By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora is working with its code enforcement officer and solicitor to determine if there are any properties that should be held back from Washington County’s upcom...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com   Local girls will participate in an annual event to celebrate their futures in STEAM-related fields at the third annual BotsIQ’s Girls Exploring E...

Members of the California Volunteer Fire Department staffed their kitchen during the annual fish fry fundraiser Friday afternoon. From left are junior firefighters Logan Hartley and Parker Griffin, fi...

By John J. Turanin For the MVI When John Matola Jr. joined the U.S. Army in 1937, he may have been seeking adventure beyond his hometown of Monessen. Instead, he was heading into a three-year nightmar...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com It’s been a long time since Charleroi has employed a designated full-time code enforcement officer — but after a year and a half, someone has stepped...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com White Oak officials discussed options for funding a pollutant reduction plan in order to make progress on the proposed stream bank stabilization of Long Run and...

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...