defeats Italy in semifinal, U.S. next
MLB, Sports
March 17, 2026
MIAMI (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr., Maikel Garcia and Luis Arraez hit run-scoring, two-out singles in a seventh- inning rally that led Venezuela over Italy 4-2 on Monday night and into its first World Base...
WBC heating up a chilly spring
Sports, Sports Columns
I’M JUST SAYIN’
March 17, 2026
So it begins here in the Mon Valley, and like clockwork, it’s gone as expected. Spring sports – baseball, softball, track and flag football – are underway and to no one’s surprise it’s snowing as I wr...
Peter Thomas Agrafiotis – Carroll Township
Obituaries
March 17, 2026
Peter Thomas Agrafiotis, 85, of Carroll Township, passed away at home on Friday, March 13, 2026, after a long illness surrounded by his f amily. Pete was a graduate of Donora High School and West Penn...
Ernest Anthony Vingas – Monessen
Obituaries
March 17, 2026
Ernest Anthony Vingas, 90, of Monessen died on Friday March 13, 2026, at home with his family by his side. Born in North Charleroi on April 9, 1935, he was the son of the late Anthony and Josephine Ch...