By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Allegheny County police are still looking into the deaths of an elderly man and his adult son who were found dead at a Forward Township home Saturday. To read the rest...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Yough had just one shot on goal in the second half of Tuesday’s Section 3-2A clash with Mt. Pleasant.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday...

Helen Hreno Veschio, 81, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at DALFONSO-BILLICK FUNERAL HOME INC. & CREMATION SERVICES, 441 Reed Ave....

Alexander Joseph Cherry, 89, of Monongahela, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born Nov. 2, 1931, in Monongahela, son of Benjamin Teman and Mary Jane Tucker Cherry. ...

By Hannah Walden For the MVI Heather Nicholson has been a third-grade teacher in the California Area School District for the past 23 years. It was her new position leading the Moonshot Grant Program t...

Brett A. Doerfler, 32, of Charleroi, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. Born on Jan. 17, 1989, he was the son of Gregg “Dorf” and Roberta Doerfler, of Charleroi. Brett was active in wrestling and...

Judith Catherine “Judy” Holtz, 78, of State College, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at Mount Nittany Medical Center. Born Dec. 30, 1942, in Pittsburgh, she was the daughter of the late John F. and C. B...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A nonprofit wants to obtain dozens of empty lots in Monessen for a project that would potentially clear overgrown lots, provide jobs, stabilize the hillside above...

Ruth Pauline Jeroski, 93, of Bay County, Fla., formerly of the Mon Valley, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Ruth was born on April 2, 1927, in Du-quesne. She was the daughter of the ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the first time this season, the Elizabeth Forward girls soccer team suffered a loss on its home turf at Warriors Stadium. To read the rest of the story, please...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Residents of the Mon-Yough Valley may soon get the thrill of once more eating at a drive-in restaurant without having to leave the area. To read the rest of the story,...

Edward William Gauden, 79, of Pensacola, Fla., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. A son of the late Edward B. and Marion Palfrey Gauden, he was born in North Belle Vernon on March 15...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The League of Innovative Schools will officially welcome the California Area School District at its annual membership meeting Wednesday through Friday, adding t...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com In a matchup featuring a pair of local first-place teams already locked in to the WPIAL Class 2A volleyball playoffs, South Allegheny captured a 3-1 victory over Ser...

By TAYLOR BROWN-HERMAN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi Borough Council will take steps to ensure young students are safe while waiting for school buses at a dangerous intersection in the borough.  ...

Jamie Lee Miller, 70, of Brownstown, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Allegheny General Hospital. A daughter of the late Roy E. Powell and Phyllis Lewis Wilson, she was born on May 8, 1951. ...

By Matt Petras For the MVI George McGuckin, 7, Aizlynn McGuckin, 6, and Rayne McGuckin, 2, participated in Mon Valley Night Out, which was held Saturday at City Park in Monessen. To read the rest of t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen will use most of its first round of American Rescue Plan State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds as “revenue replacement,” with much of it going toward pay...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Forward teacher and a colleague in the South Fayette School District are the most inspiring educators of the year, according to their peers and the...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Standing at a mere 5-4, Charlie Nigut is rather easy to identify when he’s lined up in the Elizabeth Forward backfield, or manning one of the wide receiver positions...