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...

Charleroi Area’s McKenna “Boots” DeUnger, center, celebrated with the student section after scoring her 1,000th point early in Friday’s game against West Greene. To purchase this photo and more from o...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Roscoe resident Sydney Smichnick, a senior at Penn   State University, will travel to Las Vegas next week to do public relations work for the NFL leading up to the Super Bow...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Carnegie Library of McKeesport will prepare and serve a free hot meal to the public on the first Tuesday of each month. The meal, which includes stew, bread and...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Applications are being accepted for Community Foundation of Fayette County’s post-secondary scholarships.   CFFC scholarship opportunities are ma...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Many schools around the Mon Valley came up with fun, creative ways for their students to celebrate their 100th day of school this year. For Catholic ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Dozens of supporters of Amy Gumbert packed Thursday’s school board meeting to speak out for the McKeesport Area basketball coach, who recently resigned. Four pl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It sounds like Donora Council is going to put the issue of who will be the borough’s representative for the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority up for a vote, potent...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors will soon select a new person to represent the community on the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority board of directors....

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent California Area School Elementary first-graders Nolan Hasbrouck, Teegan Harned, Tara Masaitis and Camden Juarez run in place for 100 seconds with their classmates ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com It’s uncertain whether or not Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow, but one thing is for certain tomorrow: a music-filled evening at the Groundhog Day Festival...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com As Fallowfield Township supervisors update their emergency response plan this year, they are also considering investing in handheld radios for employ...

By RALPH STONE MVI columnist Once upon a season there were open-ended tar buckets, bushel baskets, and actual basketball rims hanging from telephone poles, tree trunks and garage doors all over the st...

By Staff and Wire Reports New data from automatic voter registration at Pennsylvania driver’s license centers shows that sign-ups have grown, remain almost evenly divided between the political parties...

Jacob Brown and his 7-month-old son, Jordy, watched the Elizabeth Forward boys basketball game Tuesday evening. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our website at www....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The AP Delsandro Committee has applied for grant funds through the Washington County LSA program to enter the third phase of its renovation project. The AP Delsan...