By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com McKeesport head coach Matt Miller believes his team sent a message in its return to Class 4A last season. Competing in the ultra-competitive Big 8 Conference with th...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Last year, Monessen’s football team and its supporters had a season they would like to forget. The Hounds (0-7, 0-7) suffered through a winless season in which they h...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For third-year Ringgold head coach Darwin Manges, the formula for his program is starting to come to fruition and he’s hoping this is the season it all comes toget...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The expectations shared by those in the football locker room at Serra Catholic are the same this season: Win a conference title, claim a WPIAL championship and captu...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Football coaches will often talk about the importance of taking a business-like approach. It’s not enough to be talented or schematically sound. Being ultra-focused on the ...

On Wednesday, the Mon Valley YMCA, in partnership with Mon Valley Paws, hosted a “Doggie Paddle” at the Carroll Township facility. From the looks of it, humans and hounds alike enjoyed cooling off as ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Year after year, players move on and new faces arise to help Thomas Jefferson’s football program continue its rich tradition of success. While the players change, th...

Staff and wire reports Gov. Tom Wolf has asked state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, R-Centre, and House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, to call lawmakers back to Harrisburg immediately t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Commissioners are being asked to consider allowing police officers to live outside the township. Officers currently must either be reside...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com RADical Days are here again. On Tuesday, the Allegheny Regional Asset District — known around Allegheny County as RAD — announced the line-up of free events and activi...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports Excitement is the main word Chris Chunko uses when describing his team’s attitude going into this season. After going 2-5 last year in Chunko’s first season as Yough’s head...

Logan “Logy” Ausburn, 74, of Elizabeth, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 at home. He retired as a laborer for West Elizabeth Lumber Co. in Elizabeth. Born Jan. 12, 1947, in West Elizabeth, he was...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Last year was the first time since fourth grade that Cal U head football coach Gary Dunn didn’t have a football season. That went for most of his coaching staff an...

Pennsylvania’s opioid disaster declaration expired Wednesday after state lawmakers, newly empowered to help manage statewide emergencies, declined the governor’s request for another extension. Democra...

Edward T. Seeley Jr., 81, of Carroll Township, was called home to the Lord’s Kingdom on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Born in Dormont on Feb. 19, 1940, he was the son of the late Edward T. Seeley Sr. and th...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com In each of the past two seasons, the Yough girls soccer team has enjoyed lengthy playoff runs. The Cougars advanced to the WPIAL Class 2A championship game for the f...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com As Cal U head football coach Gary Dunn observed his team’s performance throughout the 2019 season, it was hard for him not to notice the play of Derek Lockhart. As a...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports After the resignation of head coach Ashley Dorn, Serra Catholic brought in a familiar face from a successful era to lead the girls soccer program beginning in 2021. S...

Second-grader Charles Evans and fourth-grader Ari’Onna Verline-Jones wave as they get off the bus at Monessen Elementary Center for the first day of school Tuesday.

Lawrence Steven Timko, 56, of Stockdale, died Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. He was born Monday, April 5, 1965, in Charle- roi, a son of Linda Lutes Timko and the late John J. Timko. Larry was the owner of Ke...