By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After three separate meetings, Charleroi Borough Council has decided Big’s Sanitation will remain the borough’s garbage collector, even though the company wasn’t the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After receiving a request from state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, the Senate Majority Police Committee will host a discussion on the challenges facing rural hospitals. Bart...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Though Washington County remains in the “green phase” of the state’s tiered re-opening plan, the Charleroi Area School District is going back to yellow. Two weeks af...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although the school board still has to decide what attending school at McKeesport Area School District will look like, the district’s administrators and staff are prep...

George Comadena Sr. passed away on July 23, 2020, from natural causes. Born May 3, 1928, he was the son of Steve and Mary Comadena of Naomi. He graduated from Marion High School, where he was a fullba...

David Wayne Evans, 63, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Monday, July 27, 2020, at UPMC Shady-side Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Nov. 1, 1956, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the lat...

Marie R. LaMendola, 98, of Donora, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Cambridge Creek-side Senior Living, in Charleroi. Born in Monongahela on July 14, 1922, Marie was a daughter of the late P...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Teachers are preparing to be on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic when students head back to class this year. The state Department of Education and Department...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission last week announced eight video-conference/telephone hearings that will be held in August to gather public input on rate inc...

By the MVI U.S. Steel and Susquehanna Service Dogs, a program of Keystone Human Services, are partnering to fully fund an assistance dog who will be paired with someone in the Pittsburgh area.   The c...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania drivers whose driver’s license or photo ID has expired or is about to expire are getting a reprieve.   PennDOT announced Friday that expiration ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com As Mon Valley schools prepare for the fall semester, however it may be taught, a group of students in the Elizabeth Forward School District just completed a six...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The midway point in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League’s inaugural season has been reached and playoff time is near.   Play in both the boys and gir...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com There was a time when doubt surrounded the Road to Trail 5K, the largest fundraising event held each year by the Serra Catholic cross country program.   The coronavi...

Our beloved mother, Evelyn Eileen DeFelice, passed peacefully Friday, July 24, 2020. She was born Jan. 16, 1932, in McKeesport. Eileen was the daughter of the late Dexter Jackson Armstrong Sr. and Ros...

Wayne R. Overand, 93, of Smithton, passed away Friday, July 24, 2020, at home. He was born Sept. 20, 1926, in Rostraver Township, son of the late Edgar and Martha Moody Overand. Wayne grew up in Fells...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. That’s the mantra of musicians, bands and concert promoters this summer as the coronavirus pandemic forces the can...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District students will head back to school six days later than expected. Superintendent Dr. Mark Holtzman has announced the first day of school ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Jared Hartman always appreciated a fresh haircut, but never thought he would end up being the barber. Hartman, a Fayette City resident, could be considered a profess...

By Deb Erdley Trib Total Media PNC Financial Services plans to permanently close 52 branch offices. In a filing with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the financial powerhouse said it int...