By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite questions surrounding his residency Charleroi Council President Frank Paterra will continue to lead the borough until he is removed from his position – legal...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The order sealing the arrest warrant information in the criminal case against a man charged in connection with a shooting in Rostraver Square has been extended 30...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Vandalism has become a big problem at the Washington Township Recreation Park ball field and it needs to stop. Those are the sentiments of Belle Vernon Area Youth Spor...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A Washington County humane officer expressed concern about the Monongahela Police Department’s alleged lack of animal cruelty charges over the past four years. ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Despite putting together a furious second-half rally to overcome a 10-point halftime deficit, Belle Vernon Area ultimately fell short Tuesday night.   The Leopards t...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s defense forced 33 turnovers and held visiting Thomas Jefferson without a field goal and only two points in the second quarter as the Tigers rolled to ...

Charleroi Area High School students Emilie Piraeux, Muhammed Cisse and Ella Sypolt were dressed to go skiing Tuesday night. That was the theme for the Cougars’ student section during a boys basketball...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com One of two vehicles that collided on Douglas Hill Road Aug. 31 in Elizabeth Township weighed approximately 70,000 pounds more than any weight limit for roadw...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Newly selected Charleroi Council President Frank Paterra has admitted he does not currently sleep at his home in Charleroi, but he provided an explanation and expres...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com New Eagle borough officials discussed attempts to condemn a problematic house on Second Avenue Tuesday. Second Avenue resident Rich Kundman explained that in Oc...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Students throughout the Belle Vernon Area School District can make a difference for the next few weeks through the “Sock it to Homelessness” sock drive. The drive, now...

Richard M Dudas, 90, passed peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, Jan. 8, in UPMC Horizon Hospital in Farrell. Born in Monessen in the Dudas Maternity Hospital on Oct. 15, 1932, he was the so...

Santi “Sonny” Russo, 86, of Charleroi, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 11, 1936, he was the son of the late Cataldo and Anna Parrilla Russo. H...

Richard L. Charlton Sr., 80, of Monongahela, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. He was born July 23, 1942, in New Eagle, the son of Edward and May Neill Charlton. Rich...

Nancy A. Seman, 82, of Coal Center, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at her home. Born in Charleroi on March 29, 1940, she was a daughter of Frank and Susan Meshula Hatalowich. Nancy was a membe...

Darla J. Belsick, 83, of Fairhope, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Mon Valley Care Center. A daughter of the late Donald and Betty Middleton Hamer, she was born in Fairhope on Oct...

Margaret “Lorraine” Baker, 94, of Carroll Township, Pa., passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. She was born in Donora on Feb. 12, 1923, but lived most of her life in Eldora, in the big stone house that sh...

Joseph D. Repine Sr., 94, of Monessen, passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Born in Charleroi on May 9, 1928, he was the son of the late Allison and Anna Bel (Varchulik) Repine. He was preceded in deat...

Virginia Mae Densmore Downes, 92, of Roscoe, passed away on Jan. 7, 2023, at Cambridge Creek-side Dementia Unit in Charleroi, where she received excellent care. Born on Aug. 31, 1930, she was the daug...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Coming off a loss to rival Greensburg Central Catholic and facing one of the top scorers in the WPIAL, the Serra Catholic girls basketball team bounced back in a b...