By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com It was shootout deja vu at Belle Vernon Area’s James Weir Stadium. For the second time in three days, the Leopards suffered another disappointing playoff exit. Thi...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com For the first time since 2017, the Charleroi boys soccer team will not be playing in the quarterfinal round of the WPIAL playoffs.   The fourth-seeded Cougars were o...

By Ashley Chase MVI Sports Seventh-seeded Thomas Jefferson survived and advanced with a 3-1 victory over No. 10 Kiski in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A girls soccer playoffs Monday at Thomas Je...

Richard D. Kudlik, 60, of West Newton, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. He was born July 23, 1960, in North Charleroi, a son of John Kudlik and the late Shirley Nichols Kudlik. Prior to retirement, he was ...

Laura Lynn Lee, 60, of New Eagle, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. She was born April 5, 1960, in Lawrenceville, a daughter of Patricia King Lee of Ocala, Fla., and the late ...

Janice Lee “Jan” Mendrey of Yardley, Pa., died on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at St. Mary Medical Center. She was 83. Born in Char- leroi, on Feb. 15, 1937, Jan was a resident of Washington Crossing and Ya...

William “Bill” Tonti passed away into eternal life on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, with his family by his side at UPMC McKeesport Hospital. He was born July 13, 1939, in Pittsburgh, son of the late Willia...

Maddox Dinkel, 2, of Belle Vernon, Miley Ralston, 2, of Clairton and Mark Ralston, 7, of Clairton dressed up for Monday’s Halloween parade in Elizabeth

Pauline J. Wadsworth, known as “Aunt Paul,” went to be with her Lord, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Born Oct. 11, 1929, in Victory Hill, she was the daughter of George and Eleanor Leach Johnson, she lived ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com With Westmoreland County remaining in the substantial category for COVID-19 cases for the second week in a row, the Belle Vernon Area School Board has adopted a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com As Westmoreland County enters its second week of having substantial transmission of COVID-19, the state recommended Monday that all schools switch to remote learn...

Frances Gillock, 80, of Belle Vernon, passed away Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, in Mon Valley Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born Oct. 20, 1940, in Charleroi, daughter of Charles Moore and Jenny...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Public Library recently received much-needed support from two community organizations. The North Belle Vernon Rec Commission, represented by Lynn So...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Company’s Quick Response Service is certified for another three years of operation following a state inspection this past week. “...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With Halloween around the corner, people are looking for scary stories and frightening folklore to add enjoyment to the season. But what if those stories wer...

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Shaffer “Liz” White, 73, a resident of the Hall Road near Buckhannon, W.Va., went home to be with Lord Saturday morning, Oct. 24, 2020, at her home. She was born Feb. 21, 1947, in P...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Helen D’Alfonso doesn’t remember the last time she visited Monessen. But Sunday, as she stood in front of the newly renamed Lt. Col. Edward D’Alfonso Memorial Amphit...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A 7-year-old McKeesport resident who dreams of being a police officer spent time with some of the men and women who keep his city safe on Saturday. To show he cares ab...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com After more than six months of being open by appointment only, the Rostraver Township Historical Society Sunday is throwing open the doors to its museum for an o...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Clairton will be in the spotlight next month when WQED airs its latest documentary “Starved: Our Food Insecurity Crisis.” The documentary examines food insec...