By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Area School District may consider pushing the start of the 2020-21 school year to Sept. 8. Superintendent Dr. Mark Holtzman said during Wednesday’s agen...

Frank James Curka Jr., 83, died unexpectedly on July 7, 2020, at his home in Hunters-ville, N.C. He was born on Jan. 23, 1937, in Monongahela to the late Frank Sr. and Mary Zynosky Curka. Frank was ma...

Hope Yvett Dow Harris of Donora departed this earthly life unexpectedly to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, at the age of 55. She was born on Sept. 8, 1964, in Balti...

Thomas G. Wickerham, 70, of Donora, formerly of Rostraver Township, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 at his home. He was born in North Charle- roi on Dec. 16, 1949, a son of the late Donald Roy ...

By JOSE NEGRON AMD Industries finished off its second consecutive undefeated regular season with a convincing 57-35 victory over Lee Supply in Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League girls div...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports With nothing on the line, Dax Thomas State Farm and Monessen Florist played a tune-up game Wednesday night in preparation for their Mon Valley Independent Summer Bask...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Andrew Kostelnik didn’t pick up a single strikeout in Wednesday evening’s Western Pennsylvania Summer Baseball League tournament semifinal matchup against Ingomar. T...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport was on the federal government’s radar Wednesday. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Regional Administrator Joseph DeFeli...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The state Department of Environmental Protection filed repeat violations against Westmoreland County Sanitary Landfill in July, bringing the total number of vio...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A long standing tradition for Mon Valley walkers and runners has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During a workshop meeting Wednesday, Charleroi Council P...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A three-county crime spree may have come to an end as three people were taken into custody early Wednesday morning in connection with at least five armed robberie...

The driver of this Nissan Altima allegedly got distracted while traveling down Donner Avenue next to Foodland in Monessen around 11 a.m. Wednesday and struck a parked Ford Escape, pushing it almost 9 ...

John Lee “Jack” Jones Jr., 90, of Fallowfield Township, passed away peacefully with family members with him, in Jefferson Hospital on Aug. 4, 2020. Jack was born Feb. 13, 1930, a son of the late John ...

On Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, Mary Jane Anderson, loving mother of three children and grandmother of five grandchildren, passed away at the age of 82. She was born March 19, 1938, in Monessen, a daughter o...

With her loving family by her side, Jacqueline L. “Jackie” Barnot Koliscak was called home to heaven on Aug. 3, 2020, by the Lord to be with her beloved son, Jason Barnot Koliscak, who preceded her in...

Evelyn R. Mariano Sekel, 101, of Perryopolis, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, at Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant. Born Oct. 10, 1918, in Jacobs Creek, she was the daughter of the late Rosario and Ph...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the second time this summer, BeeGraphix celebrated an overtime win over Wilson Baum Howard Hanna in Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League boys play.   ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Farmers Insurance used an 11-0 run in the second half and maintained a hold on the top seed in next week’s Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League playoffs...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As local school districts try to determine the safest way for students to return to school, Pennsylvania is preparing for a change in its educational leadership.   S...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Many have looked for ways to help throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,   but some have found the little things we all can do don’t feel like quite enough. Washington...