From left, Josie, Katie and Molly Pugh, the sisters and mother of Thomas Jefferson quarterback Jake Pugh, offer their support during Friday’s playoff game against Mars.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The former Moose Building in Elizabeth has been demolished, but there’s still no parking lot on the site as anticipated. Larry Ross, president of the Elizabeth ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Authority of the Borough of Charleroi issued a statement Friday to clarify Wednesday’s announcement that its water termination moratorium would soon be l...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Religious leaders from the McKeesport Area Ministerium encouraged city residents to participate in a “community day of prayer” Friday. “This has been a difficult time ...

For the MVI Independent Mon Valley Hospital has adjusted its patient visitation policy due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the region. Effective Monday, the following guidelines will be in place u...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Despite playing at times like a team that hasn’t been on the field in the past two weeks, Belle Vernon Area advanced to the WPIAL semifinals Friday night. Devin Wh...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A number of Mon Valley organizations are being recognized by the Washington County Community Foundation in its web-based People’s Choice Award contest, which...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time in two decades, the Elizabeth Forward football program has a playoff victory.   The third-seeded Warriors rushed for more than 300 yards and held ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports An aggressive approach paid off for Serra Catholic in Friday’s Class 2A quarterfinal matchup against McGuffey. The Highlanders missed a field goal with 50 seconds left and th...

By Dean Dellamalva Jr.   MVI Sports If there was any thought that Thomas Jefferson was in trouble in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs, the Jaguars quickly squashed that notion. Jake Pugh threw for three fi...

By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports The nickname “Prime Time” may belong to NFL great Deion Sanders, but Clairton senior Dontae Sanders might need it. He looked more like Barry Sanders in Clairton’s first-roun...

By JONATHAN GUTH MVI Sports Jaeden Zuzak showed why he came into Friday’s game as the second-leading rusher in the WPIAL. However, the California senior’s 193 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns ...

By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media Plum and McKeesport were no strangers to each other when they met Friday at Plum’s Mustangs Stadium for a berth in the WPIAL Class 4A semifinals.   The Tigers and Must...

Nick M. Mappas, 78, of Monessen, died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Mononga-hela Valley Hospital. He was born on Dec. 18, 1941, in North Charle- roi, the son of the late Michael and Ethel Paneris Mappas...

Deborah Chovanec Shaffer, 61, of Latrobe, died Oct. 29, 2020, at home. Born June 3, 1959, in the Mon Valley, she was the daughter of Edward Chovanec and the late Patricia Alverez and was the wife of t...

Katherine B. Petrosky, 70, of Perry Township, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, at her home. Born Aug. 21, 1950, in North Charleroi, she was a resident of Perryopolis for the past 47 y...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com For the first time since 2004, the Elizabeth Forward boys soccer team finds itself in the WPIAL’s final four. The Warriors got two early goals from Andrew Smith, a...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Seventh-seeded Serra Catholic punched its ticket into the WPIAL Class 2A volleyball quarterfinals Thursday with a three-set sweep over No. 10 South Allegheny in a fi...

By DEAN DELLAMALVA JR. MVI Sports Thomas Jefferson and Mars will meet in the first round of the WPIAL 4A football playoffs today at Jaguar Stadium. Perhaps no other matchup will feature a stronger tra...

By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media Neither a steady rain nor Thomas Jefferson was able to prevent the Plum girls soccer team from advancing in the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs Thursday evening.   The undefe...