By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board voted Tuesday to accept a proposal from HHSDR to take a step toward demolishing Finley Middle School and finding new life for the property. Board...

Carala Albero Trunzo, 74, of South Greensburg, died Monday, July 26, 2021. She was born March 23, 1947, in Monongahela, a daughter of the late Guy D. and Rose Milton Garry. After graduating from the P...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After some debate, Monessen City Council agreed to hire a part-time director of recreation this month. Julian Naphier will take the job at an hourly rate of $10. ...

By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports For most of the season, the Mill Run baseball team was able to take advantage of mistakes by opponents and turn those mistakes into wins. On Tuesday, the tables turned as...

Marie A. Yex Babines, 97, of New Alexandria, Pa., formerly of Donora, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 26, 2021, at her home. She was born July 7, 1924, in West Newton, daughter of the late Samu...

Brianna Lofink of California and Kyle Scrip of Roscoe brought their pets, Oakley and Daisy, to dog night at Schwirian Farm’s Sunflower Festival. Monday marked the final night of the week-long festival...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It was a night of change Monday for the Belle Vernon Area School Board. The board officially hired substitute interim Superintendent Jeanine Gregory and the law...

On Sunday, July 25, 2021, with grace and love our beloved Frances Jaskolski became an angel. For nearly a century, everything Frances touched came from her heart. Whether it was baking cookies for a w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley Initiative leader says although the economy is picking back up after hits taken amid the coronavirus pandemic, there is still “a high percentage of people...

Marie R. LaMendola, 98, of Donora, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Cambridge Creekside Senior Living in Charleroi. Born in Monongahela on July 14, 1922, Marie was a daughter of the late Pet...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A portion of McKeesport’s Lower 10th Ward remains under a drinking water warning. The part of the neighborhood still under a “do not use” advisory is near the site of ...

John “Jack” Loversidge, 74, of Donora, formerly of Neptune, N.J., left this earthly plane on Saturday, July 24, 2021. He was born in Long Branch, N.J., the son of Jack and Dorothy Loversidge. He gradu...

Linda Lee Markey Smith, 75, of Perryopolis, passed away on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at Jefferson Regional Hospital, Jefferson Hills, Pa. She was born on Oct. 15, 1945, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of Roy B...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is looking for a full-time code enforcement officer. Todd Carter, the city’s former building code officer and code enforcement officer, resig...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents in the Mon Valley area ready to chow down on some of the best pierogies in the region. The Epiphany of Our Lord Parish’s summer festival will return Saturd...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Dax Thomas State Farm continued its knack for winning close games Monday in Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League action. With her team trailing late in ...

Dr. Thomas C. “Doc” Wilkinson, 83, of Canonsburg, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2021. He was born in North Charle- roi, on Feb. 25, 1938, son of Raymond T. Wilkinson and Gladys P. Turnbull. His element...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Mitch’s Bail Bonds spotted favored Mill Run a 3-0 first inning lead, but rallied for a 7-5 win in their Fayette County League playoff game Monday at steamy Vets Field. The wi...

Garnet E. Myers Wach, 92, formerly of Monongahela, died Wednesday, June 30, 2021, in Port Charlotte, Fla. She was born Feb. 16, 1929, in Monongahela, the daughter of the late Robert and Nellie Harbaug...

William J. “Sammy” Miale, 74, passed away peacefully at his home in Mount Washington, Pittsburgh. Bill was preceded in death by his devoted parents, Anne Evelyn Antonini Miale and Ralph Joseph Miale. ...