Bingo night in North Belle Vernon
Latest News, Main
February 5, 2026
Wednesday nights are for bingo at the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department Bingo Hall, located at 545 Broad Ave. Shown during last night’s bingo, from left, are North Belle Vernon VFD Presiden...
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Speers man charged with ethnic intimidation following racist video
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
The new charges were filed a day after state police cited Michael Todora with harassment in another case in Fallowfield Township. Ethnic intimidation charges were filed Wednesday against a Speers man ...
U.S. Steel to restart 2nd battery involved in deadly explosion
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February 5, 2026
By QUINCEY REESE TribLive Almost exactly six months after two workers were killed and 11 injured in a series of explosions at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the nation’s largest coke manufacturing ...
‘Seussical Jr.’ leaps to EF Middle School stage this weekend
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
Students will bring beloved characters from Dr. Seuss to stage with “Seussical Jr.” this weekend with three performances. “Oh, the fun you’ll see — oh, the joy you’ll feel.” Dr. Seuss Horton the Eleph...
A look at the local playoff picture
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 5, 2026
A number of local basketball teams have clinched playoff berths. The brackets will be announced Monday. As the last days of the regular season arrive, a number of local basketball teams are set to hun...
Super Bowl: Seattle will beat Patriots out by the Bay
NFL, Sports, Super Bowl LX
I’M JUST SAYIN’
February 5, 2026
Super Bowl week is here ... and for my next trick, I will tell you who is going to win – and why. Of course, this is the part when I tell you to NOT take my opinion in this column as gospel, and don’t...
ANOTHER WIN FOR G-FORCE
Sports
February 5, 2026
G-Force A.C. fighter Dragan Radusewicz has his arms raised in victory during the Punch Out Parkinson’s amateur boxing event at the Shriner Center in Cheswick. Radusewicz won a unanimous decision over ...
California boys pick up first win
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
February 5, 2026
By the Mon Valley Independent In a game featuring teams with a combined 40 losses, it was California getting the monkey off their backs and picking up their first win of the season. Three players scor...
Eileen Ruth Stern – State College, Pa.
Obituaries
February 5, 2026
Eileen Ruth Stern, age 91, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at the Village at Penn State in State College, Pa. Eileen was born in Connellsville, Pa., and grew up in California, Pa., the daughte...
Obituaries
February 5, 2026
Rose Marie Capul, 86, of Rostraver Township, passed away peacefully with family on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. Born in West Elizabeth on Jan. 2, 1940, she was the daughter of the late James and Agnes Giama...