The Belle Vernon Area golf team finished as WPIAL runner-up after a one-hole playoff decided the Class 2A team championship Thursday at Cedarbrook Golf Course. Posing with their trophy are, from left,...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council adopted an ordinance Thursday that increases penalties for owners of neglected properties in an effort to combat blight in the borough. “There ex...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Westmoreland County’s redevelopment authority has accepted a bid to demolish the former Fifth Street Hotel in Monessen, and work on that project could begin as so...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com This year’s Witches Walk Sip ’n Shop event will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in Elizabeth.   Some businesses will turn into medieval brewmasters f...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department will hold its first craft show next week.   From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at the VFD social hall, located on Broad A...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the first time in program history, the Belle Vernon Area golf team played in a WPIAL team championship. And it’s one the Leopards will never forget. With a fla...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Frazier experienced its share of adversity Thursday night.   The Commodores found themselves on the ropes against Carmichaels for the second time this season as they...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com South Allegheny’s turbulent football season got a little more tumultuous this week with the abrupt resignation of head coach Darwin Manges. The Gladiators have bee...

Shirley Ann Amprim, 87, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Mon Val-ley Care Center, Monongahela. She was born on Nov. 28, 1934, in West Newton, the daughter of the late William and Ann Fujar...

Richard J. Andrucci, 83, of Wilkinsburg, formerly of North Versailles, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. “Mr. Unbelievable,” as he is fondly known, was the devoted husband of 57 years...

On Oct. 11, 2022, Sister Pauline (Renita) Kadilak passed away at The Waters of Wexford. She was 10 days short of celebrating her 103rd birthday. Family and friends gathered often to celebrate her birt...

By the MVI The Pleasant Hills Middle School’s annual Thanksgiving Food Drive kicked off Tuesday to provide food for those in need in the local communities. The food drive has been a tradition for more...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The communities nestled along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers in Allegheny County have a storied history. Touting itself as “YOUR Mon Valley museum,” McKeespor...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela council and residents praised growing business in the city during a brief meeting Wednesday. Terry Necciai, executive director of the Monongahela Ma...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Certified Professional Accountant Mark Turnley presented Charleroi Council with an overview of the 2021 audit, and confirmed what Borough Manager Matt Staniszewski r...

William “Bill” Paul Porter, of Charleroi, unexpectedly passed away on Oct. 8, 2022. Bill was born on May 2, 1953, in Monongahela, and lived in the Mon Valley until September 2021, when he semi-retired...

By John Michael Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Would parts of Olympus Energy’s proposed fracking site in Rostraver Township overlap with a zoning district that prohibits natural gas drilling? The ...

Herman Sams, 92, of Rostraver Township, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at Jefferson Hospital, Jefferson Hills, Pa. He was born on May 17, 1930, a son of Worley and Geraldine Sams of Whitsett...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Natalie Lamenza let go of a shot that sailed toward a wide open net in the opening minutes of a game against Elizabeth Forward on Sept. 19. The Thomas Jefferson juni...

Perry Glenn Sellman, 94, of Perryopolis, Perry Township, died peacefully in his home surrounded by friends on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Born in Donora on Jan. 9, 1928, he was the son of the late P.G. an...