Barry Greene of Monessen walked his dogs, Harley and Buddy, Monday afternoon near Monessen City Park. Greene said Harley always carries a stuffed animal in her mouth during their walks. “It’s her secu...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works will shut down three batteries this month, fulfilling a 2021 commitment to reduce emissions. The company will begin to shut down ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A recessed Charleroi council meeting resumed and ended Monday without any business matters being discussed, at least publicly.   Council’s meeting last Wednesday was...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Forward Township officials learned about an upcoming community event and expressed their satisfaction with local emergency services during a meeting Monday night. Resi...

Firefighters from Monessen No. 1, Monessen Hilltop, North Belle Vernon, Bentleyville, Washington Township, Charleroi and Carroll Township responded Monday morning to smoke coming from a home on Luce A...

Members of the Daisy Troop 52998 of Rostraver Township were selling Girl Scout cookies Saturday afternoon at Fells United Methodist Church. In front, from left, are Hadley Hrach, 7, Sophia Brown, 7, G...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com When Washington County Commissioners Chair Diana Irey Vaughan announced last month that she wouldn’t seek an eighth term, residents knew the board of commissioner...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Council will reinstate some of its committees next month. Appointments have been on hold since Councilman Frank Paterra took over as president Jan. 4. At t...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI When looking for a publisher for a book about the historic Donora Smog incident, Andy McPhee figured he’d try someone at University of Pittsburgh Press.   “She wrote back al...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com There’s something fishy going on at Ringgold Middle School. With help from artist Lindsay Huff, students have begun a 12-week creative project that spotlights r...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Third-grade students at Charleroi Elementary Center enjoyed more than your average pizza party on Friday. It wasn’t just a party, but part of a pizza-inspired lesson...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The May 16 primary will be here before Valley residents know it and as unofficial candidates lists are released, it looks like change is on the way in at least so...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster has introduced legislation that will help the public assess the condition of all bridges throughout the state as well as any scheduled repairs ...

Volunteers were busy in the kitchen Friday during the St. Katharine Drexel Parish Lenten fish fry in Bentleyville. Brody Jack, 8, and Ashley Besedick of Bentleyville organized containers while surroun...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Eighteen girls from Ringgold High School celebrated International Women’s Day with their peers Friday.   Girls from school districts across the region attended Junio...

From left, Tanner, 7, Brielle, 10, Briar, 4, and their mother, Amanda Vincent, of Fayette City were walking on the Great Allegheny Passage trail at Cedar Creek Park Thursday afternoon.  

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The work to create a blight plan for the City of Monessen is ongoing, and a draft of the plan should be ready soon. Tom Hardy, the city’s blight consultant, was h...

By MAX ROBINETTE mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council members raised concerns about continuing payments to Gabriel Fera P.C. law firm Thursday. When council raised a motion to accept February’s bill ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fifth-graders at Monessen Elementary Center got a lesson Thursday on one of our most important resources: drinking water. Students in Jenn Gardner’s class learned di...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Teachers at Charleroi Middle School were informed by a male student in homeroom Thursday morning that one of his classmates may have brought a gun to school. Superin...