By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Several Mon Valley projects received the green light from the Washington County Local Share Account Review Committee on Tuesday. LSA funds are genera...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Rostraver Township commissioners approved promoting police officer Christopher Tretter to sergeant, following several years of police work in the township and Westmoreland C...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Issues with trash collection are still plaguing the Magic City, as one councilman said he continues to receive complaints from residents. Last month,...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport council officially renamed the dek hockey rink in Renziehausen Park after fallen police Officer Sean Sluganski with the unanimous approval of a bill ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday night at Renziehausen Park to remember McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski and dedicate a dek hockey rink in his honor....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget proposes significant increases to education and economic development and would regulate adult-use marijuana, while leaning heavi...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com While Monessen might not ever be what it was in its heyday, the future is full of potential and leaders within the community are coming to the tabl...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media The Westmoreland County commissioners are heading out into the countryside. Commissioners announced Tuesday they will conduct three public meetings outside of the ...

By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media A unified system of 10 Pennsylvania state-owned universities and 15 community colleges would see a near-historic, 15% increase in state funding under Gov. Josh Shapi...

With just 80 days left in the school year, Charleroi Elementary students dressed in styles from the ’80s Monday for the 100th day of class. Third-graders Quinn Ankney, Paisley Melenyzer and Amara Loll...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There are a lot of things historical societies would love to have in their collections — the harder to find, the more rare the piece, the more crucial it might be...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com After several months of negotiations, McKeesport Area teachers finally have a new labor contract, as members of the McKeesport Area Education Association voted ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents in Rostraver Township have a lot to look forward to — and consider — regarding recreation opportunities in the township over the next dec...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Elizabeth Township promoted Chris McBride to patrol sergeant at a swearing-in ceremony Monday evening attended by several area police officers and McBride’s family. Chief of...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Three people in snowman costumes walked onto a dock Saturday in Coal Center.   The man in the middle waived his arms and received the requested applause from more than 100 p...

By JUSTIN VELLUCCI Trib Total Media Melanie Meade monitors plumes of pollution. Her hilltop home overlooks Clairton Coke Works, the largest coke-manufacturing facility in North America — and Allegheny...

By KRISTIE LINDEN and TAYLOR BROWN   klinden@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com While the 2023 Red Kettle Campaign in the Salvation Army’s Western Pennsylvania Division exceeded its fundraising goal overa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Compliance Field Services has given Donora its preliminary report on the blighted building at 647 McKean Ave. and had a couple surprising results. CFI was hired b...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com A group of local and state elected officials hailed the success of Pennsylvania’s Whole-Home Repairs program while calling for more funding Friday during a publ...