By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Five candidates will battle for four seats on the Charleroi Area School Board this November. Incumbents Barbara Pepper, Thomas Nutting, Joseph Caruso and Ken Wiltz a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A district judge in Peters Township will become Washington County’s newest Court of Common Pleas judge after winning both the Democratic and Republican nominati...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For Monessen School District teacher Matthew Strine, a sudden change of heart one week before he left for college 20 years ago has proven to be a good decisi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite a tumultuous year for school board directors and administrators due to the pandemic, property owners in the Charleroi Area School District will not see a hik...

For the MVI As   COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease, life as we know it is beginning to return to normal. The performing arts are no exception.   So, the timing is perfect for the Belle Vernon Area M...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@youmvi.com Bob Macey, the incumbent who is running to hold the District 9 seat on Allegheny County Council, faced opposition this year in the Democratic primary. But unofficial re...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com South Allegheny softball coach Jenn Stockett admitted she didn’t do much homework on her Gladiators’ first-round opponent. Turns out, she didn’t need to do much. T...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports Thomas Jefferson gave Chartiers Valley all it could handle in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff game on Tuesday. One swing of the bat in the sixth inning, however,...

By Ray Fisher Trib Total Media Bill Crousey’s legacy as Thomas Jefferson’s hockey coach is firmly cemented. After 12 fulfilling years behind the bench, Crousey has stepped aside from the coaching rank...

Wayne B. Cipriani, 82, of Park Ridge, N.J., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Wayne is survived by his dear children, Peter and Lydia and her husband Glenn Spoto; grandchildren, Andre...

Ruth Ann Bailes Bobula, died May 17, 2021, at AHN Hempfield. Ruth was born Sept. 9, 1938, in Charleroi. She was a registered nurse at Allegheny General Hospital in her younger years, followed by many ...

  David Stablein, 54, passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. He was born in North Charleroi on July 1, 1966, a son of the late George T. Stablein and Virginia Brown Stablein of Fallowfield Township. Da...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Along with selecting their candidates of choice, voters will face a host of new questions when they arrive at the polls today. The COVID-19 pandemic and its ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen, its mayor, two councilmen and city administrator have been sued for defamation of character and for the alleged targeting of a whistleblower...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, is calling for a two-year delay in moving forward with any plan to merge state universities. Brewster made the request Mo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@youmvi.com White Oak officials aren’t sure how federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds being issued next month can be used.   The council’s uncertainty about what American Rescue P...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Grab a lawn chair or a blanket and head to James Weir Stadium this week for a theater-in-the-park experience for this year’s Belle Vernon Area High School music...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Despite complaints from residents, New Eagle officials say a local business is not in violation of any of the borough’s property ordinances. Downfall Demolit...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com As he drove home from practice Thursday afternoon, California head softball coach David Young had no intention of playing another game this season. In Young’s first ...

Elvera D. Dolfie Barcelona passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 14, 2021. She was born Jan. 15, 1941, daughter of the late Daniel J. Dolfie and Bridget Morreti Dolfie. She was preceded in death by ...