John Husher News Today

The Monessen High School auditorium hummed with conversation and anticipation Saturday evening, when nearly 100 alumni and community members gathered to celebrate the first class of inductees into the school

Long before he beat Evander Holyfield to become the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1994, Michael Moorer would cross the Monongahela River from his home in Monessen to his grandfather’s house in neighboring Charleroi, where he would cut the grass and help plant an annual garden. He can still remember