Guy Solomon, 83, of McKeesport, died Jan. 28, 2021, at home. Born Oct. 6, 1937, he was the son of the late George and Clementine Ventura Solomon. Guy was a retired steelworker for U.S. Steel and a U.S...

Dr. John Pierce Watkins, of Carroll Township, died Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. He was born in 1931 and was the son of John B. and Gwendolyn Watkins. Originally from Denbo, Dr. Watkins was a graduate of C...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There’s no doubt there were emotions involved when Frazier visited California in a Section 4-2A boys basketball game Friday night. Frazier head coach Zach Keefer i...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com When preparing for the challenge of facing Rodney Gallagher and the high-powered, quick Laurel Highlands offense, Thomas Jefferson head coach Dom DeCicco is like mos...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports A three-point attempt at the buzzer just missed sending the game to overtime and Clairton held on to beat Serra Catholic in a Section 3-2A contest at Paulette Bradford Memor...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports When it comes to coaching a young basketball team, you can almost expect the unexpected on the court. You know you will face your fair share of tight, down-to-the-wire nail b...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The Monessen boys basketball team has struggled mightily this season with outside shooting.   Friday night’s section game against Jefferson-Morgan was no different as...

Ben Speicher, Elijah Covington, Matt Sawa and Jameer Tyree of Monessen’s junior-varsity basketball team provided the cheering section for the Greyhounds against Jefferson-Morgan Friday night. Fans are...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com South Allegheny School District Superintendent Dr. Lisa Duval confirmed Friday evening that Sun Coach Lines has terminated its transportation agreement with the distri...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Area residents will soon be able to go inside Monongahela Area Library again. The library has operated with curbside service since early December due to the ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh is monitoring an incoming winter weather system that will bring snow and a chance for a wintry mix to the area. But don’t wo...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com In 30 years of teaching, Belle Vernon Area vocal music teacher Michael Rozell has had only three students qualify for the All-Eastern Choir Festival. Emma Belli...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The search continues for a Donora man wanted in the fatal shooting of a man in the city of Washington Tuesday and the wounding of another man in Donora a short ...

Mary Agnes Zuza, age 99, of Sharpsburg, passed away on Thursday, Jan 28, 2021. She was the wife of the late John P. Zuza; daughter of the late Andrew and Elizabeth Gavalya Petrick; loving mother of Le...

Thomas Lynn Hartbarger, passed away peacefully in Arvada, Colo., on Dec. 17, 2020, at the age of 75. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, two children and five grandchildren, all of whom he adored....

Michael Raymond “Mickey” Tirpak Jr., 63, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in North Charleroi on April 24, 1957, a son ...

Arnold Joseph Frankie, 70, of Fredericktown, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Born Nov. 25, 1950, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Arnold and Alice Salvino Frankie. A lifelong residen...

Daniel J. Truskey, 62, of Coal Center, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Monongahela Valley Hospital due to complications from COVID- 19. A son of Elmer and Patricia Barton Truskey, who surv...

Darlene Kae Wall, 68, of Rostraver Township, formerly of Donora, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Darlene was born in Monongahela on April 2, 1952, to the late Robert and Betty Staley Alexander....

Shirley A. Hoke, 58, of Elizabeth, died Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. She was born Dec. 3, 1962, at Fort Eustis, Va., a daughter of the late Alvie D. and Mary Lewis Hoke. Shirley loved life, country music an...