Staff and wire reports The Mon Valley woke up to snow and rain Tuesday, creating slippery roads and prompting area school districts to impose two-hour delays and cancellations.   The Monessen Public S...

From left, Joanna, 6, Ruth, 9, and Abel Hovanec, 4, of Washington, Pa., came to the Belle Vernon Area High School swimming meet Monday evening to cheer for their cousins, Emily and Grace Newbould. To ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Change was inevitably coming to the Forward Township board of supervisors after the election of Dave Levdansky in November. After the township’s reor...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Dottie Atkins has always loved building.   “It’s stupid how much joy it brings me to just cut a random piece of metal or wood,” the 16 year-old said. “I don’t know what’s so...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com This year’s Mid Mon Valley Model Railroad Club train show could wind up being one of its largest in history.   The club expects around 115 vendor tables to be o...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com As Donora continues to try to unravel the correct start and stop dates of the borough’s seat on the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority, council members want to take...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com The region braced for a winter storm Saturday, and the Mon Valley got between a half-inch and 3 inches of snow. According to the National Weather...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Firefighters from several Mon Valley communities participated in a live burn training   session Saturday along Route 837 in Carroll Township. Car...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Just six days after its crowdfunding campaign began, an upcoming horror film by a McKeesport filmmaker accumulated more than $25,000.   Mark Cantu’s “Grind” sur...

By Julia Maruca Trib Total Media On a blustery, snowy Saturday afternoon at Twin Lakes Park east of Greensburg, a little over a dozen people huddled in a semicircle, singing hymns and watching intentl...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Plans for a small event center in Rostraver Township were revealed during a recent township commissioners meeting. John and Elizabeth Micenko of Rostraver Township tol...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Christmas and New Year’s have come and gone in a flash, but the holiday season isn’t over yet for those of the Orthodox faith.   Orthodox Christmas occurs Sunda...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com A woman is hospitalized and a family pet is missing after a fire struck a residence in Elizabeth early Friday morning. At about 5:10 a.m., crews responded to the blaze...

By JOHN J. TURANIN For the MVI Eighty years ago next month, Jack and Mary Wargo of Monessen were told that their son, Cpl. Albert Stanley Wargo, was missing.   They weren’t told that he was in the sin...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The criminal trespassing and public intoxication charges filed against McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko, stemming from a November incident in Nashville, were dismisse...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com The status of Donora’s seat on the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority board is up in the air, and the confusion only grows as more information is u...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The first weekend of the new year could bring wintry weather to the area, and road crews across the Mon Valley are preparing for what could be the first substantial sn...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council will likely vote to reopen the 2024 budget when it meets next Thursday. Councilwoman DeAnne Pavelko has been named finance chair f...

Orthodox Christmas will be celebrated Sunday, and services will be held at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in McKeesport Saturday through Tuesday.

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Firefighters from several Mon Valley communities will participate in training Saturday along Route 837 in Carroll Township. Carroll Township fire Chi...