By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The first ruling in a trio of lawsuits alleging Sunshine Act violations went against Mayor Matt Shorraw and two Monessen councilmen. Westmoreland County Judge Chr...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California Area School Board is slated to vote on a school reopening plan Aug. 19, but changes have already been made in how school will be operating. The d...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Superintendent Dr. Lisa Duval announced Friday afternoon that South Allegheny School District students will begin the 2020-21 school year remotely. She hopes to use a ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com First Commonwealth Bank announced this week it will consolidate 29 offices in Pennsylvania and Ohio, including the McKeesport location. Spokesman Jonathan Longwill sai...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com As the coronavirus pandemic and business shutdowns drag on, people are looking for inspiration to get through the tough days and weeks that may lay ahead. Gr...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Voices were heard and there is still a glimmer of hope that sports could be played this fall. A day after Gov. Tom Wolf recommended the postponement of all recreatio...

By Jeff Oliver MVI Sports Kellen Holmes didn’t start small with his first basketball head coaching job. The Monessen native and 2006 Monessen High School graduate had coached six years as a varsity bo...

Gasper “Gary” Angelo Garofalo died peacefully on June 19, 2020. At his side were his two children, Angela and Kevin. Gary was born in North Charleroi on Nov. 3, 1947, to the parents of Gasper and Olga...

Delvin A. Miller, 62, of Monessen, went home to the Lord on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, at Monongahela Valley Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born on Aug. 30, 1957, in North Charleroi, son ...

Edmund V. Duda Jr., 79, formerly of Belle Vernon , passed away Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at Belair Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Lower Burrell. He was born Feb. 27, 1941, in Monessen, the son of th...

Andrew F. Suchko, a spirited, fun-loving family man passed away quietly in his Belle Vernon home surrounded by his family on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Andy, 89, was born March 31, 1931, in Lowber to the...

Alma Kay Henzler, 79, of Friedens, passed away on July 28, 2020, following a brave battle with cancer. She was born on Aug. 6, 1940, the daughter of the late Arthur and Hazel Becker Williams. Kay work...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Entering Thursday’s regular season finale with Howard Hanna Wilson Baum, Campy’s Pizza had one simple goal: Win and move on to the postseason.   With Elite Physical ...

By dean dellamalva jr. MVI Sports It wasn’t the finish the Belle Vernon Leopard Nation summer baseball team had envisioned.   But who thought they were going to be playing for a championship anyway?  ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The PIAA Board of Directors will meet today to discuss Gov. Tom Wolf’s recommendation to postpone youth sports until Jan. 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Wolf made t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com John K. Tener’s legacy will live on in Charleroi, but the library that bears his name will be known by a different title.   The former John K. Tener Library, a histo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Monessen house that was badly damaged in a March 11 fire appears to be supported by a series of ratchet straps, some of which are anchored to large dumpsters. Mayor ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora police will invest in cameras at the Donora-Monessen bridge to capture license plates as vehicles leave town. The cameras will photograph the plates of car...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Police Department’s efforts to secure new bulletproof vests received a boost when members of cfsbank and the Monongahela Area Revitalization ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It started with a candle-making class in the state of California and has turned into a thriving specialty soap and candle shop in Elizabeth. Simply You recently...