By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com Thomas Jefferson wasn’t at its best from an offensive standpoint Wednesday night. But despite being limited to a season-low point total, the Jaguars managed to rely ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Come mid-January, there will be no more daily or weekend Mass at Corpus Christi Church in McKeesport or Saint Robert Bellarmine Church in East McKeesport. That was mad...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board hired a new high school principal Wednesday during the final public meeting of 2022. The administration selected Gregory Saraceni to f...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A formal policy may be coming next year to handle a commissioner who Rostraver officials say is undermining the township’s top employee. Township Manager Jef...

By RALPH STONE For the MVI It was at the Monessen Thanksgiving parade of 1940, just a few weeks prior to my 7th birthday, that my youthful vision of Santa Claus was completely shattered. As I excitedl...

Thomas M. Landish, 75, of Monongahela, passed away on Dec. 18, 2022, at the Premier Washington Health Center.  At Tom’s request services were private. MARSHALL MARRA FUNERAL HOME, 216 Chess St., Monon...

Edith L. “Edie” Necciai, 58, of Donora formerly of Monongahela, passed away on Saturday Dec. 17, 2022, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Born June 22, 1964, in New Eagle, Edie was the daughter of the lat...

Parishioner and staff volunteer Sharon Zunic pushes a cart with desserts during Tuesday’s Food and Fellowship luncheon at First Presbyterian Church in Rostraver Township. The church luncheon, free to ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Parishioners of Corpus Christi Church in McKeesport are worried that this year’s Christmas Eve Mass will be the last one they’ll observe in the church on Versailles Av...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward School District chose to promote from within less than two weeks after its school board accepted the resignation of Dr. Todd Keruskin. Assi...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Washington County Commissioners voted to fix salaries for county officers during a special meeting Tuesday. Since 2002, Washington County officers have received...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The fourth-grade wing of Charleroi Elementary Center was transformed into a hospital on Friday.   Fourth-grade reading teachers Tadem Winnett, Shaun Rice and Christi...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com After missing the first five games while they were busy winning a state championship, the football players returned to give the Belle Vernon boys basketball team a...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Charleroi was unable to keep up with Washington’s size and speed in a 63-42 setback in Section 4-3A play Tuesday night.   A 6-5 forward in Brayce Patterson led the w...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports Fort Cherry dictated the tempo of the game from the onset against Bentworth Tuesday night. Before the Bearcats could blink, they were down by 14 points just four minutes into...

Freda Romonosky, 73, of Speers, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in Allegheny General Hospital.  A daughter of the late Robert and Genevieve Herron Watkins, she was born in North Charleroi on Se...

Charles R. Roscoe, 64, of Monessen, passed away on Dec. 17, 2022, at home. He was born on Feb. 28, 1958, to Charles and Elizabeth Jadyk Roscoe in North Charleroi. He was a graduate of Monessen High Sc...

Danny “DT” Taddeo, 66, of Black Diamond, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in his home. He was born April 20, 1956, in New Eagle, son of John “Mike” and Elaine “Toots” Mucci Taddeo. Dan was a 1974 graduate ...

Eva Retos, 10, of Monessen, Lizzy Kearns, 8, of Washington Township, Liam Kearns, 11, of Washington Township and Roman Reader, 11, of Rostraver Township grab some food Monday during halftime of the Be...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com As a man charged in connection with Boyke Budiarachman’s shooting death last month entered a Westmoreland County courtroom Monday morning, the victim’s family wep...