By Dean Dellamalva Jr. MVI Sports The Belle Vernon Area softball team locked up a spot in the postseason thanks to a huge game by Olivia Kolowitz.   The sophomore, starting for the injured Gracie Soko...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The food truck debate in Rostraver Township has come to an end, with the mobile food vendors permitted in residential areas for private parties and community ev...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With his shaved head, muscular arms and black patrol uniform, Monongahela police Officer Bill Fusco makes an imposing impression. But Fusco was all smiles an...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Two candidates are seeking an open seat on Washington County Common Pleas Court. Both judicial candidates, Joyce Hatfield-Wise and Jesse Pettit, are cross-filed...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An announcement this week from Gov. Tom Wolf that the vast majority of Pennsylvania’s pandemic orders will be lifted come Memorial Day “pretty much solidifies” that Mc...

For the MVI Greenock United Methodist Church in Elizabeth Township will host a “Drive By and Donate” to local food pantries as a novel way to honor mothers from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. ...

Jennie E. Corsi Bartolotta, 93, of Murrysville, formerly of Monongahela, passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in Redstone Highlands Assisted Living, Murrysville. Born Sept. 24, 1927, in Aliquippa, she wa...

Kierstin Lang Mucci, 50, of Belle Vernon, formerly of Apollo, passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in Monongahela Valley Hospital, Monongahela. Born Aug. 25, 1970, in Monroeville, she was a daughter o...

Mariane T. Fazzini Newmeyer, 68, of Bethel Park, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2021, at her residence. Born in Donora on April 22, 1953, she was a daughter of the late Bernard and Noreen White Fazzin...

Tommy Scott Thompson, 79, of Monessen, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 1, 2021, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Born in Monongahela on Aug. 5, 1941, he was the son of the late Blanche C....

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There was only one job that could make Matt Bacco leave his current position as an assistant for the Bethel Park girls basketball program. And now, that one job is...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR MVI Sports For the third time in eight seasons, the McKeesport boys basketball team has a new head coach. Tiger alumnus Troy Blackwell will take over the program he once played f...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area was limited to just two hits in a 4-1 loss to Uniontown in Section 2-4A play Wednesday afternoon. The Leopards (8-7, 5-4), who earned a 13-2 win ov...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents from around the Mon Valley were in Carroll Township Tuesday morning, thanks to Monongahela Valley Hospital. The hospital held another vaccination c...

By MEGAN GUZA, JULIA FELTON and DEB ERDLEY Trib Total Media Pennsylvania plans to lift its COVID-19 mitigation orders on Memorial Day, and Gov. Tom Wolf said the state’s masking order will be dropped ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Two hours of information and public comment on a proposed power plant in Elizabeth Township left many participants and organizers feeling a bit frustrated Tuesd...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport Area junior has earned a shot at getting his wings and hopes to head for the big skies over Florida this summer. Cadet Aaron Elm, a member of the McKeespo...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors will move to Plan B for an upcoming paving project. On Tuesday, supervisors rejected a bid by Grindstone-based Redstone Excavati...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time in program history, the Belle Vernon Area girls track and field team will compete for a WPIAL Class 3A championship next week.   The Leopards earn...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The second season of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League is quickly approaching and planning for the sophomore year of the league is taking shape. ...