By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The most recent COVID-19 relief bill, amended by the U.S. Senate Saturday and up for consideration by the House and signature of the president this week, would ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There’s a cat from Belle Vernon vying for the title of “America’s Favorite Pet,” and the woman who rescued him is asking her Mon Valley neighbors to help him claim the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport and residents represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and other attorneys have reached an agreement, seemingly bringin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com There will be a new representative on North Belle Vernon council through the remainder of this year.   On Tuesday, council agreed to appoint Alia Horner to a seat le...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Officials in New Eagle will look into installing posts or rumble strips in the 400 block of Fifth Ave after a resident alerted them to vehicles driving onto ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Grace Navarro isn’t one to dwell on the past. The Serra Catholic senior might miss a basket on one possession before quickly putting it behind her and setting her fo...

By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports The third time was the charm for Bucknell University junior and Belle Vernon Area High School graduate Zach Hartman. Hartman, who has a career collegiate record of 65-17, i...

Madeline L. “Shorty” Oblak, 82, of West Newton, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 8, 2021. She was born Oct. 6, 1938, in Jeannette, a daughter of the late Cyril and Alice Seighman Deruelle. Sh...

Charles Kenneth Shetterly, 86, of Charleroi, passed away on March 2, 2021, at his southern home in Frostproof, Fla. The son of the late Charles and Alberta Smith Shetterly, Ken was born on Jan. 13, 19...

Josephine “Josey” T. Elder, 80, of Summerville, S.C., formerly of Charleroi, passed away on Sunday, March 7, 2021, at her residence. Josey was born on Oct. 16, 1940, in Charleroi, daughter of the late...

Belle Vernon Area students Brady Hoffman, Dimitri Apodiakos, Cassi Nickelson, Daniel Sassak, Kenny Callaway, Logan Kolodychak, Adeline Guess, Gabby Celaschi and Fallon Faryna hold signs and photos of ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania is inching toward the 1 million mark of COVID-19 cases and 25,000 deaths since the virus arrived in the state last March. Monday’s numbers for the st...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council won’t take any action until April in regards to changing a feral cat ordinance that’s been a hot-button issue for animal lovers from Trap-Neuter-Retu...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It’s been more than 55 years since California Borough native Viola Gregg Liuzzo was killed for her work as a civil rights activist, but she is still inspiring p...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela officials will enter into a contract extension with the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority. City council got the green light Monday morning from So...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Seminarian Tom Kadlick of St. Andrew the Apostle is Irish through and through. On Sunday, parishioners will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an Irish prayer service ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com As much talking as the Leopards’ star junior may have done during his team’s WPIAL Class 4A quarterfinal matchup with section rival South Park Monday, he took his ...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com When South Allegheny entered the locker room leading by 13 at halftime of Monday’s WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinal matchup, there was a mutual sense of disappointment fe...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Despite the fact that his team was eliminated from the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs last month, Ringgold senior Demetrius Butler made history Monday night.   Butler score...

By Jeremy Tepper MVI Sports Fourth-seeded Thomas Jefferson knew it would be in for a battle against fifth-seeded Woodland Hills Monday night.   Last season, the Jaguars eked by the Wolverines, 39-34, ...