By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board directors provided some clarity recently on an announcement regarding some big changes coming this summer and next school year at Twin Riv...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Since March, the Serra Catholic baseball team has been performing with championship aspirations.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Sometimes it takes a whole village, and sometimes it takes one person with a vision.   Sometimes it takes both. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy...

Marie A. Scurci Monios, 94, of Belle Vernon, Rostraver Township, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2022, at her home. Born Nov. 19, 1927, in Monessen, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Theresa ...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com If you asked the average sports fan what NBA star Kyrie Irving and former Pittsburgh Pirate Neil Walker have in common, most would be hard pressed to give a suitable a...

Angelina Bradshaw, 66, of Donora, died Thursday, May 26, 2022. Born in Charleroi on Dec. 13, 1955, she was the daughter of the late Thomas E. Ashbaugh Sr. and Catherine Painter Ashbaugh. Angelina was ...

Margaret A. Parry Carr, 56, of Monongahela, Carroll Township, passed away on May 26, 2022, at Jefferson Hospital. Born Dec. 26, 1965, in Elrama, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Judith Mard...

Olga “Dolly” Cieply, 90, of Burlington, N.C., formerly of Monessen, died Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, N.C. She was born in Monessen July 12, 1931, daughter of the late Ch...

Edward M. Hardman, 66, of Monongahela, passed away at home on May 26, 2022. Ed was born in Parkersburg, W.Va., on June 25, 1955, son of the late Wilford and Lena Ireda Tingler Hardman. He graduated fr...

Annamarie Harrigan, 30, of Rostraver Township, died Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Born in McKeesport on Feb. 8, 1992, she was the daughter of Shawn Harrigan of East McKeesport and the late Georgina Erb Harri...

Karen I McKenna Shoman, wife, mother, grandmother, sister and “Aunt KiKi,” passed away May 26, 2022, in Youngs-town Ohio surrounded by her loving family. “Kim” as she was called by her family and frie...

Zion Carter and Shayla Smith pose for a photo before Monessen High School’s commencement ceremony Friday night.

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A pilot is in critical condition at a local hospital after crashing a two-seat Cessna airplane in a wooded area of Elizabeth Township Friday evening.   To re...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com Retired veteran S. Ron Chromulak of Monessen has kept meticulous records about his career serving in the U.S. military and in the years since. To read the rest of the ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A new tradition began Friday in the Charleroi Area School District, and it provided some unforgettable moments for the Class of 2022. To read the rest of the story, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For years, graduating Belle Vernon Area High School students have been able to leave   a lasting mark on their alma mater.   To read the rest of the story, please se...

Bernadine Helen Shaffer Kovacs Swiech, 66, of Elizabeth Township, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, May 26, 2022. She was born Jan. 13, 1956, in McKeesport, and was the daughter of Julia Gla...

Henry J. Taddeo Jr., 73, of Monongahela, died Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon-Valley Hospital. Born Oct. 28, 1948, in Monongahela, he was the son of the late Henry J. Sr. and Julia A. Vi...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com For many athletes, graduating high school serves as the end of the line for their playing careers.   But Ringgold’s Nick Peccon has had his eyes set on playing college...

Alma A. Jarvis, 96, of Belle Vernon, formerly of Forward Township, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Havencrest Nursing Center. A daughter of the late Edmund and Bertha Achtzehn Goettel, she w...