For the MVI Smithton Mayor Christine Tutena announced that work has finished at Play Smithton, and the public is now able to enjoy the improvements. The facility is located at 105 Skyline Drive in Smi...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com It appears Bud Cook will remain the Mon Valley’s voice in Harrisburg as representative for the 50th Legislative District. In Tuesday’s Republican p...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Nick Pisciottano and Jen Dintini will face off in November for the 45th District seat in the state Senate after earning their parties’ nominations in landslide ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Chris Dziados is the winner of the Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District, the Associated Press declare...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com With around 35% of the vote, Democrat John Inglis earned the party’s nomination for the 38th Legislative District seat in the state House. Inglis, 37, of West Miffl...

By the MVI The Mon Valley will have several contested races in the Nov. 5 general election, but some incumbents who are seeking reelection had no competition in Tuesday’s primary. Barring any successf...

California Area School District students in Brieann Klima’s fourth grade class celebrated Earth Day in the school’s new greenhouse by preparing flowers, herbs and vegetable plants that they’ve been gr...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Two men have been charged in connection with the shooting death of a Ringgold High School senior.   State police charged Karon Whitlock, 20, and Windale Barfiel...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Two names have been added to a sign leading to Veterans Memorial Field in Charleroi in honor of dedicated volunteers who keep the facility up and r...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area school board approved preliminary budgets for the Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center and the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit at ...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI In 1874, Ulysses Grant was president, Levi Strauss patented his design for work pants and a group of Christians in the small country town of Belle Vernon founded a new church....

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI The annual Mutt March from the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation returns May 4, this year with a “Star Wars” costume contest and onsite dog adoption from Cross You...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com White Oak welcomed Sarah Koenig, conservation director at the environmental nonprofit Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, to its April 15 meeting to discuss a ...

By the MVI Bridge Educational Foundation and its donor, U.S. Steel, donated $618,000 in scholarships to help families residing near U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley operations.   School officials, scholarship ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Community Foundation of Fayette County is accepting new applicants for its Catalyst of Change grant.   Awarded for the first time in 2023, each y...

By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Washington County and its internet service provider, Comcast, were awarded a $9.4 million grant to provide speedy internet access. Pennsylvania Broadband Develo...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com In sharp tuxedos and dazzling gowns, Charleroi Area upperclassmen danced the night away Friday at Stratigos Banquet Center in North Huntingdon fo...

By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media The search for a leader who can quell enrollment and financial woes at Western Pennsylvania’s largest state-owned university has narrowed to three individuals. To re...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler will face a write-in challenger in Tuesday’s primary, while two Democrats compete for the chance to contest him in Nove...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com A fresh face will take over the 45th Senatorial District seat next year as Sen. Jim Brewster retires after 14 years in the role at the end of 2024. Makenzie Whi...