By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com While Belle Vernon finished its 10-game American Legion baseball schedule with a six-game losing streak, the team enters the playoffs with a fresh and positive minds...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Following the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s addition of Washington County to the Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine in March, the department said the pest’s population...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com California Area School District accepted a $1.25 million settlement from Cal U’s Student Association, Inc. in a suit the district filed claiming breach of contrac...

Clara M. Leasure Bass, 43, of Monongahela, passed away unexpectedly on Sun-day, July 3, 2022. She was born in Pittsburgh, on Feb. 4, 1979, daughter of the late William Leasure Jr. and Rebecca Doerr An...

Stephen M. Hela, 76, of Jefferson Township, Perryopolis, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Concordia of South Hills, surrounded by his family.  He was born July 21, 1945, in Fayette City, son of G...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Once a Tiger, always a Tiger” is a popular maxim in the communities of McKeesport, Dravosburg, Versailles, South Versailles and White Oak. And Dr. Tia M. Wanzo takes ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough hopes to have a new, full-time code enforcement officer on the job by the end of this month and a new policy in place to make sure employees are be...

Lance “Pooch” Johnson Jr., 36, of Donora, died unexpectedly on Friday, July 1, 2022. Born Feb. 17, 1986, in Pittsburgh, to Mary E. Groomes and the late Lance Johnson Sr. In addition to his father, he ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Naomi Outreach welcomed a nationally-known veterans advocate for its luncheon Wednesday at the Cedarbrook Golf Course Clubhouse in Rostraver Township. Nikki Men...

Joyce B. Pandrok, 84, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Donora, passed away on June 27, 2022, at her home. She was born on Oct. 23, 1937, in McKeesport, to Fred Broggi Jr. and Gertrude Riedel Broggi. Joyce ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Reports of a foul odor emanating from the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill partially spoiled a productive voting session for Rostraver Township’s board of comm...

By Matt Petras For the MVI The Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation’s free annual event, Movies at the Mounds, will return this year with screenings of “Jurassic Park” this Friday and “The Goon...

By Matt Petras For the MVI The Monongahela Aquatorium’s “Rockin’ on the Mon!” 2022 Summer Concert Series continues Saturday with Bon Journey and Six Gun Sally, bands led by longtime friends. Bon Journ...

Thomas J. Amati, 73, of North Belle Vernon, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at his home. He was born in New Eagle on Dec. 8, 1948, son of the late Louis Amati II and the late Elizabeth Guarinon...

Dennis Jay Carini, 65, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022, in West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh. A son of Deno Carini, who survives, and the late Ethel Mudry Carini, he was born on Aug....

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Local athletic directors have been knee deep in basketball scheduling over the past couple of weeks after the WPIAL released its new boys’ and girls’ realignment o...

Firefighters from Monessen Downtown #1 Fire Department held fire truck pump training Tuesday evening. Junior firefighter Steven Gaydos adjusts the water flow from the top mounted fire pump with the gu...

Joshua Metzner, 40, of Coal Center passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at his home. He was born in Monongahela on May 24, 1982, son of Guy Metzner of Coal Center and the late Sheila Met...

Patricia Rizzutto Aubrey, 90, of Belle Vernon, passed away Friday, July 1, 2022, at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. Born Nov. 29, 1931, in Monessen, she was the daughter of the late James an...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Coen Market will soon construct a new location in Carroll Township — despite pushback from some residents. Township supervisors approved two ordinances Tuesday that ...