On Monday, July 13, 2020, John Wassilchak Jr., loving husband and father, passed away at the age of 90. John was born on Dec. 12, 1929, in Pricedale, to John Sr. and Anna Ferenz Wassilchak. He was a 1...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com In a matchup of streaking teams in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League Girls Division, Dax Thomas State Farm made its case as the second-hottest te...

By JOSE NEGRON Jnegron@yourmvi.com Bria Rathway and Kaitlyn Slagus share a history of standing side by side.   They were teammates at the rec and metro ball levels before sharing the court at Belle Ve...

These children fed the ducks at Round Hill Farm Monday evening. From left are William Golya, 1, and his sister Abigail, 3, both of Rostraver Township, and the Duff siblings of Monongahela, Elizabeth, ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Sewage Authority held a special meeting Monday to discuss financing for three upcoming capital improvement projects. According to the authorit...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An annual community celebration, and most other things, have been put on hold in Forward Township because of the coronavirus pandemic. Community Days, a two-day...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The summer of 2020 in White Oak, like in many other Mon Valley communities, isn’t going to look or be celebrated the same as past years. The borough, Mayor Ina Jean Ma...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi agreed Monday to join forces with other Mon Valley communities to offer support to the Mid-Mon Valley Transit Authority in hopes of helping the compa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A West Mifflin man has died after being reported missing Sunday near the Smithton Beach area of the Youghiogheny River.   Rostraver Township Police Chief Greg Reseta...

James V. Brizzi, 96, of Carroll Township, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, at his home. He was born in Webster, on Oct. 3, 1923, a son of the late Agenore and Ida Ciavini Brizzi. Mr. Brizzi wa...

Mary Ann Dyer, 72, of McKeesport, died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at the home of her daughter. She was born Dec. 21, 1947, in Pangburn Hollow, a daughter of the late Lewis and...

Dolores B. “Dolly” Evans, 82, of West Mifflin, formerly of Donora, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at her home. She was born in Donora on July 4, 1938, a daughter of the late Samuel...

Raymond “Butch” Hewitt Jr., 63, of Charleroi, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2020, at his home. Born in Charleroi on Sept. 29, 1956, a son of Raymond N. Hewitt Sr. and Sandra McBurnie Hewitt, Butch w...

Judith L. Klinsky, 68, of Charleroi, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020, in her home. A daughter of the late Charles and Catherine Munce Reimer, she was born in Pittsburgh on May 29, 1952. A lifelong r...

Michael S. Tetteris Sr. 74, passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2020. Michael was born on Nov. 23, 1945. He was a son of the late Steve and Anne Tkach Tetteris and a lifelong resident of Monessen. After g...

St. Andrew the Apostle held its annual festival Saturday in Monongahela, but all the food was pick-up this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Filling orders, from left, are Patty Forsyth, Juliann R...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen will soon have a new website, but some council members say the work was contracted out and paid for without their knowledge. At last week’s m...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Businesses, sporting events, concert venues, theaters, restaurants and schools aren’t the only organizations feeling the effects of the coronavirus pandemic....

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a year of renovations, an old railroad car is a new restaurant in downtown Elizabeth. The Elizabeth Express, located at 312 Market St., at the corner of S...

Several fire companies worked to bring a house fire under control Sunday afternoon on Waddell Avenue in Donora. Donora Volunteer Fire Department called for Mon Valley EMS after a firefighter was overc...