By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area School District is investigating after a video showing several middle school students “participating in acts of hate” against LGBTQIA+ students was shar...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A proposal for a coal mine on land zoned for conservation in Forward Township has been discussed by public officials for the past two years, but mostly behind c...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council heard about three options this week to address blight following the borough’s previous work with the Department of Community and Economic Developme...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Flowers might be the standard Mother’s Day gift, but Monongahela artist Helen Putnak Kish has put her own spin on the beloved holiday. Kish, an accomplished ...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MV Independent Romine Park is slated to be the centerpiece of Port Vue, according to Councilman Doug Junecko.   For more than 20 years, plans have been discussed to upgrade...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With just a few days remaining in the baseball and softball regular seasons, some local teams are still trying to push their way into the playoffs. The WPIAL, thou...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Seton Hill’s Hunter Martin entered the PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships as a participant in three different events – the 4x400-meter relay, the long jump a...

  Robert A. “Robbie” Foster Jr., age 44, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at Avalon Care Center in Honolulu, Hawaii He was born in New Eagle on Nov. 11, 1976 t, he son of Robert and ...

Ruth Harriet Bach Emberg, 97, formerly of Washington Township, Marienville, Allison Park and Mars, passed away on Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Good Samaritan Hospice, Wexford. Born, July 29, 1923, in Swi...

William J. Bartman, 67, of Monessen, died unexpectedly on Sunday May 2, 2021, at his home. He was born on April 27, 1954, in North Charleroi, the son of the late William J. and Angeline DeMarco Bartma...

By the MVI Monessen native and retired U.S. Air Force colonel Dr. Tom Tredici, known for helping design the gold visor Apollo astronauts used to protect their eyes while walking on the moon, died Apri...

Sisters Sarah and Jenna Fox, freshmen at Charleroi Area High School, played the national anthem on their saxophones before Thursday’s game against Bentworth.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This week, Donora Council discussed its desire to work out an intergovernmental agreement with Charleroi that would, in part, use Donora workers and equipment to ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania lawmakers are one step closer to passing a bill that would reinstate the commonwealth’s work search and registration requirements to receive une...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School District will reduce its debt by more than $500,000 by taking advantage of a favorable bond market. The school board had initially ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In a somber tone at this month’s council meeting, McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko reflected on the upcoming one-year anniversary of the passing of late council Vice ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Changes are coming to the Greater Washington County Food Bank, with three new outreach programs starting in July. “With an outside organization overseeing the b...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com As Belle Vernon Area head coach Tony Watson looked up at the scoreboard on West Mifflin’s home turf Thursday evening, he pinpointed one thing in particular his team ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Frazier’s Rylee Evans had a senior day she’ll never forget Thursday. The St. Francis recruit had one of the best games of her career as she slugged her way to a 3 ...

By Jeremy tepper MVI Sports With the regular season nearing its completion next week and the playoffs beckoning, Heidi Karcher’s message to her team is clear. “I said to them that in the next five, si...