By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com School districts can benefit from grants available this year through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s school safety grant progr...

PennWest California University athletic trainer Mary Kathryn Schickel of Belle Vernon tapes the ankle of Nina Shaw, a freshman on the women’s basketball team, Thursday in the Convocation Center. Natio...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com After weeks of having more questions than answers, Washington County residents have finally learned details surrounding a cyberattack that nearly shu...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County Commissioners unanimously approved 50 recommended projects Thursday to receive Local Share Account funding.   LSA funds are generat...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monessen Middle/High School was evacuated in the early afternoon Thursday after a malfunctioning furnace motor in the building caused smoke to fill up a classro...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Prosecutors in Westmoreland County must turn over evidence to defense attorneys for a Philadelphia man charged with orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot. Common Pl...

Many Christians headed to church yesterday for Ash Wednesday services. It also marks the beginning of Lent — the 40-day period of abstinence and self-restraint leading up to Easter. Ashes are placed o...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It’s always been true, but maybe it’s never been more obvious — if more adults could let the next generation guide us in how we should all treat each other, what ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com In a nearly split vote, Charleroi Borough council decided to hire a new engineering firm on Wednesday. Four different firms were interviewed on Monda...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com A couple of residents expressed their displeasure Wednesday with Monongahela council’s decision to add an exemption to a 2020 ordinance that allows the brick po...

By Jim McKay Clients of McKeesport Area Meals on Wheels received a special gift with their usual food deliveries on Wednesday – Valentine’s Day cards created by students of teacher Monica Poupakis at ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A Washington, Pa., man was killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 70 near Fallowfield Township just before midnight Tuesday. Chace Johnson, 25, wa...

Kindergarten student Abraham Martinez tries on the hat worn by Steelers mascot Steely McBeam during a visit Tuesday to Charleroi Elementary Center as part of the Youth Football in Physical Education p...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In a plea agreement worked out ahead of time, the appeal of a Rostraver Township commissioner’s summary harassment conviction was partly denied and partly approve...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Superintendent Dr. Robert Motte revealed at Tuesday’s Monessen School Board meeting that the district plans to bring back its cyber school program.   The distri...

Javari Arnold, 7, of Monessen gets a fondant cookie covered with a Mardi Gras-themed layer of green icing Tuesday afternoon from sales clerk Ellen Gustafson at Keystone Bakery in Monessen. Arnold was ...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI When she’s home, Susan Hunter spends much of her time sitting on what her son affectionately refers to as “her chair,” a seat adorned with a blanket featuring photographs of...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon has two new members of council.   During a meeting Tuesday, council unanimously agreed on two new members to fill open seats. Ra...

Members of Epiphany of our Lord Catholic Church in Monessen gathered Monday night to prepare for today’s Mardi Gras celebration. From left are Father Michael Crookston, Mary Dzurik, Barbara Shoskey, R...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com White Oak council discussed creating a plan for receiving formal complaints about garbage pickups at Monday’s workshop meeting, as the borough, like many other ...