Bentworth’s Gavin Piasecki snuggles with his puppy, Maisy, prior to the Bearcats’ media day Monday at Bentworth High School.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Renziehausen Park is abuzz this week as crowds are converging upon McKeesport for an annual event celebrating the city’s status as a melting pot. This year’s installme...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s mayor and the director of accounts and finance have implemented — or plan to implement — a few changes with the intent of making the city’s finances mo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com One Forward Township resident is not happy with answers she received Monday to complaints she posed to township supervisors regarding the condition of a road.   To r...

Serra Catholic offensive and defensive lineman Bryson Blue takes a breather between workouts Monday at Serra Catholic Stadium in McKeesport. Monday kicked off the first official day of heat acclimatio...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The official start of high school football season has arrived as local teams begin the PIAA’s mandatory heat acclimation practices as required prior to the start o...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Three hundred new cleats for 300 feet. Monessen Elementary School recently donated 150 pairs of new cleats to the Monessen Youth Soccer Association, which share...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The third season of the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League is now in the books, and it’s time to take a look at this year’s all-star teams.   The girls ...

Joan Deutsch, 86, of Charleroi, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, She was born Sept. 23, 1935, in Charleroi, daughter of the late Joseph and Stella Zelinski Moashan. Joan was a homemaker, member of St. Andre...

Jean Silvestro, 97, formerly of North Belle Vernon, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.  A daughter of the late Eugene and Julia Samonsky Caruso, she was born in Monessen on Oct. 20, 1924. Formerly o...

Maliyah Applewhite, 3, of West Newton, reacts as she’s greeted by a calf in the Barnyard Petting Zoo during Sunday’s August Fun Fest at Cedar Creek Park.

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County lifted a boil-water advisory for residents of Rostraver Township Sunday morning, following a major water line break a...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After his attic burst into flames, a New Eagle man climbed onto the roof of his porch and attempted to use a garden hose to extinguish the fire.   New Eagle VFD Chie...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the third consecutive year, a Trinity basketball standout was selected as the top girls player in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League. AMD Indust...

Four-year-old Gina Dzurik of Peters Township plays catch with her cousin, Kathryn Dzurik of Monessen, during the Epiphany of our Lord Parish summer festival.  

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Behind perhaps the most balanced roster among teams in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League’s boys division, Elite Physical Therapy completed a perfec...

Ronald W. Greenawalt Sr., 85, of Rostraver Township, received his heavenly wings on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at home surrounded by his loving family. The son of the late Samuel Rankin and Margaret M. (He...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Unlike many of the Monongahela Aquatorium shows this summer, Come Together didn’t attempt to look or act like its tribute artist.   At Saturday’s performance in the Rockin’ ...

Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan speaks at a press conference Friday in preparation for the PONY League World Series.

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After several hours without water for nearly half of Rostraver Township residents, repairs have been completed to a main line on Finley Road — but a boil-water advis...