By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pleasant Hills will hold its annual Community Day celebration Aug. 8 at Mowry Park, although event officials are keeping an eye on how the coronavirus pandem...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Sexual violence doesn’t discriminate — and neither does a Washington County nonprofit organization that advocates for survivors of sexual assault. As Pride Month sta...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The boys division of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League kicked off its season Monday with the inaugural player draft at Carriage Inn in Elizabeth ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Pitching isn’t something Thomas Jefferson coach Tim Vickers thinks he would have lacked had there been a spring baseball season. “We knew our pitching staff was pret...

David P. Colas, 68, of West Pittsburg in Lawrence County, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at his residence, following a brief illness. Born on March 3, 1952, in North Charleroi, he was a son ...

Leonard E. Dipaola Sr., 89, of Monongahela, died Sunday, June 21, 2020, in Hallsworth House, Monessen. Born May 15, 1931, in Monongahela, he was the son of Cateno and Anna Furiga Dipaola. After his gr...

Geraldine T. Gerda, 92, of Rostraver Township, died Saturday, June 20, 2020, at her residence. She was born Oct. 6, 1927, in Smithton, daughter of the late Albert and Mary Seglowitz Fabean. In additio...

Alexander Mihalsky, 89, of West Newton, died Wednesday, June 17, 2020. He was born Dec. 28, 1930, in Sutersville, son of the late Ignatz and Natalie Shatevich Mihalsky Sr. Alex proudly retired from th...

Shirley F. Price, 79, of Rostraver Township, formerly of Pittsburgh, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Shirley was born in Beaver Falls on March 22, 1941 and retired from the University of Pitts...

Louise Sweda, 88, of Charleroi, passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020. Born on June 29, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Nunzio and Julia Ceci Santa Colombo. She was a member of St. Sebastian Rom...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Monessen’s first Community Unity Cookout, held Sunday at Ninth Street Park, is being touted as a success, not only because of the turnout and the weather, but f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Kiwanis Club members did their part Thursday to make sure children from the city have books to read this summer. The Kiwanians teamed up with state Sen. Jim...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic has kept children from enjoying a lot of things this year, but the annual summer program for kids in Donora won’t be one of them. Strive and...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Washington County children’s advocacy organization will host a fundraiser this week. Court Appointed Special Advocates, known as CASA, advocate for children in the...

By Dave Williams Trib Total Media Police are seeking a suspect in the shooting death early Thursday of a Pittsburgh woman outside of a McKeesport bar. Allegheny County Police identified the suspect as...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com McKeesport head basketball coach Kevin Kovach had a team in an AAU tournament over the weekend. Even there, he said, the popularity of the new Mon Valley Independe...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills resident Tom LaFrankie is taking the term “daddy daycare” to a new level. Wanting to spend more time with his 11 grandkids, LaFrankie, presid...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area High School’s Class of 2020 will graduate together July 1. That was the choice in a new vote taken among seniors, with the results released Friday by ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Police officers and first responders from near and far descended upon Jefferson Hills Friday to pay their respects to police Officer Dale Provins Jr., who di...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Republican nomination in the 39th state legislative district appears to have gone to incumbent Mike Puskaric who is claiming victory with a 123-vote margin ...