By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A 33-year-old man from Ohio who was working on a disabled vehicle along Interstate 70 in Fallowfield Township was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Monday morni...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Port Authority of Allegheny County has announced that Phase II of the McKeesport Transportation Center construction project will begin Saturday. To accommodate constru...

Kevan Francis Hirsch passed away on Jan. 6, 2021, at his home in Charleston, S.C., with loving family at his bedside. He had very recently been diagnosed with lung cancer. Kevan was born in Charleroi ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports The long-awaited debut of the Monessen girls basketball team finally came on Monday night and the Greyhounds did not disappoint their faithful. Sydney Caterino scored...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Minimal practices, no scrimmages, no problem for the Serra Catholic girls basketball team. The highly touted Eagles finally got on the court Monday and walked out ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Thomas Jefferson opened up Section 3-5A play by cruising past Laurel Highlands, 59-15, on its home court Monday.   The Jaguars (2-1, 1-0), who picked up a nonsection...

Carole Simon, 82, of White Oak, died on Jan. 7, 2021. She was born in McKeesport on March 3, 1938 and is the daughter of the late David and Lillian Shermer and the wife of the late Martin Simon. She i...

Stanley J. Reichel Jr., 69, of Carroll Township, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born on July 14, 1951, he was the son of the late Stanley and Helen...

Patricia O’Toole Ostetrico, 92, formerly of Carroll Township, passed away on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. She was born on Oct. 9, 1928, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine Crowe O’Too...

Constance “Connie” Bulr Bartolotta, 89, of Monongahela, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Born in Monongahela on June 8, 1931, she was the daughter of John and Bettina Palan...

Barbara J. Sinsley, 88, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Lilly Stuchell Nicholson, born in Morgantown, W.Va. on July 21,...

Larry Gene Lenzi Jr., 51, of Monongahela, died unexpectedly Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in his home. He was born Dec. 31, 1969, in New Eagle, the son of Cynthia Chambers Lenzi of Monongahela and the late ...

Margaret Mary Hudak, 78, of Lorain, Ohio, formerly of Donora, died Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at New Life Hospice, Lorain, Ohio. She was born on Dec. 18, 1942, in Donora, the daughter of the late John J....

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While fewer residents braved the cold waters of the Monongahela River Saturday for the second annual Polar Bear Plunge in Glassport, it raised more than $1,800 for c...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council approved an ordinance that updates existing laws regarding discrimination and creates a human relations commission. Council began discussing...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport council this week passed multiple ordinances and a resolution related to real estate and development in the city. Council approved an ordinance requiring an...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com In a little more than two months, food trucks will return to Highland Meadows Park in Elizabeth Township. Brett Maksin, who lives in the neighborhood, reached o...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The 150-mile Greater Allegheny Passage trail that extends from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., is full of rich history and heritage. And now, thanks to West ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com There wasn’t much Brison Kisan didn’t do well Saturday afternoon. In an early-season nonsection showdown with Laurel Highlands, Kisan scored in bunches, served as a ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Six quarters into the season, veteran Charleroi coach Bill Wiltz was looking for answers. The Cougars suffered a 20-plus-point lo...