By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Spring is in the air. Longer days and warmer air tell us buds will soon bloom and leaves will fill trees in the Mon Valley.   Along the bike trail in McKeesport...

The annual Spring on the Avenue took place Saturday in North Belle Vernon. Held on Broad Avenue, local shops and organizations hosted sidewalk sales and special promotions. Shown above, Jennifer and B...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Firefighters suppressed a roof fire on Donner Avenue and Second Street Saturday after high winds created electrical sparks. Around 7 p.m., municipal fire Chief ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Nathan Racunas has been serving as Elizabeth Township’s first junior commissioner since the beginning of the school year, and he’s had an overwhelmingly positive impac...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District girls know style. Volunteers from McKeesport Area Shared Ministry UMC, the school district and larger community participated in ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com First responders in Charleroi will be a bit safer thanks to a new collaborative initiative with the borough and fire department. Earlier this month, the borough bega...

Benjamin Davis, Nick Marinos, Davincci Weible and Tayvin Craggette move a set backstage before Friday’s performance of “Matilda” at Monessen High School. The musical will continue at 7 p.m. today and ...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media The Westmoreland County Housing Authority said it will use a portion of a $4.5 million federal grant to upgrade security efforts in its local communities. Money wi...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com With warm weather around the corner, construction crews have broken ground on McKeesport playground improvements. Mayor Michael Cherepko’s office recently poste...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com At this week’s Monessen council meeting, a former city alderman and councilman from the ’70s and ’80s was honored with a mayoral proclamation. Mayor Ron Mozer too...

  By COLETTE FUNCHES McKeesport Community Newsroom Now that spring is here, you might want to take to the outdoors, put on your biker’s pants and a helmet and meet some neighbors who do amazing things...

Aaron Marts gets his mic pack attached by crew member Amara Pandocchi while Lile Dixon and Jeremy Klacik wait for their turn Thursday for the opening night for “Bye Bye Birdie” at South Allegheny High...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Public Library asked and it received.   At Thursday’s Monessen City Council meeting, library Director Dave Zilka spoke to council about a request the lib...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi has been without a full-time code enforcement officer since August, but that may change soon. During a meeting this month, council decided to start searchi...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Rainbow Volunteer Fire Co. has a new tool to use while protecting the people and homes of White Oak Borough.   The fire department recently acquired a new Pierce fire truck wi...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District hired a new security firm Wednesday, doubling current security staff throughout the district. The board brought on security firm...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Monongahela family is unsure what the future holds after losing everything in a house fire Tuesday night. First responders were called to a structure fire on Jacks...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com There’s no doubt that Elizabeth Forward’s senior class has been through a turbulent four years. Just a few years after the COVID-19 pandemic derailed their introductio...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Sometimes it’s OK to let your imagination run wild. Monessen students will use fun, mischief, cleverness and a bit of magic to captivate their audience when they deb...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A Washington County judge struck down three ballot challenges in Donora Wednesday, ruling petitioners improperly served court documents. The petition challenged...