By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board discussed how it will fill a remaining vacancy during its work session Tuesday night. With school board members Joel Whiteko and Jas...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com On Wednesdays we wear pink, and on Thursday through Sunday members of Mon River Arts Youth Theatre are hoping you’ll join them at Grand Theatre in Elizabeth for their ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Forward Township Supervisor Chairman Tom DeRosa is hardly a man of few words. With no items to be voted on Monday night and a new oversized laminated sign defining f...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Seven years of community opposition came to a head late Friday night as Invenergy announced that it has abandoned its proposal to build the Allegheny Energy Center in ...

By Julia Maruca Trib Total Media The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township will need to make changes and report progress to the public after being fined $62,475 by the state Department ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monessen Public Library will host an educational program presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, about the warning signs of the disease at 11 a.m. Nov. 25. Th...

One-year-old Landon Fosbrink of Finleyville rides a miniature jeep with the Jeepers organization Saturday in the Monongahela Veterans Day parade. He was accompanied by his mother, Hayle Fosbrink.  To ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School Board was commended for its responsible financial management during Wednesday’s school board meeting. During a presentation of a draft of ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County has worked to increase how many people can be sheltered this winter by 65% compared to the number of available beds just two years ago. The Depar...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Federal funding will soon be available to help curb gun violence. This week, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency announced the availability of $3.5 ...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny Charter School in Versailles Borough celebrated its third annual “S.T.E.A.M. Night” on Wednesday.   Students, parents, and faculty of t...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The 21st annual Elizabeth Forward Middle School Veterans Day Assembly was once again a massive success, with former military personnel, their family and friends, the s...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com The family of a World War II veteran has been reunited with a piece of their loved one’s history that had been buried under an Australian airfield for eight decad...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com An inspirational Salute to Veterans at Thomas Jefferson High School Friday honored and celebrated local veterans, including TJ grads who lost their lies in the li...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Community Foundation of Fayette County has awarded a grant to support a local high school musical showcase. The first Catalyst for Change grant has been presente...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum held a grand opening Thursday morning for its new Welcome and Education Center. The additional building for the museum was decades in the mak...

Abigail McCune, a science, technology, engineering and math instructor with the Carnegie Science Center Fab Lab, recently visited Monessen Elementary Center with a laser-cutting machine to teach the s...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Motorists driving along Pennsylvania Avenue in White Oak recently may have noticed an olive-drab military helicopter setting on the hillside adjacent to the borough’s war memo...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monessen council approved a motion during Thursday’s meeting to demolish 16 blighted properties throughout the city. Prior to the council meeting, Monessen held...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council agreed Thursday to advertise to hire a part-time police officer without requiring a civil-service test after much debate about ordinances regarding...