By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media A federal judge in Pittsburgh Monday found that orders issued by Gov. Tom Wolf restricting the size of gatherings and closing non-essential businesses to protect ag...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen will likely have to double its line usage fee for sewage customers to repay $15 million in loans that will go toward work to improve the city’s sewage in...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com To most people, Halloween means costumes and candy. But the holiday has a special meaning for to 2017 Ringgold High School graduate Alicia Hruby. Hruby, 21, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Fallowfield Township woman and her family were recognized by Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi earlier this month for helping the community during the COV...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township is looking into forming its own redevelopment authority as a way of addressing blight in the community. The state legislature gave First Clas...

Carol Buszinski, 76, of Charleroi, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. Born on March 1, 1944, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Stella Moa-shan. She was a member of St. Andrew the Apostle...

James Georgulis, 82, died peacefully late Saturday evening, Sept. 12, 2020. He was born on June 22, 1938, in Monessen and was the third child of first- generation parents who arrived in the United Sta...

Harold L. Scott, 73, of Carroll Township, formerly of North Carolina, passed away on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Connellsville on May 19, 1947, Harold was a son of ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com It would be an understatement to say Rob Miele and the Belle Vernon Area boys soccer team will be quite busy over the next three days.   The Leopards open their fall...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Rather than attending Robert Morris University this fall, Evan Eberlein is getting a rare opportunity to continue his hockey career at the junior level.   The Ringgo...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Organizers and borough officials say they are pleased with the outcome of an anti-racism rally held Saturday in Elizabeth. “We pray that this would spark conver...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic threw a kink into day-to-day operations for nonprofit entities across the country. But staff and volunteers with the American Cancer Society...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport & Versailles Cemetery came to life this weekend for the Living History Cemetery Tour, and those who strolled the scenic graveyard got the unique opportunity...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After last fall’s successful PuppyUp Monessen Walk, the local branch of the national foundation started to think about breaking away to form its own group. For th...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com They’ve jogged thousands of miles and completed dozens of marathons, but for a group of joggers running through Monongahela Friday, the 9.11 miles they compl...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Unused paint in the basement, pesticide in the garage, an old dorm refrigerator in the attic — all contain potentially hazardous chemicals that may no longer be...

Mona Rio Antonelli, 90, of Monongahela, passed away into the peaceful arms of our Lord  Thursday evening, Sept. 10, 2020. She was the beautiful daughter of Anna Cecilia Bartelli and Elmer Campa of Spa...

Albert S. Granato, 88, of Coal Center, Long Branch, passed away Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, at Grandview Estates of Elizabeth. Born Feb. 2, 1932, in Donora, he was the son of the late Albert F. and Alma L...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When Belle Vernon Area shuts out an opponent, the players get donuts from the coaching staff. There may be no better tasting donuts than the next ones they’re goin...

By Jonathan Guth MVI Sports Frazier snapped a three-game losing streak to Charleroi in a big way Friday night to open Century Conference play. The Commodores (1-0, 1-0) blanked the Cougars, 34-0, as K...