By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Westmoreland County commissioners on Thursday are expected to terminate a contract with Monessen to coordinate a plan to remove blighted properties in the city. Of...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com For one South Allegheny High School student, Boy Scouts have been a crucial part of development throughout life, and now he is working towards an Eagle Project that se...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela leaders accepted a contract bid — pending review — to repave Country Club Road and voiced concerns about debris on Main Street created by recent roa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A junction box that helps synchronize traffic signals with the railroad has gone missing in Charleroi. The box, which was installed neath 8th Street and McKean Avenu...

Students at Charleroi Elementary Center enjoyed “crazy hair day” on Tuesday. From left are second-grader Frankie Hatalowich and fifth-graders Olivia Kostelac and Cameron Olstein.  

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth may be looking to get out of the sewage treatment business.   The potential sale of Elizabeth Borough Municipal Authority assets to Pennsylvania Am...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Nonprofits across the Mon Valley depend on the generosity of the communities they serve.  D uring this year’s Day of Giving, dozens of organizations across the Mon V...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Parks Foundation appears to be eying the possibility of creating a trail connector between a county park in the Mon Valley and another in the Sout...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monessen City School District leaders congratulated students, faculty and staff Tuesday for a successful start to the school year and continued plans to work wi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When His Place coffee shop opened its garage doors to the public for the first time one year ago today, it had one goal in mind: to change the world one cup of coffe...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Two sand trucks contracted by Olympus Energy to service its Apollo well site crashed in separate incidents last week, Elizabeth Township officials confirmed ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak’s police chief is attempting to equip his officers with body cameras. During Monday’s council workshop meeting, Borough Manager John Palyo said Chief Mark Sa...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Forward Township Supervisors approved a four-year contract with the Elizabeth Township Police Department during Monday’s meeting. The contract runs through Dece...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Audiences at McKeesport Little Theater will soon be transported to the heyday of the “newsies.” While newspaper subscriptions and home delivery of some local papers st...

Tom Hall of Rostraver Township brought Chloe to the Mon Valley Paws Pet Walk and Vendor Show Saturday in Monessen.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s Swin Cash was enshrined Saturday into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Upon invitation by Cash — who also invited the entire current girl...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Will the shale gas industry continue to boom in the United States? Two Mon Valley communities could have a say in the matter this week.   To read the rest of...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s 2022 trick or treat will still be held in the evening, despite some concerns.   Council discussed the issue last week before deciding the event will ta...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Some of Pittsburgh’s stars are joining forces this week to put the spotlight on an organization based in McKeesport.   From 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Auberle will host i...

Teegan Murphy, 4, of McKeesport, poses for a photo with McKeesport’s Tiger mascot during halftime of Friday’s game against Belle Vernon Area.