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End of Summer Bash set for today in Donora

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

September 19, 2026

The celebration starts at 2 p.m. today, featuring food, music, fireworks, vendors and a parade. Donora will celebrate 125 years of community today with an expanded version of a longtime tradition. The...

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Historical society being revitalized in Charleroi

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

September 19, 2026

Bill Hecklick is leading the effort to preserve the borough’s colorful past. For Bill Hecklick, the effort to breathe new life into the Charleroi Area Historical Society started long before he joined ...

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Monessen Midget Football recognition night

September 19, 2026

Members of the Monessen Midget League Division 3 football team wait to take the field to be introduced before Friday night’s high school varsity game against Fort Cherry at Monessen Stadium. Division ...

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Love Your Library Month being celebrated in McKeesport

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

September 19, 2026

The Carnegie Library of McKeesport is holding events throughout September. For areas like McKeesport, libraries are a space for community camaraderie, not just for books, and the city’s library is cel...

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Man dies after being hit by train in Allenport

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

September 19, 2026

Details of the Allenport accident are still under investigation. An Allenport man was struck and killed by a train late Friday afternoon. Anthony Michael Chilzer, 43, was hit by a Norfolk Southern tra...

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Single-vehicle crash on I-70

September 19, 2026

Emergency crews from Belle Vernon Fire Company, Washington Township Volunteer Fire Company, North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department, Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services and the Pennsylvania ...

High school, Sports

Thompson’s TD lifts EF past Waynesburg Central

By JEREMY SELLEW

September 19, 2026

The Warriors survived as the teams combined for 31 points in the game’s final 12 minutes. The early-season matchup between unbeatens in Class 3A’s Interstate Conference lived up to its top billing Fri...

High school, Sports

Secrest stars as Frazier grounds Rockets

By By PAUL BRITTAIN For MVI Sports

September 19, 2026

He threw for four TDs and ran for three more in the Commodores’ 46-7 win. The start of Friday night’s game between Jefferson- Morgan and host Frazier was delayed nearly half an hour because of the lat...

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Hounds get ‘statement win’ over Fort Cherry

By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS

September 19, 2026

Monessen topped the traditional Class 1A power in its Black Hills Conference opener. When Wade Brown took over Monessen six years ago, he wanted to revive a winning tradition and put the Greyhounds ba...

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BVA defense shuts down Burrell in 35-0 victory

By By LIAM BELAN MVI Sports

September 19, 2026

They gave up just 68 yards on the ground to one of the WPIAL’s best rushing teams. Entering Friday night’s battle with Burrell, the Belle Vernon defense knew it would have to deal with a lethal rushin...

Obituaries

Nancy L. Koteles Necciai – New Eagle

September 19, 2026

Nancy L. Koteles Necciai, 84, of New Eagle, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at the Halcyon Nursing Home, in Brid geville. She was born in the Pittsb urgh area on April 28, 1942, a daughter o...

Obituaries

Charles ‘Chuckie’ W. Olkonen Sr. – Charleroi

September 19, 2026

Charles “Chuckie” W. Olkonen Sr., 75, of Charleroi, died unexpectedly on Sept. 15, 2026. He was born Feb. 28, 1951, at Mon Valley Hospital, son of the late Walter W. Olkonen and Josephine Danca Hurst....