By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com Elected officials have varying opinions about a new Pennsylvania Election Threats Task Force that Gov. Josh Shapiro is assembling to keep the 2024 process free from...

By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato concluded a round of community engagement events with a visit to the McKeesport Palisades Thursday, aiming to inform ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Westmoreland County transportation leaders highlighted how Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal could benefit public transportation for county residen...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A local state Representative is one of three lawmakers introducing a package of bills designed to reform and streamline the state’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Progr...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or in this case, an ogre. That will be a life lesson taught on stage when Charleroi Area debuts “Shrek: The Mus...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com To McKeesport area firefighters, Capt. Jim Shields has been “universally loved” city wide, and is considered a memorable, dedicated and fun part of their family. Af...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Today, Nycole Burgess will celebrate 32 years around the sun, but some of her cards will likely say “Happy 8th Birthday.” The chances of a baby being...

By RALPH STONE MVI columnist “My Favorite Things” is one of my favorite songs, coming from one of my favorite musicals, “The Sound of Music,” and sung by one of my favorite singing artists, Julie Andr...

By the MVI Thomas Jefferson High School’s Gene Kelly Award-winning musical theater students will present“Beauty and the Beast,” for their annual spring musical. Opening night is set for March 14. Perf...

Kindergartner Lyla Stanisz and her sister Ellie, a second-grader, look through the books available Tuesday evening at a   book fair at Monessen Elementary Center. To purchase this photo and more from ...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Elizabeth council members voted to officially terminate the borough’s police department at Tuesday’s meeting.   The fate of the department was sealed in late Decemb...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Belle Vernon Area School District will soon have a new option for health care while at school. On Monday, the BVA school board appr...

Road crews responded to a large sinkhole on Versailles Avenue in McKeesport that opened up sometime Tuesday. According to the City of McKeesport Mayor’s Office Facebook page, Versailles Avenue is clos...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com A 31-year-old Pittsburgh man died after being shot in Charleroi late Monday.   Washington County Coroner Tim Warco said Tev Jerod Mungo was pronoun...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com A haven and place for camaraderie for the veterans community in Belle Vernon is in dire straits. A post on the The Belle Vernon American Legion - Post #659’s Facebo...

By Justin Vellucci Trib Total Media Allegheny County officials on Monday hit North America’s largest coke-manufacturing facility — which is also the county’s top source of air pollution — with a $1.9 ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A group of students was determined to stage a fight last fall at Monessen High School, and the district has been looking creative solutions ever since. The studen...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Students were the highlight of Monday night’s Belle Vernon Area school board meeting. Before directors got down to official business, they took time ...

Many Mon Valley residents were outside enjoying the warm temperatures Monday afternoon. Marcus Webster and Nicole Anderson were walking in Monessen’s City Park just before sunset with Nicole’s daughte...

The McKeesport chapter of the NAACP hosted its annual Pancake Breakfast Saturday at McKeesport Presbyterian Church on Versailles Avenue. Above, Efrem Butler, Samantha Glenn, Lolita Garcia and Wilhemen...