A memorial service for Helen Dave Gara of West Newton, who passed away on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, will be held Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, at West Newton United Presbyterian Church, immediately following th...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com In his first season as Thomas Jefferson’s girls soccer coach, Sean Richter helped lead the Jaguars to a 14-win season and an appearance in the WPIAL Class 3A quarter...

LeRoy A. “Lee” Nicolaus, 86, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at Mon Valley Care Center, Carroll Township. Born Aug. 12, 1935, in Belle Vernon, he was the son of the late Augu...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the first time in 11 seasons, the Frazier volleyball team failed to win a section championship last season. Commodores head coach Mandy Hartman admits her team...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports California’s Jaeden Zuzak had a record-breaking, monster season for the Trojans in 2020. In just seven games, Zuzak rushed for 1,571 yards and compiled 28 total touchdowns. W...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com He came back and they didn’t ­— and that’s why any time The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall comes anywhere close to the Mon Valley, Vietnam veteran Bill Callaway ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Last year’s Bentworth boys soccer team ended the regular season winning four of its last five games. Amongst those wins was No. 150 for head coach Gary Amos in the fi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, the California Borough Riverfest is returning this weekend. The event sponsored by the California Borough Recreation ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In a public hearing this week before the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD) board, McKeesport officials requested funding for a crown jewel of the city — Renzieha...

California University of Pennsylvania kicked off a four-day welcome weekend on Thursday, as first-year students moved to campus. Upperclassmen will move into the residence halls on Saturday. Events ar...

Thresa Lynne Thompson Semancik, 48, of Rostraver Township, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021.  Born in Washington on Feb. 14, 1973, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Charlotte Thompson Snyder Sr. T...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Coronado Coal chief geologist Joe Wickline in a Forward Township Planning Commission hearing this week said the room-and-pillar-mining method his company is pro...

Sheryl J. Wiseman Price Mosco, 66, of Monessen, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. She was born on Feb. 2, 1955, in North Charleroi, the daughter of the late ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There was a resounding roar of approval from a crowd of 200-300 people Wednesday evening as the Forward Township Planning Commission voted unanimously to recomm...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen has applied for nearly $1.3 million in grant funding to rehab the downtown public parking garage. Mayor Matt Shorraw said the $910,000 grant ...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media There will be plenty of potential pandemic hobbies on display starting Friday as the Westmoreland Fair returns. Entry office secretary Leanna Landy said entries f...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A limited number of residents in McKeesport and Glassport are being presented with a fun opportunity to beautify their properties while showing some love to Mother Nat...

Brooke “Pumpkin” Aynn Ladisic, 41, of Glassport, formerly of McKeesport, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, at UPMC Presbyterian. She was born in McKeesport on Nov. 30, 1979, to the late Bruce H....

John J. Howarth Jr., 75, of Temecula, Calif., formerly of Monessen, passed away on July 26, 2021, in Temecula Valley Hospital after a lengthy illness. Beloved husband of 43 years to Carol Yanachik How...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Doc Kulish isn’t one to make guarantees or bold predictions heading into a new season.   But for the veteran head coach and the Thomas Jefferson boys soccer team, th...