By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Falling in line with the state Supreme Court, president judges in Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties have issued declarations extending judicial emergency...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township Lion Bob Mesher and some of his fellow club members are on a mission to feed hungry neighbors during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and social distanc...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said Monday that the number of new COVID-19 cases in the state seems to have leveled off a bit the last few day...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com There is a new addition to the “Mr. Buttons” family – which means another round of guessing. The winner of the second round of the button game was announced last wee...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com State Rep. Eric Davanzo, R-Smithton, was sworn in to represent the 58th Legislative District Monday afternoon. In front of a group of onlookers standing several f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man accused of kicking and stomping another man, who had just been beaten over the head with a glass bottle and was unconscious, has been denied bail. All...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Donora man has been charged after allegedly attempting to run a police officer over with his car as the officer attempted to find out if he was in possession of mari...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com While the ongoing pandemic has taken the seasons away from our local spring sport athletes, it’s taken away something else from the Charleroi softball team. The ch...

Robert Walter Kapty, 77, of Monessen, known to many as “Kupty,” passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020, in his home. He was born in Monessen, son of the late Walter and Catherine Barch Kapty. Kupty wa...

Frances “Tead” Oliver, of Belle Vernon, daughter of the late Lloyd and Margaret Trader, passed away on April 5, 2020, at the age of 93. She was a 1942 graduate of Belle Vernon High School. Frances dev...

Gertrude A. Buckholt, 85, of Fallowfield Township, passed away Friday, April 3, 2020, in her home. A daughter of the late Richard and Anna Horn Erbe, she was born on April 15, 1934. Gertrude was a mem...

Patricia Ann Gumbert, 87 of Fallowfield Township, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Presbyterian Senior Care Center, Washington, Pa. She was born Dec. 19, 1932, in Monessen, daughter of the l...

Earl J. Redmond, 68, of Monessen, passed away Monday, April 6, 2020, at his home. Born June 2, 1951, in Brownsville, he was the son of the late Leroy and Myrtle Aldridge Redmond. A resident of Monesse...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Small businesses forced to close as the result of the coronavirus are getting by with a little help from their friends. Sparkles by Shells owner Michelle DeHosse lau...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The weekend brought more grim news from the Pennsylvania Department of Health as more than 3,000 more residents tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although physical books can’t be borrowed and educational events have been canceled, Belle Vernon Public Library director Elina Filander thinks local libraries “have s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Easter is on its way and Peter Cottontail is making his way to McKeesport.   The McKeesport K-9 Unit and its fundraising volunteers, fellow officers and Mayor Michael ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The California Area School District will be adding to its arsenal of technology and providing students with further resources to take online classes.   During a conf...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Student athletes continue to wonder when or if they’ll ever get the chance to suit up and return to their respective fields of play in the foreseeable future. Due to...

By Mark Kaboly Sports Writer Lou Rood’s Belle Vernon Area softball team played the exact same kind of game as its previous two contests.   Well, maybe with one little exception ... OK, make that a pre...