By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Anyone who has spent anytime at a Monessen Council meeting this year knows the theme for Mayor Ron Mozer’s administration has been “working together.” Over the pa...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area marching band will ride first-class to Mechanicsburg on the school district’s dime after all. BVA’s board of directors met virtually We...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An offer has been put on the table in Charleroi Borough to buy the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi — by the authority itself. Residents who attended council’s ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School Board officially confirmed the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Todd Keruskin during Wednesday’s reorganization meeting. Keruskin, who to...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport City Council on Wednesday awarded a three-year contract to Big’s Sanitation to collect and haul trash and recycling. And it was also revealed Wednesday that...

By staff and wire reports Democrats who barely won back a majority of seats in the Pennsylvania House in November moved to take control of the chamber Wednesday. And shortly after Democratic Leader Jo...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board voted to retain current leadership at its annual reorganization meeting Wednesday. The board voted 8-1 for current President Bill Stei...

Janice S. Dietz, 81, of Fitz Henry, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. A daughter of the late Rev. Thomas E. Akester and Dema Barber Akester, ...

  Dennis Vincent Godfrey, 71, was surrounded by family as he transitioned from his earthly home to his heavenly one on Dec. 5, 2022, 15 and a half months after the love of his life, Nancy Godfrey, tra...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com When Monessen matches up against Charleroi, Dan Bosnic never has to wonder what his team’s energy level will look like.   The Greyhounds’ coach knows he can expect t...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Bentworth’s Landon Urcho needed just four points Tuesday night to reach the 1,000-career point milestone…that was the easy part. The hard part…the senior guard had to battle ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com It’s early in the season for McKeesport basketball, but the squad has to figure out how to start games as well as they finish them, according to Coach Troy Blackwell. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Put your coat on or you’ll catch a cold.” You’ve heard that doting phrase from your mother or grandmother countless times. Maybe you’ve even rolled your eyes and take...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A promise made to Smithdale residents two weeks ago came undone Monday. Elizabeth Township officials will keep Forest Hills Road closed through the winter mo...

It’s finals week at Pennsylvania Western University California. Carmen Duran Bas, a sophomore digital media technology major and varsity tennis player from Barcelona, Spain, works on finishing a proje...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania will recruit 350 volunteer tax preparers for its 2022-23 Free Tax Preparation effort in Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washingto...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com If it’s not broken, don’t fix it was the philosophy of the Charleroi Area School Board, whose leadership will remain the same next year.   During Tuesday’s annual re...

Kevin John Brownfield, 68, of Monongahela, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. He was born June 3, 1954, in North Tonawanda, N.Y., the son of Salvador and Sarah Kelly Bro...

Daniel Raymond Hornak, 57, of Monessen, passed away Dec. 5, 2022. He was the son of John and the late Saundra (Runfola) Hornak. He is survived by his daughters, Brooke and Nicole; brothers, John (Beth...

Margaret R. “Peg” Mellott, 95, of Liberty Borough, passed away on Dec. 4, 2022, at UPMC Mercy Hospital. Born on May 13, 1927, in Glassport, she was the daughter of the late John and Stella Makoski Mur...