Rene Comoglio Moncini, 98, of Monessen, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Hallsworth House, Monessen. She was born on Sept. 28, 1924, in Denbo, Centerville Borough, daughter of the late John an...

Ralph Prystash, 90, of Monongahela, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Born in Donora on Oct. 27, 1932, he was the son of the late John and Anna Barna Prystash. Ralph was the last surviving member of his ...

Amari Mikel Altomore, 16, of Monessen, was taken away from us far too soon on Wednesday, Nov 30, 2022, in Allegheny General Hospital. How blessed we were to have had you for 16 years. Such a loving an...

Josephine Brody, 99, of Donora, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. She was born Dec. 21, 1922, in Donora, the daughter of the late Cesidio DiNata...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Basketball is a game of runs but Belle Vernon Area didn’t have many Monday night.   The Class 4A Leopards played from behind from the onset and could never quite rec...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports As has been the case for Belle Vernon Area’s wrestling team the past couple of years, numbers will be an issue. However, BVA coach Bob Bove is optimistic his team won’t be gi...

By Jeff Oliver MVI Sports There is good news and bad news for Ringgold going into the upcoming wrestling season. The good news is third-year coach Luke Smith has a solid returning crop of grapplers fr...

Helen Pidanic Filak, 97, of North Belle Vernon, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, at Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills. Born Sept. 24, 1925, in Donora, she was the daughter of the late Michael a...

Diane Marie Matay Fowkes, 70, of Bentleyville, passed away Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born Aug. 28, 1952, in Monongahela, daughter of the late Michael Mat...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Haley (Bashada) McLaughlin, a Spanish teacher at California Area High School, is an official hero.   Surrounded by a group of her students on Friday, she was recogni...

Claudette A. Henry, 76, of Washington, passed away on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital with her family by her side. A daughter of the late Joseph and Frances Pasierb, she was born i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport NAACP is calling for a “united” approach to “address the gun violence issues that have marred the community.” NAACP McKeesport Unit #2269 President Bren...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Area first responders were called Monday afternoon to Rostraver Airport after airport personnel reported an inbound single-engine plane with two occupants was experien...

Angelo Ronald Pro, 89, of Monessen, passed away on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, at his home. He was born in Pittsburgh, on April 22, 1933, son of the late Giovan-ni and Mary DiBartolo Pro. Angelo was a membe...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township commissioners agreed Monday on a 2023 budget that will hold the line on taxes.   The budget plans for $9,050,224 in general fund expenses ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The topic of Monessen’s solicitor’s fees was raised once again at a recent city council meeting, and the numbers, and his duties, were explained. Resident Ed Lefe...

George Francis Swade, 89, of Torrance, Calif., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at Froedtert South in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., after battling cancer. Born in Monessen on March 16, 1933, he was t...

Joetta L. Tatar, 86, of Rostraver Township, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in the Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela. She was born Feb. 26, 1936, in New Eagle, daughter of Harold and Alda McFeely Craig...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Down five points with the game dwindling down to its final minutes, Thomas Jefferson was saved by Evan Berger, who went on a solo 9-0 run to propel the Jaguars to a 77...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com After two strong performances in the second annual Mon Valley Independent Shootout Classic, Thomas Jefferson’s Evan Berger was named the tournament’s most outstandin...