John J. Howarth Jr., 75, of Temecula, Calif., formerly of Monessen, passed away on July 26, 2021, in Temecula Valley Hospital after a lengthy illness. Beloved husband of 43 years to Carol Yanachik How...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Doc Kulish isn’t one to make guarantees or bold predictions heading into a new season.   But for the veteran head coach and the Thomas Jefferson boys soccer team, th...

James D. Harris, 49, of California, Pa., died Aug. 17, 2021, at UPMC Monte-fiore Hospital in Pittsburgh, after a battle with a long illness. He was born Dec. 11, 1971, to James “Tucker” Edwin and Mari...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Resiliency. It’s a word that is frequently used to describe a good volleyball team. It’s also been used to describe a lot of high school teams following the unique, COVID-19 ...

Dana Yvonne Corrick Monessen Dana Yvonne Corrick, 50, of Monessen, died unexpectedly Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in her home. She was born April 4, 1971, in Monongahela, the daughter of Janet Baxter Goss...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Each news story coming out of Afghanistan stirs up old memories and new concerns for Mark Smith, who spent nearly four years there as an engineer advisor to a p...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Another Monessen resident has tossed his cap into the ring for the mayoral race in the November election, but his status has been challenged in Westmoreland Count...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com When Charleroi Area School Board directors unanimously approved a reopening plan last month without a mask mandate, they didn’t anticipate a new variant of COVID-19 ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A car accident Monday has closed a Charleroi doctor’s office indefinitely due to apparent structural damage. According to Charleroi fire Chief Bob Whiten Jr., a...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Matt Snyder’s first year as Ringgold boys soccer coach wasn’t a memorable one. The Rams went 3-9 and missed the playoffs in Section 3-3A. And he lost six seniors from that te...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A local nonprofit group of motorcycle enthusiasts known for helping neighbors from the Mon Valley and beyond is honoring Vietnam veterans and those who made the ultima...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports South Allegheny High School athletics as a whole have made tremendous strides and have achieved levels not seen in school history. One of those programs is the Gladia...

Robert L. Waggett, 72, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in UPMC Shadyside Hospital. A son of the late George and Virginia Peroney Waggett, he was born in North Charleroi on June ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A former Mon Valley Hospital therapeutic recreational specialist is suing the hospital in federal court, alleging he was fired following “racially motivated discrimina...

By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports Ed Kikla was born on January 31, 1941, and he soon became, in effect, a baseball protege. His first brush with fame came on baseball diamonds before starring as an all-...

Mildred “Sis” Maisano Bethem, 93, of Monongahela, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Born May 14, 1928, in Monessen, she was the daughter of the late John and Louise Dominic Maisano. A resident of Be...

Jesalyn Arnold, 9, of Charleroi gets her hair styled by Alexis Walter, a cosmetology student at Douglas Education Center, during the DEC’s back-to-school haircut celebration Monday morning. Free hairc...

By the MVI staff President Joe Biden declared Monday that he stands behind his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, despite “gut-wrenching” images coming out of the country after the swi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The first order of business at Monday’s Belle Vernon Area School Board meeting was to seat a new board member, filling the vacancy created last month by the res...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A member of White Oak’s planning commission criticized council members in attendance at Monday’s council meeting, alleging a lack of communication on a personnel-relat...