By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com With a charter bus already paid for and hotels booked for a recently-canceled Catholic school baseball tournament in Maryland in 2001, Serra Catholic coach Brian Dzure...

Helen L. Cain Weeks, 86, of Forward Township, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at Walden’s View of North Huntingdon. She was a baker at Pleasant Village Restaurant, a cafeteria worker at Westi...

Kenneth J. Kvartek, 80, of Canonsburg, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at his home. Born in Ellsworth on March 28, 1942, he was the son of the late Andrew and Kathryn Mihalek Kvartek. Kenneth w...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Trevor Kovatch finished a penalty kick in overtime to seal not only a 2-1 Belle Vernon victory over Mount Pleasant, but also the Section 3-2A section crown. “This take...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports The Charleroi boys’ soccer team had their sights set on at least a share of the Section 2-1A title Tuesday night in their section finale against Greensburg Central Catholic, ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students from Charleroi quickly made friends with fellow high school students from Italy who became Cougars for a day during their visit to the Charleroi Area School...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PennDOT said it is taking steps to make safety improvements at an intersection in the 5-Town area.   An accident Monday evening in the Elco Hill section of Long Branch...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In the early 1980s, community organizers in East Brooklyn, N.Y., began building blocks of the American dream where nothing worth a dime had stood for decades — th...

John Joseph Bauer, also known as “Sherm,” a longtime resident of Rostraver Township, died on Oct. 8, 2022. Born in Elizabeth on Feb. 22, 1940, he was the son of the late Joseph and Leonore Kidd Bauer....

Stella P. Visco Kennedy, 98, of Monongahela, passed away in her home on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. A daughter of Louis Sr. and Madeline Pascarella Visco, she was born in Courtney on April 7, 1924. Stella...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Our friends have our backs in times of joy and in times of strife. And a good friend is always in your corner to support you, your causes and your dreams. On Tuesday, ...

Eleanor Kurylo Lee, of Rostraver Township, passed peacefully in her home on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. She was a daughter of the late Stephen and Sophia Yankosky Kurylo of...

Rosalie Kordistos Miller, 63, of Washington, Pa., died Oct. 7, 2022, at her home. She was born June 25, 1959, in Monessen, the daughter of the late Gus and Penny Kordistos. A graduate of Monessen High...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Fall is here and so are decorations across the Mon Valley. To build season spirit, the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation is holding its fourth annual ...

Amalia “Maya” Patch, 85, a lifelong resident and activist of Carroll Township, passed away Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. She was born May 16, 1937, ...

Celestina “Celeste” Corona, 90, of Dunlevy, passed away peacefully on Oct. 6, 2022. Born on Oct. 1, 1932, in Casentino, Province of L’Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of Italy, Celeste was the daughter o...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Frazier made quick work of its former section foes from Southmoreland on Monday night.   The Class 1A Commodores rolled to a win in the first set before overcoming s...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com A controversial penalty kick was the only difference between Ringgold and Belle Vernon on Monday night, as Elizzabeth Wilson slotted it home to give the Rams a massive...

Jo Patricia Anderson of Charleroi passed away Sept. 2, 2022, at Jefferson Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born in Elco on June 22, 1953, to the late Joseph James and Irene Viola Roberts. Jo ...

Keli, Ed and Shelley Rosensteel blow bubbles Monday night in a tribute to their late daughter, Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel, at a Ringgold soccer game.