State Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Elizabeth Township, announced last night the Elizabeth Bridge is closed in both directions of Route 51. On his Facebook page, Puskaric stated that during a safety inspectio...

Dennis Junior Riddle, 90, of St. Charles, Ill., formerly of Hewlett, N.Y., died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva Ill. He was born Oct. 2, 1928, in Martinsville, Va., t...

John David Rutherford, 52, of Charleroi, died on Sept.19, 2019, in Allegheny General Hospital with his daughter, mother and sister by his side. He was born on July 28, 1967, in Charleroi, son of the l...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com If it was a hockey game, there wouldn’t be a person in the stands with a hat on. Behind three hat tricks, one from Jillian Butchki – who had four goals, the Belle ...

BY ZACK ZEIGLER MVI Sports The Thomas Jefferson girls soccer team has been running rampant through Section 3-3A opponents as of late. And there’s no stopping the mighty Jaguars at the moment. TJ’s off...

BY JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Facing off against a winless Jeannette team, Serra Catholic easily took care of business, taking down the Jayhawks, 3-0, on Wednesday. Joey Folino scored all three goals, a...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After what the Mon Valley Alliance is calling a successful year of work in area municipalities, there is more to look forward to heading into 2020: Action. During it...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania’s auditor general determined the Monessen police and firefighter pension plans were in complete compliance with recommendations for the depar...

BY JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com First-year South Allegheny girls soccer coach Andrew Dyson realizes he has something a lot of teams in Section 3-2A don’t have: A plethora of youth. The Gladiators, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com On Wednesday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced his support of legalizing marijuana for recreational use. And, according to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s final Cannabis Listening ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Earlier this year, the Mon Valley came together to welcome one of its heroes home and this fall residents will have another opportunity to honor Sgt. Vernon Hamil...

Edgar Isbell Jr. “Cuzz”, 93, of Charleroi, died Sept. 23, 2019. He was born in Monessen on Jan. 22, 1926, to the late Edgar Isbell Sr. and Norma Lee Isbell. The family settled in Charleroi. He was the...

Joseph E. “Butch” Buckeye, 77, of Rostraver Township, died at home Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, following a long battle with cancer and Parkinson’s disease. Born in Victory Hill on Dec. 13, 1941, he was ...

Helen Spencer, 93, Charleroi, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. She was born in Middletown, Pa., on April 12, 1926, daughter of the late Steve and Catherine Wassel Meno. She is survived by her t...

BY JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Thomas Jefferson remained unbeaten and put an end to Elizabeth Forward’s six-game winning streak with a 3-0 sweep of the host Warriors in Section 3-3A volleyball act...

BY DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The Belle Vernon Area boys soccer team had to feel pretty confident heading into its Section 3-3A match with visiting Uniontown Tuesday night.   The Leps did, after a...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports McKeesport knew it would need its best to take down Elizabeth Forward, and that’s what the Tigers provided. In a cross-country meet at Round Hill Park that pitted McKeespor...

By JAMIE RANKIN Daily Courier At the beginning of the season, one of the Frazier volleyball team’s goals was to not drop a set in section play. That goal was dashed Tuesday, as Southmoreland won the t...

By EMILY BENNETT   DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com As Halloween creeps around the corner, the Douglas Education Center is dead serious about the upcoming Monessen/Rostraver Rotary Club Zombie 5K. This ma...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board business meeting was bittersweet Tuesday night   as the board accepted the resignation of longtime business manager Crystal Clark. Cl...