By Ashley Chase MVI Sports A loaded lineup built a 17-point halftime lead that was too much for McKeesport to overcome, as No. 2 Chartiers Valley ended the seventh-seeded Tigers’ season in the WPIAL C...

Freddy Fundy, 26, of Fredericktown, passed away Friday, March 5, 2021, at Washington Hospital, Washington. Born Sept. 12, 1994, in Monongahela, he was the son of Fred S. and Denise R. Caputo Fundy of ...

Andrew J. “Drew” Fedorka, 69, of Elrama, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Jefferson Hospital. A retired glass cutter for Guardian Glass in Floreffe, he was a member of the Clairton Hunting a...

Martha M. Kuhar Kobaly, 90, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Sunday, March 7, 2021, at Mon Valley Hospital, Monongahela. Born July 28, 1930, in Brownsville, she was the daughter of the...

Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Company held its monthly spaghetti dinner on Sunday. In the kitchen prepping food were Don Druciak, Zach Zupan, Joe Dzurko and Bill Clark. Next month’s spaghetti dinner wil...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Saturday’s meeting between Monessen City Council and the recreation board went well enough that the mayor isn’t going to make a motion to dissolve the board Tuesd...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Rep. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, last week heard from school leaders and counselors, mental health professionals and others who say the pandemic and remote...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With students learning virtually for nearly the past year and field trips and other extra curricular activities still on hold, Charleroi Area High School social stud...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District officials want to put to rest rumors that the district plans to cancel this year’s junior/senior prom. On Thursday, school board Pre...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The process of merging three western Pennsylvania state universities into one entity with three equal campuses is moving forward. California University of Penns...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports It was a historic night for the Belle Vernon Area boys swim team and seniors Ian Shahan and Sam West at Upper St. Clair High School during the WPIAL Class 2A swimming...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Defending WPIAL Class 2A girls swimming champion Elizabeth Forward fell short in its effort to repeat at Saturday’s WPIAL champions, but the Warriors had another stro...

By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Rune Lawrence’s goal wasn’t to lure Malachi DuVall into a false sense of security. But it may have appeared that way after the Frazier freshman rallied for his second strai...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Whoever dictates tempo and style at the beginning of a basketball game more often than not goes on to win. Fast starts are the main ingredient in any recipe for success. Nobo...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com As South Allegheny prepares to play in the WPIAL Class 3A quarterfinals for the second consecutive season, head coach Tony DiCenzo says past experience has helped in...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports McKeesport hasn’t won a WPIAL girls basketball championship since before all its current players were born. Chartiers Valley has won three of the last four. The No. 2 Colts ...

Joseph E. Sedlak, 78, of Miami Lakes, Fla., formerly of Belle Vernon, died on Friday, March 5, 2021. He was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Stefan Sedlak. A funeral service with committal at the B...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The legacy of former police Chief Armand “Cack” Costantino will live on in the community room of the borough building when the Charleroi police museum is unveiled to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Members of Monessen’s city council and recreation board will meet at 2 p.m. today to try to hammer out the ongoing issues between the two factions. Mayor Matt Sho...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Gun owners in Washington County scored a victory Thursday when commissioners voted to become a Second Amendment sanctuary county. Commissioners Diana Irey Va...