Blanche M. Martin, 76, of Greensburg, formerly of Donora, died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022. She was born April 25, 1946, in Warren, Ohio, a daughter of the late Hector and Pearl Pemberton LeComte. In add...

Matthew H. Sekerka, 60, of Rostraver Township, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, with his loving family by his side. Born in Monongahela on March 10, 1962, he was the son of the late...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Things were tight and the upset-minded Ringgold Rams were only down by six points at the end of one quarter. But then the defense for Belle Vernon Area clamped down and the L...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com While pleased with a 60-49 victory over Propel Braddock Hills that extended his team’s winning streak to six games Wednesday, Monessen head coach Dan Bosnic wasn’t o...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward closed out its own Betsy Invitational with a hard-fought 60-52 victory over Greensburg Central Catholic Wednesday night. “It was a good collective ef...

Emmett Braun, 2, of Jefferson Hills and Reagan Lewis, 5, of Monongahela are joined by Becky Dudzik, director of children’s services, as they play “Monster,” an interactive educational video game, duri...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There will be no tax increase in White Oak in 2023, but residents will see higher bills for sanitation. During a special meeting Wednesday, White Oak council members J...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough Council has rejected an offer from the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi to purchase its sewer lines and the borough’s MS4 project.   During a ...

By Maddie Aiken Trib Total Media The state is advising young children, the elderly and people with respiratory problems to limit outdoor activities today in certain parts of Allegheny County. Fine par...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council hopes to work with Portnoff Law Associates, the city’s delinquent garbage bill collector, on an amnesty program to discount some residents’ prett...

Mary Joan Blazevich, 74, formerly of Charleroi, passed away in Autumn Grove Nursing Home in Harrisville, Pa., on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. Mary was born in Monessen, on Jan. 29, 1948, to Michell and Eliz...

Clifford C. Cross, 61 of Carmel, Ind., formerly of Monongahela, passed away on Nov. 26, 2022. Born in Monongahela on April 29, 1961, he was the son of the late Charles and Gloria Manfredi Cross. In 19...

Ana Rivera Griffith, 79, of Avon, Ohio, passed away peacefully on the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1943, she was the daugh...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough Council made some tough — and unpopular — decisions during a special budget meeting Tuesday. Council adopted a spending plan for 2023 that will rai...

Peyton Gould, 8, shakes hands with Thomas Jefferson basketball players as they faced Belle Vernon Area Tuesday evening at the PennWest Convocation Center in California.  

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a balanced budget for 2023. Residents will not see any increase in taxes next year. The salary of B...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport will head into the new year with a balanced budget that doesn’t come with a property tax increase. The spending plan places revenues and expendi...

By Colette Funches McKeesport Community Newsroom   When you think of who waters the plants at the library, or who puts the colorful pamphlets out on the table — do you know who should come to mind? Th...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports After a sloppy opening quarter by both teams, Charleroi was able to use a second-half surge headlined by the play of its transition defense and timely scoring from its upperc...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Southmoreland used a massive first-quarter run to gain separation early en route to a 59-31 win over California on the first night of the annual Charleroi Holiday To...