By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com At 6 a.m. Sunday, high school sophomore Makayla Puckey woke up and went to school. She didn’t grab a backpack, though. The 16-year-old Elizabeth Township junior...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A little more than a half dozen residents attended the first town hall meeting held at Monessen City Hall Thursday night. There was no set agenda, though Mayor Ro...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold school board approved the 2023-24 program of studies Wednesday, abating previous worries about vast cuts to honors courses. Last month, parents rai...

By TAYLOR BROWN t brown@yourmvi.com Decked out in pink, Carmella Moux was the most popular guest in attendance Wednesday when her mother received the first cans of formula from the Monessen Family Cen...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Heavy equipment was transported to Elizabeth Forward High School on Wednesday to start a partial demolition of the fire ravaged auditorium. Sunday’s fire led to “sev...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com In light of the recent tragedy that took McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski’s life and left Officer Chuck Thomas wounded, students and staff at Elizabeth Forward...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Valentine’s Day was extra sweet for Belle Vernon Area life skills students who danced the morning away with their friends Tuesday. For the past three years, the scho...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board accepted the resignation of its youngest member Wednesday. Harley Bobnar will step down Feb. 28 after serving three years on the board...

By Matt Petras For the MVI While stationed in California during his Marine Corps service, Michael Lisovich would visit his grandfather, who ran a winery. “I think that always put the bug in my head th...

By PAULA REED WARD, JULIA FELTON, RYAN DETO and JULIE MARUCA Trib Total Media “I’m a cop.” With those simple words, Sean Sluganski reaffirmed who he was, what he stood for and how he wanted to be view...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Masses of people waving American flags and holding “We Support Our Police” signs lined the streets of McKeesport Tuesday as the funeral procession for fallen city poli...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As Elizabeth Forward processes Sunday’s fire at the high school, residents have stepped up in many ways to show that kindness can be   contagious.   A four-alarm fir...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon has a new council member. Magisterial District Judge Wayne Vlasic swore in Harry Jones during Tuesday’s public meeting after members unanimou...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Several students were celebrated for their academic feats at Monessen’s school board meeting Tuesday night. The school board meeting started with a video commemorating...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In McKeesport and its surrounding municipalities there is a phrase that refers to school, community and team spirit:   “Once a Tiger, always a Tiger.”   The spirit of ...

Charleroi Elementary Center kindergartners William Mack and Lucy Neill created boxes that look like a dinosaur and a fox at a recent Valentine’s Day party.

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township’s police chief updated Forward Township residents on fire damage at Elizabeth Forward High School during Monday’s supervisors meeting. The bu...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In the wake of Sunday’s fire at Elizabeth Forward High School, leaders are slowly becoming more aware of what the road ahead will look like.   Flames engulfed the hi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com   The cast and crew of Elizabeth Forward High School’s spring musical and the marching band are among the hardest hit by Sunday’s four-alarm fire. The day befor...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Flames engulfed the auditorium of Elizabeth Forward High School early Sunday morning, causing structural damage in areas of the building and smoke damage throug...