By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com When the smoke finally cleared after more than five hours, a duplex and a house were damaged and three families were displaced by a fire Saturday in Monongahela. ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Shawnee Park Playground is being restored thanks to Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw and a group of volunteer painters, tapers and glaziers from a local union. Shorra...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the staff at McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center has worked to provide patrons with opportunities to enjoy museu...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports A strong defensive backbone is a key to being competitive at any level at any sport.   That’s the case with the Serra Catholic boys soccer team who have consistently ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, is accepting nominations for the following grant and award programs: • Public officials ...

By jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Tyler Hamstra doesn’t question how good his young Bentworth girls soccer squad will be this fall.   His only question is how quickly will the Bearcats go from being ...

Janet C. Roseman Devito, 75, of Roscoe, passed away Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, at Jefferson Hospital, Jefferson Hills. Born Aug. 31, 1944, in North Charleroi, she was the daughter of the late John and Ann...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Entering his fourth season as head coach at Belle Vernon Area, Rob Miele and his team enter the season with a target on their backs. Last season, the Leopards went...

Dear Gov. Wolf, I know this letter is something you’ll never read. At least I’m assuming as much since you “never saw” the letter from the PIAA concerning sharing its options and the opportunity to en...

By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League hopes to begin its 2020-21 season in early October, but league officials and teams are waiting for clarity on certain is...

Belle Vernon Area High School senior Dane Anden, junior Devin Whitlock and senior Jackson Jewell pose for a picture taken Friday by Zach Spano during the team’s annual picture/media day.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District has filed a lawsuit against Juul Labs alleging the “marketing   strategy,   advertising and   product   design” of its vape products ta...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Public transportation patrons who live, work and play between Rostraver Township and Monessen are now able to catch a bus along Tyrol Boulevard at Rostraver Apartments...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents in Monongahela who have been asking for the city’s library to open its doors to the public will soon get their wish granted. Sort of. On Monday, th...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Catherine and Vernon Long have been adopted — twice in the past two weeks. Last month, The Crew Missions, a faith-based nonprofit that helps families, senior citizen...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When Washington County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. Jerry Jericho gets home from work, his cheeks sometimes hurt from smiling.   Jericho has been a deputy with the depa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen is on its third city controller in eight months, and the newest appointee will likely be a familiar name.   Retired city Clerk Rosalie Nicksich was named...

Robert Frank Charnack, 69, of North Charleroi, passed peacefully and went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. A son of the late John and Blanche ...

Betty Jane Lickert, 92, of White Oak, died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. She was born in McKeesport on Feb. 24, 1928 and is the daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth White Welch and the wife of the l...

Dean Jay McCallum, 56, of Cocoa, Fla., formerly of Charleroi, died on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. He was the beloved companion of Bonnie Stover; loving son of Mabel and the late John McCallum; and dear bro...