By Sarah Pellis   spellis@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward school district officials answered more questions from residents Monday about possible consolidation of district elementary schools. In February...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Forward Township residents received updates Monday on a handful of township roads that remained closed or damaged from landslides — and learned the...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monongahela is looking to continue providing police coverage for Union Township, and the municipalities are close to agreeing on a four-year deal. Police Chief ...

PennWest California cheerleader Ashlyn Cummings, a freshman from Elizabeth Forward, rakes leaves at The Center in the Woods community center for older adults in California for Saturday’s “Big Event,” ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Skies will briefly will go dark today as a total solar eclipse sweeps across the Keystone State and other parts of North America.   While Erie prep...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Various new renovations and projects are popping up in Elizabeth Township. A “diverse range” of new homes called Mt. Vernon Estates will be built on the land previo...

Elizabeth Forward students perform a dance number during “Big Fish,” the school’s spring musical, which was presented over the weekend. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, g...

By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Two local school districts have received grants to fund after-school educational programs. McKeesport Area School District was awarded two grants totaling $764,...

By John J. Turanin For the MVI Second Lt. Stephen G. Monick Jr. was a bombardier in the famed “Bloody Hundredth” — the 100th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army Air Force based in the English village of Thorp...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com It took more than six years, but Charleroi has received millions of dollars to help rehabilitate its traffic signals. In 2017, the borough learned ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Many roadways closed this week because of heavy flooding and debris have reopened.   Many residents in towns along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area students are preparing to belt out tunes of biblical proportions next weekend. The high school’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicol...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi small business is in the running to prove it has the best pierogis in southwestern Pennsylvania.   Celebrations by Janet Rands, operate...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com People say dogs are a man’s best friend, but it turns out a German shepherd from Washington Township has a few hundred best friends of her own.   T...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Rain continued to come down Thursday throughout the Mon Valley, bringing flooding concerns to area communities for another day.   PennDOT, along wi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI The soggy weather couldn’t dampen the mood in Donora Wednesday as Washington County Commissioners and borough officials gathered to celebrate another victory in the quest...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Area School Board introduced the district’s preliminary budget Thursday for the 2024-25 school year, which does not include a tax increase.   The...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Thanks to an outpouring of support, Russ’ Tavern owners Tommy and Justine Russell and their son, Evan, presented a donation Thursday to Belle Vernon American Legion...

MVI staff reports Several residents were rescued and roads were closed as flooding spread through the Mon Valley Wednesday, As more rain fell Wednesday morning, creek and river levels around the area ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com First responders who spent most of Wednesday helping victims of rising waters in river communities along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers didn...