By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport continues to use its Crossing Bridges Summit to talk about the health of Black women. The Penn State campus has released inf...

By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Three local wrestlers are headed to Hershey, but they don’t want a bite of chocolate; they want to taste a gold medal. Two freshmen in Bentworth’s Chris Vargo and Frazier’s...

Dale G. “Babe” Weightman, 83, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Southmont of Presbyterian SeniorCare, Washington. The son of the late Thomas and Clara Hildebrand Weightman, ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com “American Rust,” a television show set to air on Showtime, will begin to film in Donora Monday, the latest Mon Valley and southwestern Pennsylvania town to go Hol...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s Main Street Program received the green light from council Wednesday to move forward with additional facade improvement projects. At their publi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Graduation plans for Elizabeth Forward seniors include a rain date this year in an effort to allow as many people to attend as safely as possible. Superintenden...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Residents opposed to dollar store or other retail facility built on a wooded lot along Route 201 in Washington Township heard from a member of the planning commission ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi and Donora officials will work together to address blight and other issues within their communities. During an agenda meeting last week, Charleroi council ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area High School and Middle School students will return to remote learning after a recent spike in COVID-19 cases. Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich said the sc...

Michele “Mickie” Baron Cope, 71, of Belle Vernon, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Mon Valley Care Center, Carroll Township. Born May 20, 1949 in North Charleroi, she was the daughter of the ...

Ernestine Effie Taylor, better known to her family and friends as “Aunt Petey” and “Petey Girl,” died March 4, 2021. She was born in Monongahela in 1933, the seventh child of the late Ernest Mitchell ...

Richard “Redd” E. Wallace, 79, died in UPMC McKeesport Hospital on March 5, 2021. He was born on May 17, 1941, in Smithdale, to the late Bruce and Lily Mae Dixon Wallace. Preceding him in death were t...

Arnold K. Dull, 80, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021. A son of the late Joseph and Alverta Bulger Dull, he was born in North Charleroi on Nov. 5, 1940. He was a member of the Firs...

Audrey Holesh, 84, of Speers, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, with her devoted sister and loved ones at her side. She was born in Charleroi on July 17, 1936, a daughter of John and Blanche Flem...

Bishop J. Richard Bass Sr., 78, of Monongahela, departed this life on Monday, March 8, 2021, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born on Aug. 19, 1942, in Pittsburgh, to Joseph Edison Ba...

H. Vaughn “Pap” Gilbert Sr., 89, of Elizabeth Township, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He was born Aug. 29, 1931, in Christy Park and was the son of the late Elizabeth Vaughn and David S. Gilbert...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR MVI Sports The South Allegheny boys basketball team is back in the WPIAL Class 3A semifinals for the second consecutive year. But this year’s team is looking for a different resu...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports When top-seeded Belle Vernon Area tips off against No. 5 North Catholic in a WPIAL 4A semifinal tonight, you could understand if the Leopards felt like they were looking in a...

Dorian Ellis, 4, and Cartier Donaldson, 7, both of Monessen, enjoyed the swings Tuesday at Monessen City Park on a mild March afternoon. Spring-like conditions are expected to continue today and Thurs...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council approved the first reading of an amendment that would alter the way the city’s recreation board does just about everything Tuesday night, but som...