By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students in a program at Monessen Middle School are learning the power of positivity. Through the Monessen Positive Action program being offered at the school through ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com ABBA fans in the Mon Valley are being asked by music and theater students at McKeesport Area High School to “Take a Chance On Me” this weekend and see the spring music...

Richard Venanzi, 80, of Longs, S.C., formerly of Monongahela, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Born Oct. 4, 1941, in Monongahela, Richard was the son of the late Attilio and Rohala Rodriguez ...

By RALPH E. STONE MVI columnist Hugo J. Parente was arguably Monessen’s most successful mayor, serving the third-class city during its most prosperous era. He was so revered for his accomplishments, t...

Victoria Dreier, 75, of Charleroi, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Born on Sept. 10, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Mary Evelyn Smith. She was a member of St. Andrew the A...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media If you’re driving aggressively, Pennsylvania state police want to find you. They’re keeping an eye out for those quick lane changes, distractions and the high spe...

By the MVI Two adults were injured in a vehicle crash in Forward Township on Wednesday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., county 911 was notified of the crash on Hayden Boulevard at Tunnel Hollow Road. A woman...

Thomas Jefferson High School students Marino Gillot, Nick Bryan, Peyton Krueger and Bryce Heller enjoyed the improved weather Tuesday afternoon as they cheered on the Jaguars softball team. Much warme...

Celine M. Kraeuter, 89, of Rostraver Township, died Sunday, March 27, 2022. Born in West Mifflin on Jan. 13, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Joseph George and Loretta Catherine Rausch Ruffing. ...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Mon Valley governments are seeing their fuel costs soar beyond what their budgets allotted for this year. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Thanks to the efforts of Project Prom, Beulah Park United Methodist Church and generous donors, a group of 33 students from McKeesport Area and West Mifflin Area schoo...

Darlene Mary DuBarr Marraccini, 82, of Raleigh, N.C., died Wednesday, March 23, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was born March 1, 1940, the daughter of the late Alfred and Mary Harvey Dubarr. Darl...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area softball team got off to a fast start, but had to rally in the final three innings to pick up a 7-4 non-section win at Thomas Jefferson Tuesd...

Jon E. Zalac, age 73, of White Oak, died on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. He was born in McKeesport on Sept. 9, 1948 and is the son of the late John and Eugenia Kellar Zalac. He served in the U.S. Army d...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Brian Dzurenda is the type of coach who expects excellence in everything his players do.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The winners of a photo contest showcasing some of the Mon Valley’s best events and attractions have been announced.   To read the rest of the story, please see a cop...

Elder Cynthia Graham went home to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, March 23, 2022, surrounded by those who loved her. She was born on May 24, 1957, daughter of LaVania Dorothy Greene-Byrd and th...

Judith A Kovalcik, age 79, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. She was born Dec. 16, 1942, in North Charleroi, daughter of the late George “Jake” Kovalcik ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of Vietnam War veterans from the Mon Valley gathered Monday at Libby’s Dairy Bar in Monessen. On the eve of this year’s observance of Vietnam War Veterans Day,...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Given the times, a black comedy may be exactly what the dentist ordered.   Elizabeth Forward’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” opens this week. Thursd...