Arthur B. “Handlebars’’ Smith Jr., 84, of West Columbia, S.C., formerly of Daisytown, Pa., died Thursday, July 15, 2021. Born in McKeesport on March 18, 1937, he was the son of the late Arthur B. and ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Lee Supply has started making strides in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League’s girls division.   Coming off their best game to date last week, Lee Sup...

Timothy P. White, 50, of Fayette City, passed away Friday, July 16, 2021, in his residence. He was born Feb. 26, 1971, in Charleroi, son of Edward White Sr. and Eleanor Book White. He was a member of ...

Artemis King, 7, and Apollo King, 2 1/2, of Belle Vernon have fun with balloon animals at Saturday’s St. Andrew Summer Fest in Monongahel

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents of the Lower 10th Ward in McKeesport are being asked not to use their tap water as a result of a fire in the city Friday.   Municipal Authority of Westmore...

By MEGAN TOMASIC Trib Total Media Three people were flown by medical helicopter following a crash Sunday morning along Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township, according to the Rostraver Central Fire Depa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Over the last few months, Monessen has renamed several alleys in honor of various well-known and well-loved residents. Last month, the city gave a portion of Four...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It took 50 years, but for Valley Inn resident and Vietnam veteran Larry LaBryer, a recent award ceremony in Kentucky was better late than never. LaBryer, who...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Fayette County Firefighters’ 82nd-83rd annual Convention ended Saturday with the installation of officers for the coming year. Sherri Eley moved from the fi...

BY JEFF OLIVER For MVI Sports When Mikey Blainefield resigned as Monessen’s football coach after the 2019 season, he said he wanted to take a step back and recharge his batteries before figuring out h...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Supervisor Jan Amoroso recently provided an update on where things stand with getting several families who live within Atlantic Broadband’s territory in Washington Tow...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Along with Joe Perrotta, there may have been no one as dedicated to Donora Youth Baseball as Charles “Snuffy” Smith. After a donation from the Joe Perrotta Memoria...

Margaret “Margie” J. Kash, 69, of Belle Vernon, passed away on July 16, 2021, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born in McKeesport on Oct. 1, 1951, a daughter of the late Albert and J...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Monessen Greek food festival has once again shown that food and music can unite the generations, benefit a house of worship and give the Mon Valley a chance to “savo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Firefighters from several Mon/Yough Valley fire departments were called to McKeesport Friday evening for a major blaze at an auto body shop. The three-alarm fire was r...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A community garden in Monessen is thriving.   The garden, maintained by the Salvation Army, is located in a lot owned by the Monessen Redevelopment Authority next to...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com After the COVID-19 pandemic forced its 2020 concerts to be performed online, this is shaping up to be the biggest year yet for the Mon Valley Academy for the...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Some Mon Valley residents have been experiencing what they believe are longer-than-usual delays in the annual track maintenance by Norfolk Southern Railroad. A ...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Typically the phrase “someone’s 0 has to go” is used when two unbeaten teams play each other. In Friday night’s game between Lee Supply and Monessen Florist it meant ...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Cedarbrook used a hot start to overpower State Farm and move to 5-0 with a 63-28 victory at Court Time in the second game of Friday night’s trifecta. Cedarbrook opened the g...