By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It’s championship night in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League and for the first time, the boys’ and girls’ championships will be decided on the sa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Frank Paterra has reclaimed his seat in Charleroi council chambers. During an agenda meeting Wednesday, Paterra, a former mayor in the borough, was unanimously selec...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The president of Pennsylvania One Call on Wednesday confirmed that a private contractor working at the Common Ground Building in McKeesport did not dial 811 to report ...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Environmental concerns rained on the Mon Valley National Night Out victory parade at Rostraver Township’s commissioners’ meeting Wednesday. Longtime commissi...

By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports Ask youngsters today what duckpins are and you can expect to see a puzzled look cross their faces. Older Valley residents not only remember the sport, they can easily r...

Melba Luverne Latkanich, 84, of Foley, Ala., died Monday, July 25, 2022, in her residence with her son by her side. Born in Brenton, Ala., on Aug. 20, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Richard De...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport joined communities across the nation Tuesday by celebrating National Night Out. Dual celebrations were held in the Haler Heights neighborhood, which is loca...

E. Jeannine Jacobs, 93, of Dunlevy, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. A daughter of the late Thomas Herbert and Myrtle Remington Harrison, she was born in Charleroi, on Oct. 28, 192...

Robert A. Staley Sr., 78, of Coal Center, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 28, 2022. He was born July 6, 1944, in Daisytown. Preceding him in death were his parents, Edward and Margaret Malinsky ...

Marta Wolkowicz-Brant, 72, of Monongahela, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in her home. She was born May 15, 1950, in Pittsburgh, daughter of Hermann and Lillian Weiss Wolkowicz. Marta was ...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh’s free dental clinic will take place Friday and Saturday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. New to the cli...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Dax Thomas State Farm pulled a rabbit out of its hat Tuesday in the Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League semifinals and turned it into a championship be...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Hot dogs and K-9s, bubbly faces and carbonated drinks, fire trucks and fireworks, lollipops and jolly cops. That was the scene Tuesday evening at Rostraver Town...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Small business owner Rissa Shockley stood at the corner of Ninth and Locust streets in McKeesport Tuesday morning with tears running down her face as she watched first...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It appears mail-in voting will remain in place for November’s election.   On Tuesday, a wide expansion of mail-in voting in Pennsylvania survived a legal challenge b...

Eugene A. Champion, 69, of Bentleyville, passed away on July 30, 2022, in the Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, following a brief illness while on a cruise with his wife. Gene was...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Pennsylvania American Water invested $15 million in renovations and additions to its EH Aldrich Treatment Plant in Finleyville, such as a restoration of one of its five-mill...

Zachary A. Karenchak, 33, of Camp Hill, Pa., passed away June 17, 2022, at Har-risburg Hospital. He was born May 4, 1989, in St. Marys, Pa., son of Eton “Buster” Karenchak and Crystal Heckel Karenchak...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several people are displaced after a fire tore through an apartment building in Bentleyville early Tuesday. The blaze required at least three people to jump to safet...

Walter Pustelak, 67, of Donora, passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, after a courageous battle with brain cancer, with his loving family by his side. Walter, the son of the late Walter and Mary Mallino-P...