Joyce A. Parks – North Belle Vernon

Joyce A. Parks, 77, of North Belle Vernon, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2025, in Jefferson Regional Medical Center. A daughter of the late William P. and Anna Fike McGavitt Sr., she was born in Charleroi on May 15, 1947. Protestant by faith and a lifelong resident of Belle Vernon, Joyce enjoyed crocheting afghans, hats and gloves. She also enjoyed cooking and baking her famous buns. Joyce was a certified nursing assistant at Manor Care in Bethel Park for 17 years and had several other jobs. ...

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Pennwest Cal students go ‘clubbing’

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PennWest California student Zachary Zizis, a business administration major from Monessen and a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, shares a laugh with Addison Gregory, a pre-med and biology major fr...

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9/11 service to be held before homecoming at Charleroi football game

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

September 10, 2026

Navy veteran and Charleroi graduate Matthew Guzur is among the special event’s organizers. Matthew Guzur still remembers walking into his division office aboard the USS Laboon on Sept. 11, 2001, and s...

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Monongahela to honor hometown NFL legends

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City officials, friends and relatives will unveil a marker Saturday at Fourth and Main streets to honor NFL legends Fred Cox and Joe Montana. By WAYNE STEWART For the MVI The odds of a small town prod...

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EF to increase safety measures, may buy new weapon-detection system

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

September 10, 2026

The football team plays tonight against South Park. In the wake of a gun being fired outside of a recent football game outside of South Allegheny’s Gladiator Stadium, officials at Elizabeth Forward ar...

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Charleroi OKs 6-month pause on data centers

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

September 10, 2026

Council voted unanimously to adopt a 180-day moratorium on potential data center development. Charleroi has joined a growing number of Mon Valley communities putting the brakes on potential data cente...

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‘Come From Away’ brings local talent together for musical commemorating 9/11

By MICHAEL VINSICK mvinsick@yourmvi.com

September 10, 2026

Mon River Arts’ production of the musical “Come From Away” opens Friday to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the events that inspired it. As the United States and the world mark the 25th anniversa...