Walter Frank Stelma Jr., 75, of Charleroi, passed away on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Born on Dec. 6, 1948, he was the son of the late Walter and Marie Stelma. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and was a me...

Dorothy Ann McMinn Upperman, born April 17, 1940, in North Charleroi, a daughter of Martin L. and Harriett Stoneman McMinn, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Dorothy graduated fr...

Emil P. Babines, 100, of New Alexandria, Pa., formerly of Donora, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, at his home. He was born July 10, 1923, in Donora, son of the late Michael and JoHanna Feckovic...

Joseph Robert Bogden, “Bob,” formerly of Monessen, passed away peacefully on Jan. 28, 2024, in Savannah, Ga., at the age of 88. Born in Monessen on Nov. 14, 1935, Bob was the son of the late Joseph an...

Earl Robert Brown Sr., 89, of Belle Vernon, went home to be with the Lord on Tues-day, Jan. 30, 2024, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital in Carroll Township. He was born June 10, 1934, to the late ...

Robert “Bob” Caldwell Hayden, 77, of Forward Township, passed away on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Bob, the son of Frank G. Hayden Jr. and Marion Caldwell Hayden, was born Oct. 17, 1946. Raised in Forward To...

William Joseph Hixenbaugh, 75, of Elyria, Ohio, passed away on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. The son of the late William Hixenbaugh and John and Thelma Cavanaugh, he was born in Charleroi on April 11, 1948. F...

Ralph J. Losey Sr., 95, of Belle Vernon, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, at Paramount Senior Living South Hills in Baldwin. Born Dec. 9, 1928, in Monongahela, he was the son of the late Patsy and...

Gay Lynne McKita, 78, of Charleroi, passed away at home, with her family at her side, on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Born in Roscoe on Feb. 19, 1945, she was the daughter of Harry “Bud” and Dolores Petrick ...

Roy E. Potersnak, 94, a lifelong resident of Port Vue, died on Jan. 27, 2024.  Born Sept. 13, 1929, in Port Vue, he was the son of the late Ed and Elizabeth Walko Potersnak and the husband of the late...

With just 80 days left in the school year, Charleroi Elementary students dressed in styles from the ’80s Monday for the 100th day of class. Third-graders Quinn Ankney, Paisley Melenyzer and Amara Loll...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Eleven down, one more to go for the Elizabeth Forward girls’ basketball squad. The Warriors continued their winning ways in Section 3-4A with a 55-28 triumph over rival Belle...

By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media A coaching change has not deterred the McKeesport girls basketball team from its ultimate goal.   “We want to win a championship — that comes first,” senior 6-foot...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There are a lot of things historical societies would love to have in their collections — the harder to find, the more rare the piece, the more crucial it might be...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com After several months of negotiations, McKeesport Area teachers finally have a new labor contract, as members of the McKeesport Area Education Association voted ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents in Rostraver Township have a lot to look forward to — and consider — regarding recreation opportunities in the township over the next dec...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Elizabeth Township promoted Chris McBride to patrol sergeant at a swearing-in ceremony Monday evening attended by several area police officers and McBride’s family. Chief of...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Three people in snowman costumes walked onto a dock Saturday in Coal Center.   The man in the middle waived his arms and received the requested applause from more than 100 p...

By JUSTIN VELLUCCI Trib Total Media Melanie Meade monitors plumes of pollution. Her hilltop home overlooks Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke-manufacturing facility in North America — and Allegheny...