By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Community leaders from across the Mon Valley gathered for a luncheon last week to update their neighbors on what’s happening in each of their communities.   The Mon ...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Crystal Baranowski said she’s been graciously embraced by the community since opening Sly Fox Hair Studio in Monessen.   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two commercial buildings in downtown Monessen are complete losses and one has already been demolished after a massive fire Saturday. Monessen Fire Chief Delmar He...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Monongahela paid its respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country during the city’s annual Memorial Day observance Monday morning. To read the r...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Multiple Mon Valley students and theater programs were recognized for their work Saturday at the 32nd annual Gene Kelly Awards. To read the rest of the story, p...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI The Rostraver Township Historical Society hosted a Memorial Day event Monday morning that featured readings from Belle Vernon Area High School students and a presentation ho...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI For his floral business, Scott McCullough likes to use the slogan: “It’s all in the creative detail.”   To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Tuesday’s Mon Val...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com This Memorial Day weekend, a group led by two local veterans will walk 22 miles across the Mon Valley in remembrance of veterans lost to suicide. To read the re...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s veterans and the city’s Shade Tree Commission likely share a similar passion for the importance of trees. Last year, a car crashed through the fence su...

By Jennifer McCalla McKeesport Community Newsroom Volunteers gathered early on a weekday morning in the basement of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in McKeesport to cut homemade dough i...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com McKeesport clergy and congregation members ended a 24-hour fast Wednesday with a community service at the blue-top pavilion in Renziehausen Park. To read the re...

Karen Wolff, Deborah Nash and her husband, Terry Nash, of Chattanooga, Tenn., rode their bicycles by the West Newton Visitor Center on the Great Allegheny Passage Friday afternoon. It was the first da...

About 40 California Area School District elementary students, teachers and community members gathered at California Rotary Park Thursday afternoon to participate in a “Crush it” health and exercise aw...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After Charleroi Borough’s legal representation announced plans to dissolve the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi on Wednesday, ABC officials say there are other ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Students at Central Elementary in the Elizabeth Forward School District were rewarded with a sweet treat after recently finishing the school’s Read-A-Thon fundraiser. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN  and MAX ROBINETTE   klinden@yourmvi.com mrobinette@yourmvi.com Charleroi Regional Police are investigating after the owner of a McKean Avenue business shot an alleged intruder Thurs...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen invited Patch Management to town Thursday to demonstrate how its spray-injection repair machine uses the most advanced technology to repair p...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Flames engulfed the garage of a family-owned machine shop on Church Hollow Road in Forward Township Wednesday night. Around 10:34 p.m., firefighters from Elizab...

Thomas Drenning, nephew of Pine Cove Beach Club and RV Resort owners Jim and Connie Rach, swept the pool Wednesday afternoon. The pool at the private resort in Fallowfield Township will open at 11 a.m...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After nearly two hours in executive session during a special meeting Wednesday afternoon, legal representation for Charleroi officials said the borough has been left...