By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is a step closer to filling its deputy treasurer position, which has been open for months. Mayor Ron Mozer asked council to consider hiring A...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time since 2019, the Elizabeth Forward girls soccer team is back in Class 3A.   And while the Warriors have spent the last two seasons playing down in ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mayor Michael Cherepko and his City Hall team have been working alongside two McKeesport-based organizations the past few weeks to fan out across the city and ensure y...

By Jeff Oliver MVI Sports Belle Vernon Area has never made the playoffs in girls volleyball. In fact, the Leopards are usually lodged in the bottom portion of the section standings each season. To rea...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Even before Jason Bambery, playing the part of David Bowie with a colorful costume and iconic red wig, walked onto the Aquatorium stage Saturday, a few crowd members were ch...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com School will be back in session for all grade levels in the Elizabeth Forward district starting Thursday.Administrators have been working diligently through s...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen held its second Community Development Block Grant hearing Thursday to determine how to use the funds the city will receive this year, and there may be so...

Walter was born on May 4, 1948, in Regensburg, Germany, to Stefan and Helen Ciak Trach. They boarded the General C.C. Ballou on Sept. 26, 1949, and arrived Oct. 5, 1949, on Ellis Island. He grew up in...

Members of the California Borough Recreation Authority gathered Friday afternoon to prepare for this weekend’s Riverfest. From left, Michelle Kinsey, Amelia Mitchell and Ashley Roth, all of California...

By Jeff Oliver MVI Sports Mike Veychek has been preparing Yough’s girls soccer team for the first time, having taken over for veteran coach Dann Appolonia. And while the Cougars lost six senior starte...

Lawrence E. “Larry” Hornbake, 86, of Gettysburg, died on Aug. 16, 2022, with his family by his side. He was the husband of Helen Fritz Hornbake for 52 years. Born Jan. 7, 1936, in Belle Vernon, he was...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A bakery bearing the name of the woman who led it each year at Festival of Nations in Charleroi was an overwhelming success. Peggy Foster, a member of St. Andrew the...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com When it comes to the boy’s soccer program at South Allegheny, experience will be the name of the game. The Gladiators will have nine seniors this season, including sev...

Mr. Thomas John Felak, 90, entered into rest Aug. 13, 2022. Tom was born in Toledo, Ohio, on Sept. 4, 1931. A year later, the family moved to Belle Vernon, and then on to Speers Hill. Tom graduated in...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The White Oak Lions did their part recently to support the White Oak Police Department. A few weeks ago, Lions Rich Peters, Carol Lasch and Dorothy Kuharski presented ...

Third-grader Leora Ashbaugh, 9, of Smithton gets a haircut from cosmetology student Charhea Strickler on Thursday at the Cosmetology Academy at Douglas Education Center in Monessen. DEC held a back-to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora’s mayor and two council members have filed a lawsuit against the borough and the other five council members claiming there were Sunshine Act violations inv...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Jan Barton has worked six days a week for the last 40 years and has loved every minute of it.   Barton is the owner and operator of Barton’s Flowers and Bake Shop at 311 Secon...

By the MVI Thomas Jefferson freshman Maggie Allan set the tone with a hole-in-one on the first hole to help lead the Jaguars to a 192-200 win over Mt. Lebanon at Mt. Lebanon Golf Course Thursday. To r...

By John Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania American Water announced Thursday the start of construction to install nearly 2,800 feet of new water main in Elizabeth Borough. The project is ...