By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Company made history on Thursday when it named longtime firefighter Mercedesz Lexus as its new deputy fire chief. Lexus, who has been pa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A traveling exhibit is giving Mon Valley residents a glimpse at some of the horrors of the Holocaust. “Anatomy of Oblivion” is currently on display at St. Sava Serbian...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Several parents said they were upset by Ringgold School District’s decision to move the registration cut-off up by a month for incoming kindergarten students. S...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Students at Pennsylvania Western University, California campus, participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event in the Natali Student Center on Thu...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In the McKeesport NAACP Unit’s second community meeting on the topic of gun violence prevention, panelists continued to push the idea that the community and individual...

By the MVI The West Pike Run Township’s new K-9 officer received a financial boost to assist in training and equipment thanks to the generosity of a township business. The West Pike Run Township super...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Dogs have good reason to chase fire trucks in Bentleyville. Discover Pet Health Poochtique and Spaw, Bentley Fire Department and Washington County Animal Respon...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Students and faculty of the Young Scholars of Greater Allegheny (YSGA) Charter School gathered this week to celebrate “A Turkish Night with a Spanish Twist.” The event represe...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District administrators held their mid-year review Wednesday, detailing the successes and shortcomings of the district’s post-pandemic curriculu...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the Charleroi Area School District community mourns the loss of one of its students, a neighboring district — and its four-legged friends — stepped in Wednesday t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Mon Valley EMS in Monessen will remain open despite some changes in the operation’s financial structure this week. Mon Valley EMS Chief Karen Newman said Wednesda...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Ringgold school officials insist that rumors about the high school dropping honors classes are just that — rumors. Leading up to Wednesday’s meeting, word sprea...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After 40 years of serving the California community, Ron and Sherry Messick locked up the doors to their Redstone Pharmacy for the last time Tuesday. The couple, who es...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Technology is more important than ever in and outside of the classroom, and Charleroi Elementary Center physical education teacher Amanda Bashioum has found a way to...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com HARRISBURG, Pa. (MVI) —Pennsylvania officially has a new governor. And his lieutenant governor is a son of the Mon Valley.   Democrat Josh Shapiro on Tuesday became th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi family is reeling after an accident late Sunday night took the lives of a father and son traveling on Interstate 83 in Dauphin County. Greg Stupar, 49...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Firefighters responded to a structure fire early Tuesday morning in Charleroi. According to Charleroi Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr., crews were called to the 700 bloc...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Dunlevy council honored a local firefighter Tuesday for his heroic rescue of an elderly resident from a house fire in November. Mayor J. Ross Landman praised Ch...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com A group of fifth-grade students were in the spotlight at Tuesday’s meeting of the Monessen School Board. Teacher Jennifer Gardner brought three of her students — Avery...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Three members of North Charleroi Council, the mayor and the long-time borough solicitor resigned Monday — and a mysterious, anonymous letter is partly to blame. Soli...