By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the General Assembly heads into the 2023-24 budget season, there is work to be done – particularly when it comes to funding public schools. A Pennsylvania judge r...

Donald J. Belczyk, 70, of Rostraver Township, died suddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Born in Charleroi on Aug. 31, 1952, he was the son of the late Jack and Helen Uniejewski Belczyk. Donnie was a ret...

Mary E. Braddock, 85, of West Brownsville, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. She was born on Sept. 20, 1937, to the late Burt and Elizabeth Jenkins Smith of Coal Center. Mary graduated from California Area ...

Bessie Lorraine Miller Keller of Charleroi, daughter of Robert and Gertrude, reverent Woman of God, incomparable matriarch and consummate family woman was promoted to her heavenly dwelling on Wednesda...

Veronica M. Pollack, 90, of Rostraver Township, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023.  Born in North Charleroi on Oct 19, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Pete and Frances Scardina Pennline. A homemaker...

Dayna Lynn Wyke, 33, of Smithton, formerly of Charleroi, died unexpectedly Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in her home. She was born June 12, 1989, in Greensburg, daughter of David M. Wyke of Smithton and Tamm...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com With a big game against first-place Oakland Catholic looming on Thursday, McKeesport head coach Amy Gumbert and her staff didn’t want the group to look too far ahead...

By adam brewer MVI Sports In basketball, a two-minute stretch can sometimes determine the outcome of a game. In Tuesday night’s Section 4-3A matchup against host Brownsville, Charleroi played an effic...

Charleroi Elementary Center held an assembly Tuesday morning for grades 3-5 as cartoonist Duane Abel brought his message of “Draw Your Destiny” to the students. Fifth-grader Arabella Davis receives an...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Following the shooting of two officers on Monday, messages and gestures of condolence continued to flood the McKeesport Police Department on Tuesday. Elected officials...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Democrats claimed control of the Pennsylvania House by sweeping three special elections Tuesday in Allegheny County. Democratic campaign strategists had been optimisti...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts has a new home in Brownsville.   Founded in 2015 by Mark Smith, the late former state Rep. Peter J. Daley and late maestro Joe Ca...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com A Monessen High School graduate is looking to honor some of the school’s most distinguished alumni in the form of an annual Wall of Fame red carpet event. Sarah Graby-...

Carol A. Lewis, 76, of North Versailles, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. Born Nov. 4, 1946, in McKeesport, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Anna M...

Karen L. Stump Robison, 70, of New Eagle, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital. Born May 10, 1952, in New Eagle, she was the daughter of the late Wil...

William E. Tuomi, 69, of Clarksville, went to his heavenly home on Feb. 6, 2023, with his cherished wife of 46 years, Constance Furman Tuomi, faithfully by his side. Bill was the son of the late Donal...

By MAX ROBINETTE mrobinette@yourmvi.com McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski was fatally shot Monday afternoon while responding to a domestic disturbance. Another officer, Charles “Chuck” Thomas, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Mon Valley city is mourning after one McKeesport police officer was shot and killed while on duty Monday afternoon, and another officer was sent to the hospital with...

By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media Allegheny County police late Monday filed homicide and related charges against a man accused of killing one McKeesport officer and wounding another in an afternoon ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Several residents showed up at Monday night’s Elizabeth Township commissioners meeting to voice their displeasure at the handling of recent parking lot construction at...