By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The kittens and dogs at White Oak Animal Safe Haven got a little extra love Friday that came in the form of a $25,000 donation. To read the rest of the story, please s...

By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media PennDOT is planning to begin work this summer on replacing the bridge that carries Fayette Street over Interstate 70 in North Belle Vernon. To read the rest of the stor...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The parents of a 6-month-old baby boy found hidden behind the bedroom wall of their Charleroi home could face the death penalty if convicted of his murder. To rea...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Frazier’s Eliza Newcomer knew she wasn’t going out a loser in her final home game of her career. There was no way she was losing on her home court. Commodores head...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Before Calvin Terza had career aspirations or a 4.41 GPA to leverage for college applications to top-ranked schools, he was killing time in the summer betwee...

By George Guido Trib Total Media It was a memorable night at Burrell for the school’s first home basketball playoff game. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturday’s Mon Valley Inde...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The Tube City Writers have announced the publication of “The Corona Diaries,” a 300-page collection of blog entries written by the group’s members from March 2020 to March 202...

By Bill Beckner Jr. Trib Total Media Defending champion Lincoln Park is getting healthy and that is bad news for the WPIAL Class 4A bracket. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Saturda...

Mary L. Spiker Plewniak, 90, of Fairhope, went to be with the Lord peacefully on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, surrounded by her family in her home.  A daughter of the late William and Goldie Nolan Perney, s...

Olie Kim Juliem, 8, Urie Dorvil, 6, and Rebekah Francois, 7, all of Charleroi, walked to basketball practice in the rain Thursday. Drier and colder temperatures will move into the area today.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After hearing from Mayor Michael Cherepko, the Allegheny Regional Asset District board of directors on Wednesday unanimously approved McKeesport’s   five-year strategi...

Thomas L. Bakaitus Sr., 81, of Monongahela, passed away on Feb. 15, 2022, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Tom was born in Charleroi on June 5, 1940, son of the late Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Ha...

Clifford A. Bosworth, 66, of Monessen, passed away on Monday Feb. 7, 2022, with his family by his side in UPMC McKeesport Hospital. He was born on Saturday, Aug. 6, 1955, in Waynesburg, Pa., son of Jo...

Harry Roy Crownover, 82, of Forward Township, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at his home that he designed and built. He was born March 29, 1939, in Jefferson Township and was the son of the late R...

Robert M. Gallas, 69, of Tidioute, Pa., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at Allegheny General Hospital. Born on Sept. 7, 1952, he was the son of the late Michael and Ann Homas Gallas of Monessen....

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Republican U.S Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz visited Uniontown Wednesday as part of his “The Doctor Is In Tour.” To read the rest of the story, please see a...

Rio Joseph Lazzari, 96, of Belle Vernon, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Grandview Estates of Elizabeth. A son of the late Alfred and Clara Tintori Lazzari, he was born on Nov...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Ringgold hockey team captured sole possession of first place in PIHL Division 2’s South division while also getting some revenge in the process.   To read the re...

Franklin Paul Reese Jr. of New Eagle, passed away at home on Feb. 10, 2022. He was born in Pittsburgh, Oct. 18, 1932, the second child to the late Frank Preston Reese and Leona Pearl Higgenbotham Rees...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Much like it did last year, Monessen’s No. 1 Volunteer Fire Department has asked city council to consider forgiving the taxes on its property in Grand Plaza. To r...