By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Council discussed several property transfer issues at this week’s workshop meeting. Resident Kareem Straughn, who has purchased several properties from t...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Today’s firefighters have access to modern and cutting-edge firefighting technology and equipment that requires hours of training and preparation. But for th...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com This Saturday, kids under 18 will have a chance to beat a cop. And get some free ice cream in the process. Saturday’s Monongahela Area Revitalization Corpora...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There are now only five addresses in McKeesport still impacted by a do not drink notice from Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. It has now been 20 days since ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s a big year for the Saints Joachim and Anne Community Festival. Not only has the festival made its return after being canceled last year as a result of the COVID-1...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After streaming its meetings live via YouTube since the COVID-19 pandemic began, McKeesport Area School Board will welcome audiences back to the board room starting wi...

Donna J. VanVoorhis, 73, of Canonsburg, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, at Havencrest nursing center after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Donna was born Aug. 26, 1947, the only child ...

The family of Daniel Joseph Hall, aka “Sugar,” 74, of Monessen announce with great sorrow his passing July 28, 2021. Born Feb. 1, 1947, he was the son of the late Rev. Willie Hall Sr. and Alma Hall. I...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Top-seeded BeeGraphix rolled to its second straight Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League boys division title with a convincing 80-55 victory over Elite Ph...

Stephen E. Burns, 80, of Champion, formerly of Donora passed away Aug. 3, 2021, in The Patriot of Somerset. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the RHOME FUNERAL HOME INC., 1209 Grand Blvd., M...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The land development plan for a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station off of Tyrol Boulevard was rejected Wednesday by the Rostraver Township Commissione...

By CHRISTINE HAINES and JEFF STITT chaines@yourmvi.com jstitt@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday signed the 15th renewal of his January 2018 opioid disaster declaration to help the state fight the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board will vote next week on the 2021-22 district health and safety plan. The American Rescue Plan Act requires each school district receiving f...

Williamson, Daly end Cedarbrook’s hope for unbeaten season By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Free throw shooting has been a thorn in AMD Industries side during this Mon Valley Independent Summer Ba...

Dr. Kelly N. Fields, 40, of Gilberts Ill., formerly of Donora, died Wednesday June 30, 2021. Born Oct. 11, 1980 in Monroeville, she is the daughter of Dawn Kellogg Fields of Donora. Kelly was a gradua...

Ronald William Danko, 59, of Monessen, went to be with the Lord suddenly Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. A son of Ronald E. and Joyce Sutherland Danko of Monessen, he was born in North Charleroi Sept. 2, 1961. ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors addressed a newly implemented Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System — also k...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The sixth annual Road to Trail 5K, the largest fundraising event held each year by the Serra Catholic cross country program, will have a little twist to it. Instead ...

For the MVI Over 34 million Americans have diabetes and face its devastating and serious complications, which include heart disease, stroke, amputation, end-stage kidney disease, blindness and death. ...

Eugene “Gene” E. Urbanski, 85, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Aug. 2, 2021. Gene was born Aug. 19, 1935, to Clarence and Helen Dworek Urbanski and was the youngest of six children. Gen...