By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com   Four challengers and three incumbents will vie for five open seats on the McKeesport Area School Board Tuesday. Incumbents Jim Brown, Diane Elias and Joe Lopr...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township has several open seats to be decided in Tuesday’s election. Incumbents Mark Cain, a Democrat, and James T. Benedek, a Republican, will be seeking re...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Six candidates will compete for three seats on White Oak Borough council in Tuesday’s election. Incumbents Charles D. Davis, a Republican, and George Pambacas, a Democ...

Bentworth soccer players hold the WPIAL Class 1A championship trophy after defeating Charleroi in overtime in Friday’s title game.  

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com   With Election Day approaching, Donora council candidates shared their plans to tackle the borough’s crucial issues.   Five candidates will compete for three s...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Washington County, the race for district attorney features an incumbent who took over after former DA Gene Vittone passed away in 2021 and a deputy district at...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Patti Fiasco was only 17 when she first tied on an apron at Feig’s Bakery in White Oak.   She was just looking to make some spending money, but ended up with a lot more from h...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board race will feature five candidates vying for four-year terms, and two of those candidates are also in the race for a two-year term. I...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Patience is a virtue. That statement was proven true Thursday morning when local, county and state elected officials gathered with other stakeholders at the site of ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Area Education Association voted Thursday to reject the one-year contract approved by the school board at last week’s meeting, but the union hasn...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The former beauty shop and apartment building at 647 McKean Ave. in Donora has to be demolished, and last night council heard from consultants who may help with t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES For the MVI For decades, Jackie Conner has participated in nearly every Brownsville community event, often dressing as a clown to make other people happy. On Saturday, the communit...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com There’s not a lot that you can get people to completely agree with in today’s world, but one sentiment that is surely shared across the world is that there’s always ro...

Naomi Outreach hosted its annual luncheon for veterans Wednesday at the Cedarbrook Golf Course restaurant in Rostraver Township. Naomi Outreach was started in the early 1990s by Joni Kelley in an effo...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Washington County will elect three commissioners Tuesday and residents will have two incumbents and two newcomers on their ballots. Commissioners Larry Maggi, 73,...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nearly a year after being stripped of his title as street foreman in Charleroi Borough, Brooks Fox has reclaimed his supervisory role in the street department. Durin...

By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport was awarded a $1 million federal Environmental Protection Agency grant for a comprehensive environmental improvement plan, which will foc...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While there is a contested race in North Belle Vernon for three spots on council, no matter the outcome of next week’s general election, there likely won’t be a chan...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Khalid N. Mumin visited McKeesport Area High School Tuesday afternoon to introduce PDE’s new A...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In December 2022, a Donora man was subpoenaed to testify regarding a murder at Bob’s Tavern and immediately said he pleaded “the Fifth” to avoid self incriminatio...