By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Council hopes to work together with the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi to see what its assets are worth. But, it appears leaders at the authority ar...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com There has been a gain of 30 businesses in Monongahela and that the city is thriving in many ways, including increasing population, more employment opportunities and po...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Nine hearings on the matter of Olympus Energy’s special exception request — almost 30 hours of proceedings going back to February — and still more time is ne...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, has won the first election in the newly created 50th District, according to unofficial results Tuesday night. Cook got...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com State Rep. Eric Davanzo appears to be headed for another two-year-term representing several Westmoreland County communities. Davanzo, a union carpenter, ran against De...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com With 63 of 64 precincts reporting between Allegheny and Washington counties, it appears Republican Andrew Kuzma will be the next state Representative of the 39th ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com With nearly all precincts reporting, Democrat Summer Lee appears to have won the race for the 12th Congressional District against Republican Mike Doyle.   In Alle...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Valley voters who live in the state’s 35th Legislative District weren’t having double vision while looking at the ballot Tuesday.   Democrat Austin Davis’ name app...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com A courageous, all-hands-on-deck effort Monday prevented a brush fire from scorching facilities at Elizabeth Forward Youth Athletics/Mt. Vernon Fields.   Poli...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Today is Election Day and the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. statewide – anyone in line at 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote. Voters who chose to apply for...

Angie Mathers, 16, of Fallowfield Township pushes Mason Brown, 17, of Carroll Township on a swing Monday afternoon in Monessen’s City Park.  

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When California’s Abby Salzman scoured the list of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania program, she was surprised by what she saw. She had ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Elementary Center students who are getting used to performing on stage will have an opportunity to showcase their talents alongside their older peers later...

Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi was with the American Legion Riders   during a Veterans Day parade Saturday afternoon in Charleroi. The parade was organized by American Legion posts in Char...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport City Council has approved yet another demolition contract as part of the McKeesport Rising initiative. Like others this year, the contracts targets blighted...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Richard Algeri has resigned as an Elizabeth Township commissioner.   The board’s November agenda released Friday on the township website includes a motion to...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI The Mon Valley Leathernecks, a group of U.S. Marine veterans, gathered at the Donora Municipal Building Saturday night to celebrate the 247th anniversary of the founding of th...

By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media About $20 million of a nearly $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill is being put toward the reconstruction of the Interstate 70 and Route 51 interchange in Rost...

Hailey Sortore, a senior at PennWest University’s California campus, steps outside the Herron Recreation and Fitness Center to enjoy unseasonably high temperatures Friday afternoon. Sortore is under a...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Hundreds showed up for the grand opening of Roll ‘R’ Way Family Skating Center Friday at the former Valley Skating Center in Donora. Young and old from around t...