Charlie Carson, 5, of Fallowfield Township uses a rainbow umbrella to stay dry after school on a soggy Thursday afternoon. Today is expected to be dry, but temperatures may not get out of the 40s.

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Despite opposition from Rostraver Township officials and residents, Westmoreland County commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to allow Westmoreland County...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More than 30 volunteers from the Mon Valley headed to the Youghiogheny River last weekend to make a difference. The Belle Vernon and West Newton Rotary clubs, with h...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Washington County Commissioner Nick Sherman has tested positive for COVID-19. In a prepared statement issued shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sherman, 41, confirmed h...

By Paul Peirce Trib Total Media Dozens of West Penn Power utility trucks and ambulances on Thursday lined Main Street outside of Beatty-Rich Funeral Home in Madison to honor 27-year-old Dillon W. Walt...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Burning has been temporarily suspended in Fallowfield Township. During a business meeting Wednesday night, supervisors unanimously agreed to no longer issue burn per...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Voter registration is higher today than it was for the 2016 presidential election in most of the four-county region.   “It’s one of the parts of the state that’...

Samuel Lee Levy, 88, passed away peacefully Oct. 27, 2020, at the Resi-dence at Hilltop Assisted Living Facility. Sam was born in Twilight, Pa., on May 6, 1932, the son of the late Samuel T. and Dorth...

Nick M. Mappas, 78, of Monessen, died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Monongahela Valley Hospital. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at Dalfonso-Billick Funeral Home Inc...

Genevieve J. Kornosky, 92, of Monongahela, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 in Mon Valley Care Center, Monongahela. She was born Nov. 2, 1927, in Monessen, the daughter of Walter and Sophia Miyka Lewgood...

Dr. Joseph M. Young, 92, of Monessen, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, at his home in Monessen. Dr. Young was the treasured patriarch of his loving family. He was tire-less in his devotion to his adoring ...

Benjamin W. “Bud” Addy, 78, of West Newton, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. He was born July 4, 1942, in West Newton, a son of the late Benjamin and Verna Mae Zimmerman Addy. Prior to retirement, he wa...

By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports The Ringgold boys cross country team knew the stakes were high Wednesday. Competing in the WPIAL championships at White Oak Park, the Rams needed to place first among 2A te...

Maria O’Brien, 20 months, Sean O’Brien, Carly Mellinger, 12, and Sarah O’Brien, all of Monongahela, were “Hap-Bee” to be in the Monongahela Halloween Parade. See more Monongahela parade photos in our ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The former Rostraver Middle School building may get a new life — and a new name — as the Belle Vernon Area School Board is thinking about its future. The school...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District parents and guardians now have a way to keep track of positive COVID-19 cases in the schools. McKeesport Area Superintendent Dr. Mark H...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Lincoln Boro Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company is purchasing four or five new self-contained breathing apparatuses thanks to a nearly $25,000 donation from U.S. Stee...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com It’s been standing for nearly 150 years, and thanks to the Monongahela Area Historical Society, the Longwell House on Monongahela’s West Main Street will sta...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL football playoffs begin Friday and Belle Vernon Area head coach Matt Humbert likes exactly where his team is as kickoff against No. 5 seed Chartiers Vall...

By JOSE NEGRON jnegron@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward football program is currently in the midst of a lengthy drought. While they have advanced to the playoffs seven times since 2003, the Warriors ...