By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Take Action Advocacy Group CEO Fawn Walker-Montgomery asked the McKeesport school board Thursday about the legal authority of school police officers on district...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI For the past several months, shoppers at the White Oak Giant Eagle have been noticing some changes in the store. The shelves aren’t as heavily stocked and some services such a...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Former teacher and coach Joe Ravasio organized and hosted the annual Ringgold Senior Class Prayer Breakfast — a Saturday morning of eggs, bacon and Christian teachings.   Se...

Approximately 300,000 citizens have left the city after being ordered to evacuate. By WAFAA SHURAFA, JOSEPH KRAUSS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The exodus of Palestinians f...

By Vicki Babyak McKeesport Community Newsroom   Mothers often feel emotionally depleted, but when a child with special needs develops friendships, talks in complete sentences or graduates from high sc...

By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI The building next to Donora’s parking garage at Sixth Street and McKean Avenue “should have been torn down yesterday,” according to borough engineer Gannett-Fleming. The ...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com “Big” Joe Eori had never been in the restaurant business until he acquired property in Sutersville after selling Big’s Sanitation in September. Formerly Driscoll & ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners recently announced the latest   winners in the township’s water pollution poster contest. In its fourth year, the ...

By the MVI First responders were called to the Stan Musial Bridge early Friday morning for a report that someone jumped into the Monongahela River, according to emergency scanner reports.   Crews resp...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Two people were injured when a Freedom Transit bus crashed into a storage building early Thursday morning in Charleroi.   Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com After city officials aired their concerns about engineering costs for work completed in Phase 4 on the sewer rehabilitation project last month, Monessen and WEC...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com A bill that regulates how social media companies treat minors on their platforms was approved by the state House of Representatives this week.   Its provisions are ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Students from across the Mon Valley took to the streets of downtown Pittsburgh last weekend to participate in a youth marathon with their teachers, f...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Initiative and Allegheny Health Network’s Front Door Initiative have partnered with other local service providers to help connect memb...

Mon Valley Career & Technology Center seniors were excited to step a little closer to their high school graduation Wednesday evening by participating in their own senior recognition ceremony held at t...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi’s street crew will soon have more help. Last week, borough council discussed filling two full-time positions. Not all members of council we...

By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Monongahela council promoted one of its part-time police officers to full-time at Wednesday’s council meeting. Monongahela council approved the hiring of Spence...

By the MVI The Belle Vernon Rotary recently donated to a nonprofit organization that places medical service dogs with veterans. The Belle Vernon Rotary Club recently hosted Rotary District 7305 Gov. J...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Director Art DeConciliis works mostly with semi-professional and community theater productions, and that’s how he likes it. “It’s where I’m happiest and most comfortable,” h...

By Sarah Pellis   spellis@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area High School students welcomed their younger peers to campus Tuesday for the district’s annual Bring Your Kid to Work Day.   First brought to the di...