By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon native Helena Barch-Kuchta took an interest in law and politics as early as the seventh grade. Just ask her teachers and classmates who were in ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mayor Michael Cherepko confirmed McKeesport will have a Festival of Trees celebration this year. He said officials plans for the Christmastime event are still being de...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Parking will remain free in Charleroi throughout the new year. In August, Councilwoman Jeannine Motycki proposed not collecting change from borough parking meters be...

Mayetta “Mitzi” Jean Gross, 74, of Elizabeth, went home to heaven Oct. 25, 2020. She was born at her home in West Newton on May 15, 1946, to the late Robert “Hoppy” and Hunteretta Boyd Smith. She was ...

Phyllis J. Bakewell, 86, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. A daughter of the late Joseph A. and Hazel Dyson Smith, she was born on Aug.16, 1934. A lifelong resident...

Ann Kuvinka Roberts, 99, formerly of Monessen, died Wednesday Nov. 4, 2020, in Westmoreland Manor. She was born on May 20, 1921, in Monessen, the daughter of the late John and Anna Plattinger Kuvinka....

George J. Koleck, 64, of Franklin Park, passed on to the Lord with family by his side on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. He was the son of George E. and the late Helen Koleck, formerly of Roscoe; husband for 3...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several voters in Washington Township say they waited in line four to five hours to vote Tuesday. With their teeth chattering and their fingers numb from the cold, som...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Incumbent Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run, looked to hold onto his seat as state Representative from the 49th District, fending off challenger Randi Barli, D-Coal ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com According to unofficial election results from Westmoreland County, incumbent state Rep. Eric Davanzo, R-South Huntingdon, appears headed to his first full term as re...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com State Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Union Township, held a healthy lead over Democratic challenger Sara-Summer Oliphant of South Park in the 39th Legislative District l...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Incumbent Democrat Jim Brewster was leading in Allegheny County Tuesday night in his race to retain the state’s 45th District senate seat against Republican challenger...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Monessen resident has organized a trap, neuter and release program for feral cats in the city and has a GoFundMe page to get it off the ground.   Carissa Barcus...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler appears to have won his bid for re-election to the state’s 14th District according to unofficial results. Just after midnight, Republi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, Democrat Mike Doyle was holding onto his seat as election night drew to a close with nearly 85% of the votes.   Doy...

Armida M. Biagini, 83, of North Charleroi, died Nov. 2, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in North Charle- roi on Sept. 9, 1937, she was the daughter of the late John and Amelia Pro Houston. ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Eleven local girls soccer players were recently named as all-WPIAL selections.   Bentworth led all area teams with three selections in Class A. Representing the Bear...

By BILL BECKNER Trib Total Media File Yough under teams peaking at the right time for the WPIAL girls soccer postseason. The ninth-seeded Cougars (11-4) gradually are returning to full strength as the...

Florence B. “Bunnie” Kerekes, 79, of Monongahela, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in the Mon Valley Care Center. She was born July 1, 1941, in New Eagle, the daughter of John and Florence Zynosky Welsh. B...

Wilda M. Cola Baxter, 95, of Monongahela, Carroll Township, died peacefully Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, surrounded in her home by family. Born Dec. 29, 1924, in Elrama, she was the daughter of John and Cath...