By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Cody Koteles called his rookie season as a stock car racer a success. And that’s probably an understatement since he took three first-place finishes racing in the Hobby Stock...

Shirley R. Putra, 96, Monongahela, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in her home. She was born April 15, 1924, in Turtle Creek, the daughter of Howard L. and Ethel M. Hunter Ocker. Shirley was a graduate of ...

By JEFF STITT and   TAYLOR BROWN jstitt@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com A deeply contentious, divided election season has led to this point: Election Day 2020. The national conversation has voters wond...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com If California University of Pennsylvania students are ready to come back to class, they will have that option this spring. On Monday, the university announced it wil...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts is getting ready for a milestone event this weekend when it debuts “A Night At The Coaches V.” The dinner-dance style show ends t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen might establish its own Human Relations Commission. But first, city council plans to pass an ordinance that updates its existing laws regardi...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s second surge, volunteer-based Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful says it’s still possible to help pick up litter in the region. The ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The way has been cleared for work to begin on the pressurized sewer line that runs from Buena Vista to the sewage treatment plant in McKeesport. Elizabeth Towns...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward’s historic boys soccer season came to an end Monday night.   The fifth-seeded Warriors played a solid brand of defense in the first half but were u...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The Ringgold hockey team took control of a tight game early in the third period and frustrated Elizabeth Forward over the final 10 minutes of a 9-3 season-opening win...

By JASON BLACK MVI Sports During the regular season, the Waynesburg volleyball team used two wins against rival Frazier to earn a section championship. On Monday night, the Raiders used a victory over...

Frank L. Britt, 77, of Monongahela, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in his home. A son of the late James E. and Rose P. Porter Britt, he was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, on May 30, 1943. Frank...

Paul L. Kolodziej, 48, of Washington Township, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, after a battle with cancer. A son of the late Donald J. Kolod-ziej and Linda Gourn Kolodziej, who survives and resid...

Anthony Charles Lekse, 81, of Elizabeth Township, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. He was born Oct. 15, 1939, in Russellton and was the son of the la...

Kathleen “Kathy” J. Vivio, 70, of Monessen, died Sunday Nov. 1, 2020, in Magee Womens Hosptial of UPMC, Pittsburgh. She was born on Sept. 5, 1950, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late Hugo “Midge”...

Abella Majors, 3, of Monessen was dressed as Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” at the Halloween parade Saturday in Belle Vernon.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Carnegie Mellon University is taking an interest in current and potential business owners and developers in the state’s 45th Senatorial District and the Greater Pittsb...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Chris Sekora’s hard work in the face of adversity paid off Friday when he was named Water Operator of the Year by the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association.   Sekora,...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Friday the 13th might be considered an unlucky day for the superstitious, but local rock and roll fans can rejoice when the ominous date arrives in a couple ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Public Library now offers patrons a nearly touch-free system for checking out library materials. The automated system allows patrons to scan their...