By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With winter weather upon us, the McKeesport Little Theater Juniors’ production of Disney’s “Frozen Jr.” is taking the local theater scene by (snow)storm. The show is b...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports For the last couple of seasons, the Bentworth girls’ basketball team has had a tall task to overcome even before the start of a season. The Bearcats have been the smallest te...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Monessen High School junior died Wednesday after he was shot in the city Tuesday night, according to police. Though Monessen police Chief Dave Yuhasz declined t...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Not every child appreciates Santa’s klutzy entrance on Christmas Eve or the chaotic mall settings where he listens to the naughty and nice. Children who are ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield residents will likely not face a tax increase next year. The township’s proposed 2023 spending plan, which is a little over $2 million as it stands, keep...

For the MVI Gene Doria and Don Yoder celebrated 150 years of life recently — 80 and 70, respectively — and decided to throw a birthday bash to honor their milestones with family and friends. Gene turn...

Ruth Ann Piggford Chomas, 90, of Elizabeth Township, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at home. She was a member of St. Joachim and Anne Parish, St. Michael Church in Elizabeth Township, where sh...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Renziehausen Park in McKeesport on Tuesday was “beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” The city and its recreation board kicked off a two-day tree-decorating spree i...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The mass demolitions that are coming Monessen’s way courtesy of Westmoreland County’s decision to spend a chunk of its American Rescue Program dollars on blight r...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Last week, three local newspapers — with representation from the Virginia-based Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — asked a Westmoreland County judge to con...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The daughter of a Dunlevy couple has started a GoFundMe account for her mother after losing her father and her childhood home in a fire last Friday. Tim and Ber...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Mike Gerdich is heading into his sixth season with the Yough girls basketball program and the coach knows the Cougars are due for a breakout season. The Cougars went 6-14 ove...

Raymond A. Giambattista, 74, of Fayette City, passed away on Nov. 28, 2022, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Ray was born on Aug. 21, 1948, to Michael and Mary Battista in Ridgway, Pa. Aft...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Bob Kennedy has been the head coach at Bentworth the last two decades, and knows what a winning team looks like. No matter the year, a winning team must possess a winning cul...

Johanna Brandtner Levy, 86, of Washington, Pa., passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, at the Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela, Pa.  She was born Feb. 18, 1936, in Charleroi, daughter of th...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Two parents delivered riveting closing statements Tuesday in opposition to fracking near Elizabeth Forward High School.   Conditional use hearings for Olympu...

Julia L. Auth, 95, of Monongahela, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, in Cambridge Creekside, Charleroi. She was born May 8, 1927, in Monongahela, daughter of John and Anna Sabbach Wassel. Julia was a very...

William R. “Willie” Bauer, 72, of Hiller, Pa., passed away suddenly on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, at his home. He was born in New Eagle on Dec. 10, 1949, the oldest son of the late William W. and Elizab...

Steven William Beck, 90 years young of Monessen, was called home by God and passed away peacefully with family by his side Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Born Jan. 7, 1932, in Monessen, he was the son of the ...

Edward Louis Gronlund Jr., of Elizabeth Township, died at the age of 86 on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Born March 10, 1936, he was the son of the late Edward Sr. and Dorothy Campbell Gronlund. A printer by...