By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Just in time for Arbor Day, Tree Pittsburgh will be bringing a little shade, and the many benefits of trees, to the Tube City. Tree Pittsburgh, an environmental nonpro...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township and Smithton officials have the same goal in mind, when it comes to the Great Allegheny Passage: they want people to know exactly where the t...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com There may not be a pair of sisters who have made as much of an impact for their respective college teams this season as Elizabeth Forward graduates Taylor Ludwick an...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports McKeesport track and field, like a number of teams across the state, is dealing with smaller roster numbers this year. Due to that, Tigers coach Mark Bacco said the main fo...

On April 1, 2021, Dolores “Dee” or “Dode” Mae Girovsky Gala, peacefully passed away in Latrobe, Pa. Dee was born in McKeesport, on May 4,1930, to the late John and Mary Yager Girovsky, and was the spo...

James John Palcsey, 43, of Dravosburg, died on Thursday, April 1, 2021. He was born in McKeesport on June 5, 1977 and is the son of John Raymond and Dolores “Jean” Jackson Palcsey of Dravosburg. James...

Rose Marie Makowski Petrosky, 94, of Van Voorhis, passed away on Friday, April 2, 2021. She was wife of the late George Petrosky. She is survived by her brother, Norman Makowski (Mary Ellen); and her ...

Donna R. Bakori Sigler, 77, of Finleyville, passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021. She was the beloved wife of 61 years of David E. Sigler; loving mother of Donna Lynn Duncan (David Schultz) and Debr...

Margaret “Marge” Powlowsky Valdiserri, formerly of Fallowfield Township, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at Manor Care Bethel Park. Marge and her husband Lou were owners of the form...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com For Christians across the United States, Easter services on Sunday will reflect an extra measure of joy as the nation experiences rising optimism after a year of ...

James Weldon, 81, of Fayette City, passed away with his family by his side on Thursday, April 1, 2021, in UPMC Presbyterian. A son of the late Owen and Ann O’Toole Weldon, he was born in North Charler...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Former McKeesport Mayor Louis “Lou” Washowich had a tough job, but he always rose to a challenge, according to Senior Magisterial District Judge Tom Brletic, one of th...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Easter dinners were distributed to 200 senior citizens in four communities Friday in memory of a West Newton woman. The meals were packaged by the Monessen Salv...

Charles E. Fry, 82, of Monongahela, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, April 2, 2021. He was born Dec. 27, 1938, in Harrisburg, son of Clarence Edward and Lacy Marie Leader Fry. Charles was a V...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Not all Easter Bunnies have long ears; in Forward Township, they come in police uniforms. Chief Travis Stoffer and Officer Frank Barrerio took a break from thei...

Barbara A. “Barbie” Kroskie, 39, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Mon Valley Hospital. A daughter of Walt A. Kroskie and Debra Repasky Kroskie, both of Belle ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Twenty-five years ago today the FBI arrested Ted Kaczynski, the notorious “Unabomber,” ending his 17-year crime spree that killed three people and wounded 24 ot...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com State and federal health officials eased additional COVID restrictions Friday that will coincide with the loosening of other restrictions this weekend. The C...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com When the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the spring sports season last year, athletes on the Ringgold track and field team were left feeling a sense of devastation.   Mo...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The Thomas Jefferson track team will look much different than in years past. The team has a large infusion of youth joining a small, but solid upperclassmen group. Th...