By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School District is preparing to welcome back students Tuesday, and updated information regarding school lunches and the district’s Cyber Academy...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District students are headed back to school Wednesday. Thanks to the McKeesport Kiwanis Club and the Debra A. Bertoty Scholarship Fund, families...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley students in Fayette and Westmoreland counties will continue to have opportunities to discover the benefits of a hands-on career. For a second year, Southw...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports It has been seven years since the South Allegheny boys soccer team last qualified for the WPIAL playoffs.   Since the 2013-14 season, the Gladiators have struggled mi...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports As Anthony Jacobs enters his fourth year at the helm of the McKeesport girls soccer team, the building process continues. When Jacobs took over, the Tigers had fallen out o...

Helene Semancik Wozniak, 84, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township., passed away Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, at The Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela. Born Aug. 20, 1936, in Charleroi, she was the daughte...

Glenn Porter, Dyelan Edwards and Darius Cooper, all of Charleroi, huddle under a small umbrella Friday afternoon as the rain begins to fall. More rain is in the forecast for today.

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com All high school students in the Elizabeth Forward School District will start classes virtually next week after six student athletes and a part-time employee tes...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The attorney for Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw and two councilmen told a Westmoreland County judge Friday morning his clients shouldn’t be fined despite a default j...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com For the past six years, Don Zombek has decorated his home each Christmas to raise money for Make-A-Wish. This year, he is reaching out to the community in a dif...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Point Park University’s McKeesport Community Newsroom is teaming up with the McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center and a panel of diverse local voices to offer...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Many Mid-Mon Valley residents saw power outages Thursday and Friday as a result of heavy storms that ripped through Southwestern Pennsylvania. The National Weather Ser...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Even though COVID-19 took its toll on spring sports and end-of-the-year banquets, it didn’t stop Belle Vernon Area from announcing and celebrating senior sports aw...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Ever since he graduated from Ringgold in 2008, Matt Snyder dreamed about coming back to his alma mater and leading the soccer team as its coach. After spending the last coupl...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Every year, the expectations remain the same for Serra Catholic’s volleyball team. The Eagles expect to win their section. They expect to be competitive in the playoffs. An...

Vivian Gavazzi Bernardo, 82, of Belle Vernon, passed away Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.  She was born Oct. 30, 1937, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Nello R...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Thursday marked the first day of classes at St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School in Belle Vernon and provided an opportunity for parents to drop off supplies ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi has been sued by a resident who claims a recent garbage contract was not awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.   James Smith of McKean Avenue is asking...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth will continue its efforts to keep PNC Bank downtown. Borough officials have sent a letter to the bank asking for a face-to-face meeting, saying it has...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Strong storms left thousands of Mon Valley residents without power on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, a severe thunderstorm watch ...