By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Under the shadow of today’s one-year anniversary of the death of a Mon Valley first responder, Pennsylvania is looking ahead to enforcing a new law that will...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township Commissioners reorganized Monday, with Dr. Kyle Walk stepping down as chairman. “It has been a pleasure working with the township this year,”...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com When the McKeesport boys basketball team met in the weight room after school Monday to get a lift in, head coach Kevin Kovach said the mood was electric. It’s a fe...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Former Elizabeth Forward wrestling standout and current University of Pittsburgh freshman Ryan Michaels was victorious in his collegiate debut Sunday.   Michaels, wh...

Judy R. Mason, 78, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at Bridgeville Rehabilitation and Care Center. A daughter of the late Ethel Swaney, she was born in Uniontown on June 11, 194...

Daniel Paul Wineland, 84, went to be with Our Heavenly Father on Dec. 29, 2020. Sadly, he passed away at Monongahela Valley Hospital due to complications from COVID-19. He was born May 13, 1936, in Do...

Daryl D. Reed, 81, of Belle Vernon, Lynnwood, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Mon Valley Hospital, Carroll Township. Born June 30, 1939, in North Charleroi, he was the son of the late Paul...

Michael J. Hazy, 92, of Washington Township, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Born on Nov. 30, 1928, in Monessen, he was the son ...

Honors Patricia Chuberka, of Monessen, passed away on Dec. 17, 2020, at Victoria House of Monessen. Patricia was born on April 27, 1939, in Charleroi, to the late Michael and Honora Helsensourer Chube...

Mary Trussa, 89, of Charleroi, died on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, at Cambridge Hill, North Charleroi. She was born Oct. 8, 1931, in Roscoe, daughter of Emmett and Sarah Werton Mankin. She was Presbyterian ...

Christopher F. Hardesty, 40, of Monongahela, died Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in his home. Born Aug. 15, 1980, in Monongahela, he is the son of Shelma Cottrill and husband Jim of Frankston, Texas, and Barry...

Dr. Michael W. Botsko, 77, of Greensburg, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. He was born Feb. 28, 1943, in Charleroi, son of the late Michael and Amelia Sylvester Botsko. Dr. Botsko was a professor of mathema...

Our beloved son and brother, Barry W. Bartek, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at the age of 53. He was born in Cleveland on Dec. 6, 1967, son of Barry L. and Audrey Yancec Bartek of Charleroi....

Gregory L. Wright, 66, of Glassport, formerly of Clairton and Beaver Falls, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, at Jefferson Hospital. He was a retired forklift operator for Anchor Hocking in Monaca....

Tony Flocker of Buena Vista jumped into the cold water of the Youghiogheny River Saturday for a Polar Plunge challenge.

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Washington County Community Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Greater Washington County Food Bank to purchase shelf-stable protein for distri...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In the first two days of 2021, there were 16,967 new cases of COVID-19 and more than 5,600 patients are hospitalized across the state.   Since March 2019, there h...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com There were concerns that COVID-19 would put a damper on this year’s light display for Make-A-Wish in Elizabeth Township, but the seventh year for the display at...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com During a Zoom meeting last month, the Allegheny Regional Asset District board   approved its $101.4 million 2021 budget. And as it has for several years in a row, the ...

Mrs. Diane Louise Hardon Wangelin died on Dec. 25, 2020, at Beacon Place in Greensboro, N.C. She was 73 years old. A funeral Mass will be held at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Due to COVID-19, the servi...