By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A classroom at Charleroi Elementary Center was turned into a coffee shop Friday as teachers hosted a poetry slam with a “Starbooks” theme.   Fourth-grade students re...

By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com State, federal, county, local and philanthropic leaders converged on Monessen Friday morning for the city’s first economic summit, and one of the strong themes ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Company made history on Thursday when it named longtime firefighter Mercedesz Lexus as its new deputy fire chief. Lexus, who has been pa...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After escaping Waynesburg Central with an eight-point victory to open up section play, Charleroi coach Bill Wiltz wanted his squad to improve against the Raiders at ho...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A traveling exhibit is giving Mon Valley residents a glimpse at some of the horrors of the Holocaust. “Anatomy of Oblivion” is currently on display at St. Sava Serbian...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Class 5A Thomas Jefferson held a slim one-point advantage at halftime before pulling away in the second half of a 68-59 win over Class 4A West Mifflin in nonsection ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Several parents said they were upset by Ringgold School District’s decision to move the registration cut-off up by a month for incoming kindergarten students. S...

By Bill Beckner Jr. Trib Total Media Apparently, all Serra Catholic needs is a double-digit deficit to stir things up and inspire the team. It’s becoming second nature for the Eagles to rumble to life...

Rose E. Malena Dally, 92, of Coal Center, Long Branch, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, at Hallsworth House, Monessen. Born May 4, 1930, in Bunola, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary...

Alfred John Gondos, 99, passed away peacefully on Nov. 17, 2022, at home in Highland, Calf. Born in Monongahela, Pa., on July 25, 1923, to Steve and Marie Gondos. He married the love of his life Betty...

Eugene Emil Polachek, 65 of Las Vegas, Nev., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, at his home. Born on Dec. 17, 1957, in Charleroi, Eugene was the son of the late Emil and Mary Elizabeth Sheets Polac...

Nancy M. “Aunt Nan” Radomile, 73, of Van Voorhis, passed away Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born Oct. 10, 1949, in New Eagle, daughter of the late Lewis Radomile ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Coming into the season, Belle Vernon Area girls basketball coach Kaitlyn Slagus knew balance was going to be key if her Leopards were going to be successful. Thurs...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com McKeesport managed to outlast Makhai Valentine and visiting Steel Valley to claim a big non-section victory Thursday night. The Tigers held a one-point lead with und...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com For the past four years of South Allegheny basketball, the same idea has been uttered a million unique ways from opposing parents in the crowd, and Friday night’s game...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Students at Pennsylvania Western University, California campus, participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event in the Natali Student Center on Thu...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In the McKeesport NAACP Unit’s second community meeting on the topic of gun violence prevention, panelists continued to push the idea that the community and individual...

By the MVI The West Pike Run Township’s new K-9 officer received a financial boost to assist in training and equipment thanks to the generosity of a township business. The West Pike Run Township super...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports The California girls basketball team was entering the second half of their Section 4-2A schedule Thursday night, but unfortunately for the Trojans, anything that could go wro...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Dogs have good reason to chase fire trucks in Bentleyville. Discover Pet Health Poochtique and Spaw, Bentley Fire Department and Washington County Animal Respon...