By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area school board unanimously voted Monday to set the terms of a $3.8 million 2020 series general obligations bond. The 20-year insured bond is being ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It wasn’t pretty, but a section win is a section win and Elizabeth Forward girls basketball coach Krystal Gibbs will take it. In a battle of two teams expected to ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Monessen captured its first Section 2-A win of the young season by rolling past Geibel Catholic, 77-19, on Monday night.   Kendelle Weston poured in a career-high 29...

Charles “Chuck” Anthony Novak Jr, 72, of Herndon, Va., passed away on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Born on Oct. 21, 1947, in Charleroi, he was the son of the late Charles Anthony Novak Sr. and the late Hann...

Betty C. Russo Pietroboni, 89, of Monongahela, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born Feb. 15, 1930, in Monessen, she was the daughter of Antonio and Jeannette Frolo Russo. B...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The Thomas Jefferson girls basketball team tuned up for its first big Section 1-5A showdown with an impressive win over West Allegheny Monday night. The Jaguars recei...

By Dan Palm MVI Sports The Frazier wrestling team lost to Elizabeth Forward before it even took the mat Monday night as injury and illness ravaged their already small lineup.   With the Commodores onl...

John “Jack” B. Putnak, 91, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, with his son, family and friends by his side at the Veterans Hospital Facility in Aspinwall. He was born on ...

Mary B. Snyder, 94, a lifelong Monessen resident, was lifted from this earth on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, to rejoin her fellow angels. Daughter of the late John and Mary Klima Benyak of Summit Avenue, Mo...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports Belle Vernon Area boys basketball coach Joe Salvino is still waiting for his team to play a complete game.   However, the Leopards are making progress.   BVA shot nea...

By Dan Palm MVI Sports Five area wrestling teams were busy in four tournaments over the weekend.   While the team finishes don’t look so great at first glance, some individual wrestlers made their mar...

By the MV Independent Ringgold pulled away in the fourth quarter of a 63-58 victory over Class 5A West Allegheny Saturday afternoon.   The Rams (3-1) were tied with the Indians (3-2) at 46-46 after th...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It’s not everyone who can say they are friends with Aquaman, but Finleyville resident Jake Gerba is. Gerba, 29, works at an area grocery store, but plays the bass as...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced a merger Saturday that will affect seven Mon Valley parishes. In total, Bishop David Zubik said 26 parishes will be part...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com When Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth is demolished four or five years from now, it will create the longest navigable pool on the Monongahela River at just over 30 ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pleasant Hills residents can now walk through the house of Anne Frank in Amsterdam, go toe-to-toe with Darth Vader in a light-saber battle and view Earth fro...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport officials, community stakeholders and the Allegheny County Health Department are teaming up to increase awareness about the dangers of lead in paint, dust, ...

Charles D. Sleith Jr., 53, of Charleroi (Carroll Township), died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 in his residence, from health related complications. Born Sept. 19, 1966 in Monongahela, he is the son of Charl...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com The state Department of Community and Economic Development has plans to flood McKeesport with more than $3 million to combat blight and promote development in the city...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Donations to the Salvation Army are reported to be down all over the state, and that includes local donations as well. Capt. Sue Thwaite, who oversees Salvation...