By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board could vote to adopt the Pennsylvania Act 1 resolution next week for the 2024-25 fiscal year.   Under Act 1, school districts cannot...

Grayson Broadwater, 5, of Perryopolis and Ryker Reams, 5, of Newell cheered on Frazier’s wrestling team at Wednesday evening’s match. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport ushered in 2024 Wednesday night with a fresh face and three familiar faces on council. Incoming Councilwoman Amber Webb and incumbents Richard Dellap...

By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media A Monessen teenager will be prosecuted as an adult for the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old friend in late 2022. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Many people know snowbirds who flock to the south during the winter to take advantage of the warm weather. In February, the 42nd annual Mon Valley Florida Reunion in T...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com A vacant seat on North Belle Vernon council will be filled this month. After the results of November’s general election, one council seat was vacat...

Rowyn Larry, 6, sits next to her mother, Ashley Larry, scorekeeper for the Elizabeth Forward boys basketball team, at Tuesday night’s game. They are the daughter and wife of head coach Nolan Larry. To...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com   Charleroi residents were greeted by three new faces at Tuesday’s reorganization meeting.   Kristin Hopkins-Calcek, Tom Santoro, Robert Whiten J...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monessen welcomed a new councilwoman and honored a departing councilman Tuesday at its reorganization meeting.   Newly elected Councilwoman Karen Cosner will ta...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council swore in three new members and elected new leadership Tuesday night. Incoming council members Jim Brice, DeAnne Pavelko and Casey ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Three incumbent commissioners and the acting police chief were sworn in Tuesday night as the Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners held its reorganization meeting....

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com I have had a lot of firsts as a journalist. Let’s go back almost a decade, and I guess it started in college as a freshman at Cal U in my first journ...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI In the second half of 2023, mainstay Mon Valley remodeling company Santori Kitchen and Bath moved from Belle Vernon to Monessen, increased more than five times in size and b...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com The fundraiser Roll R Way in Donora held Saturday for those impacted by a devastating Christmas Eve fire did more than collect some cash – it gav...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com As we kick off the new year, many people will make resolutions they may or may not follow, but Belle Vernon scout Tim Reda spent the past year seeing his a commitment ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com For the 15th year in a row, the cost to travel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is about to go up. The new rates, which were approved by the Pennsylvania Turnpike C...

By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor swolford@yourmvi.com From heartbreaking tragedies and feuding elected officials to local elections, this year has been unlike any other in the Mon Valley. As 2023 draw...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority is preparing for some big changes in 2024.   Serving thousands of residents in parts of Washington, Fayette and ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Two weeks after concerns were raised about the condition of the Monessen Civic Center gym floor, the city made its first step toward restoring it.   Council pas...

By Joe Napsha Trib Total Media When it comes to electing district judges in Westmoreland County, the position sometimes remains all in the family — a fact never so obvious as at the swearing-in ceremo...