By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On Christmas Eve 2018, there was a fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke plant in the world. A study released Wednesday by the University of Pitts...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents in and around Monongahela will get to meet their local police officers and even share a friendly chat over a cup of coffee Wednesday. The Monongahe...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Like any young boy in the Mid-Mon Valley, Rostraver Township native Dave Yurkovich had dreams of playing in the National Football League. Now, at the age of 36, he...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Entering his junior soccer season at Westminster, Tyler Caterino had only found the back of the net on a few occasions.   The 5-8 midfielder played in 37 games with ...

Nora Lee Osborne, 93, of Roscoe, passed away on Wednesday April 28, 2021. She was born in Roscoe on July 23, 1927, a daughter of Charles and Bessie Hileman Osborne. Nora was employed by National City ...

Karen S. Curcio, 73, of Newell, passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in her residence. She was born April 13, 1948, in Charleroi, daughter of Harry A. Hough and Lois Irene Roy Hough. She was a membe...

   Once again on April 24, an angel-driven chariot stopped in the Mon Valley and ushered Shelton Henry Jones, 63, of Charle- roi, on board with final destination, Heaven. He was born Feb. 14, 1958, in...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen firefighters were on the job again Wednesday morning when a fire was reported on Ninth Street in the city that involved two houses. It was the second thi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fines have been levied against the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill as part of a consent order and agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Wednesday voted to move a plan to merge six state universities into two universities...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A year after canceling an adventure “under the sea,” McKeesport Area High School musical lovers are finally getting a chance to flip their fins and be a part of an exc...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area is gearing up for the end of the school year, and district leaders are elated to host year-end activities that were canceled or altered last year due t...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports As the WPIAL playoffs approach next month, Serra Catholic has gotten a good taste over their last few games of what they’re going to see in the postseason. The results have...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A questionable play at the plate led to extra innings and an eventual West Mifflin walk-off win as the Titans captured a 2-1 victory over Yough in eight innings of a Section...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The South Allegheny softball team dedicated its game against Southmoreland Wednesday to a fellow classmate who is battling cancer. Then, the Gladiators did some battl...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When asked to talk about his freshman pitcher Nicole Palmer, Frazier head coach Don Hartman put it as simply as he could. “She’s a pitcher, not a freshman.” Palmer...

Amy Jean Grinage Brown, 95, of Monongahela, died on Sunday, April 25, 2021. She was born on July 12, 1925, in McKeesport, to the late Marie Catlin Brice Grinage and Sylvester Grinage. She was the grea...

When God said...“find me an angel loved by all,” Tuesday morning His wish was fulfilled when he called our Yolanda to fill the bill. This Donora- born child claimed Jan. 4, 1929, her official birthday...

Walter A. “Wally” Barch Jr., 77, of Washington Township, Belle Vernon, passed away Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. He was born Dec. 26, 1943, in Charleroi, son of Walter A. Ba...

Donald T. ‘Duck’ Anderson Monongahela Donald T. “Duck” Anderson, 62, died suddenly April 22, 2021. He was born April 15, 1959, in Monongahela. Donald is the son of the late Fred and Ruth Anderson. He ...