By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors violated Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act with their vote to disband the police department, according to Melissa Bevan Melewsky, medi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In a neighborly effort, North Belle Vernon Council will soon begin to share street sweeping services with lower Belle Vernon. To read the rest of the story, please s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Some of White Oak’s council members on Monday encouraged borough residents to vote in the local athletic association’s board election this month. To read the rest of t...

Allison Wyland, 5, left, of Fredericktown lets her sister Lilly Wyland,7, carry her 18.75” rainbow trout to the weighing station at the 25th Annual Pike Run Fishing Festival on April 9th. The festival...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It wasn’t the best start of a game for Belle Vernon Area pitcher Matt Bamford, but the Marietta recruit shook off the first inning and was dominant the rest of the...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com South Allegheny rallied to score four unanswered runs in the final three innings of a 6-4 victory over Southmoreland in Section 3-3A play Tuesday afternoon.   To rea...

By Jason Black For MVI Sports The Frazier softball team jumped out of the gate with three straight wins to start the season before having an unexpected gap in its schedule. To read the rest of the sto...

Karen V. Sepesky Salotti passed away on Friday, April 8, 2022, at home, surrounded by her loving husband of 55 years, Vince, and daughter, Kara. She was his best pal and Kara’s best friend! Karen had ...

Mary Jane Gavaghan Sutts, 76, of Finleyville, Union Township, passed away on April 11, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Born Sept. 25, 1946, in Monongahela, she was the daughter of the lat...

Mark E. Brown, 63, of Fayette City, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2022, in UPMC Shadyside Hospital. He was born Sept. 28, 1958, in Charleroi, son of Stephen K Brown and Mary Shimko Brown. Mark was a m...

Betty Jean Byron, 90, passed away peacefully April 11, 2022, in her Monessen home, with her son by her side. She was born in Monessen on March 17, 1932, daughter of the late Andre and Mildred Dowlin Z...

Charles G. “Bo” Columbine, 85, of Speers, passed away peacefully in his home on April 11, 2022. The son of the late Charles C. and Erma Bioux Columbine, Charles was born in Charleroi on Sept. 13, 1936...

Samuel F. McGowan, 74, of Naomi, Fayette City, passed away Monday, April 11, 2022, in his residence. He was born Nov. 17, 1947, in McKees- port, son of Pearl McGowan. Sam was retired from Wheeling-Pit...

Jack A. Payne Sr., 57, of Elizabeth, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley. He was the founder and owner of JP Concrete and was an extremely hard worker. Born Oct. 10, 1964,...

Jack O Cramer, 86, of Gillespie, Fayette City, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Country Care Manor, Fayette City. He was born Nov. 4, 1935, in Charleroi, son of Thomas Cramer and Evelyn Todd Cr...

St. Andrew the Apostle parish presented the Passion of our Lord and Living Stations of the Cross, featuring the children of the parish, Monday evening. Soldiers Tyler Bercik, Braedin Lunger and Jacob ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Forward Township’s police department was disbanded Monday in a surprising move that left many residents wondering how it will affect the community.   To read...

Sally Marciniak Forsythe, 83, of Rostraver Township, died in her home on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Born in Belle Vernon (Redtown), on Aug. 6, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Charles Marciniak Jr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Demolition is wrapping up at the former site of Bill’s Feed & Garden Center in Charleroi.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Valley ...

Diane E. Miller, 76, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital, with her family by her side. Born in Pittsburgh on Dec. 3, 1945, Diane is the daughte...