Pastor Mary Kay Glunt blesses Walter and Teddy, owned by Natalie Brewer of Belle Vernon, during a blessing of the animals service Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Belle Vernon. See more photos...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A house in Donora that caught on fire Saturday was demolished over the weekend, according to Donora Mayor Jim McDonough. The fire was reported at the Waddell Av...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Housing Authority Deputy Executive Director Diane Raible is putting an emphasis on attracting seniors to McKeesport Towers, a senior living high-rise apartm...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen, its mayor, two councilmen and city administrator have filed their response to a lawsuit accusing them of defamation of character and the all...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The final week of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball season is upon us, so let’s take a look at what’s going on around the league. In the boys division, ...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Daisytown native and country music singer/songwriter Andy Gregg doesn’t want to be lumped in with today’s country music stars. Eschewing the mainstream tende...

By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports Mill Run pitcher Bill Bendis has been playing county baseball since 1993, and in all of his years in the Fayette County Baseball League, Bendis has pitched tons of inning...

By RAY FISHER Trib Total Media Thomas Jefferson coach John Zeiler has inherited a team that finished 17-2-1 and advanced to the PIHL Class AA semifinals in 2020-21. One player he will be without and s...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Time is ticking to prepare an entry for this year’s Anything that Floats race being held Saturday as part of the Elizabeth Borough Volunteer Fire Company’s Rive...

Diana Curcio Shoulders, 77, of Monongahela, died unexpectedly Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. She was born April 11, 1944, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late John and Isa...

Cameron Olstein, 9, and Arabella Davis, 9, both of Charleroi, enjoyed the swings this week at Fallowfield Elementary Park.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The size of the area under a “do not use” water advisory from the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County got smaller Friday, but about 30 customers in the Lower 10...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monessen officials and residents gathered at City Hall Friday evening to meet with members of a substance abuse recovery group that plans to open a recovery ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An activity usually found at high-end resorts and pricey beach vacations is being offered free to children in the Elizabeth area. Elizabeth businessman Gabriel ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The eighth annual Raise Your Voice Music Festival kicks off today at noon at Monessen City Park. The event is free and features six musical acts from different ge...

William Charles Mills, age 90, of Monongahela, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 19, 2021. He was born in Connellsville, on June 3, 1931, to the late William Henry and Sarah B. Perdue Mill...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A show by a greater Pittsburgh writer/musician duo that made its debut at McKeesport Little Theater in the 1990s is back on stage. Paul Michael Brown’s “Dracula, A Mus...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Call them the comeback kids. Monessen Florist delivered a resilient effort to come away with a 59-54 victory over Edward Jones on Friday night. Trailing 33-20 at the half, M...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com LuEthel Nesbit works in the weatherization program at ACTION-Housing, and as a Mon Valley resident and representative of the program, she encourages area residents to ...

Edith J. Snyder, 89, of Fort Pierce, Fla., and formerly of Charleroi, passed away on Thursday, July 22, 2021. She was born in Monongahela on Nov. 11, 1931, a daughter of the late Maynard Elmer and Hel...