By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department will hold its first craft show next week.   From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at the VFD social hall, located on Broad A...

By the MVI The Pleasant Hills Middle School’s annual Thanksgiving Food Drive kicked off Tuesday to provide food for those in need in the local communities. The food drive has been a tradition for more...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The communities nestled along the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers in Allegheny County have a storied history. Touting itself as “YOUR Mon Valley museum,” McKeespor...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela council and residents praised growing business in the city during a brief meeting Wednesday. Terry Necciai, executive director of the Monongahela Ma...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Certified Professional Accountant Mark Turnley presented Charleroi Council with an overview of the 2021 audit, and confirmed what Borough Manager Matt Staniszewski r...

By John Michael Rectenwald jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Would parts of Olympus Energy’s proposed fracking site in Rostraver Township overlap with a zoning district that prohibits natural gas drilling? The ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students from Charleroi quickly made friends with fellow high school students from Italy who became Cougars for a day during their visit to the Charleroi Area School...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PennDOT said it is taking steps to make safety improvements at an intersection in the 5-Town area.   An accident Monday evening in the Elco Hill section of Long Branch...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In the early 1980s, community organizers in East Brooklyn, N.Y., began building blocks of the American dream where nothing worth a dime had stood for decades — th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Our friends have our backs in times of joy and in times of strife. And a good friend is always in your corner to support you, your causes and your dreams. On Tuesday, ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Fall is here and so are decorations across the Mon Valley. To build season spirit, the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation is holding its fourth annual ...

Keli, Ed and Shelley Rosensteel blow bubbles Monday night in a tribute to their late daughter, Kaitlyn “Moe” Rosensteel, at a Ringgold soccer game.  

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors heard concerns at Monday’s meeting about noisy dirt bikes and quad-runners. Long-time township resident Howard Fleming asked whe...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area High School is looking to open the eyes of the audience as it prepares to put on its fall play, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Germaine Sickles’ famous apple dumplings will be available this week in Monongahela while supplies last. For the past two years, St. Andrew the Apostle Parish has sp...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Firefighters from Roscoe, Stockdale and California Borough were called to a busy and seemingly dangerous intersection in Long Branch Monday after a car flipped over an...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital Foundation held its 19th annual Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk on Saturday. In the first in-person walk held sinc...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its K-9 officers. “It is with heavy hearts we announce, after a medical emergency, Lieutenant (Bob) Eas...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is still working toward filling its deputy treasurer position, which has been vacant much of the year. “It’s not easy,” Mayor Ron Mozer said....

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport is home to a large cemetery that serves as the final resting place for a lot of history makers. And the McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center believ...