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...

By KRISTIE LINDEN   and Max ROBINETTE klinden@yourmvi.com, mrobinette@yourmvi.com The day before a four-alarm fire broke out at Elizabeth Forward High School, members of the spring musical cast and cr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport firefighters are doing their part to pay tribute to the memory of fallen Officer Sean Sluganski and show support for his family. Sluganski was fatally shot ...

By JOYCE HANZ Trib Total Media Brittany Weaver of Monessen broke down in tears Sunday afternoon en route to pay her respects to slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski. Sluganski, 32, of McKees...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Two Mon Valley School Districts were recognized by the American Association of School Administrators as being educational models for the entire country The organizatio...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Members of McKeesport’s police force are still grappling with the shooting of two officers Monday in the city’s Grandview neighborhood. Police Officer Sean Sluganski d...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Many Mon Valley residents have been eager to pay their respects and express their sympathy to the family and fellow first responders of slain McKeesport police Officer...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com When it comes to helping others in need, Rich Algeri is always the first to roll up his sleeves and ask, “What can I do?” After hearing the tragic news of two McK...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Third, fourth and fifth graders at Charleroi Elementary Center know how to cut a rug. The school hosted its first Valentine’s Day Date Night dance Friday. Sons ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Declan Blair is a word whiz.   An eighth-grader at the Charleroi Area Middle School, he recently became the third student in the school’s history to win the spelling...

With temperatures at nearly 70 degrees Thursday afternoon, KayAleah Long, 10, of Monessen, joined her stepmother, Tina Hess, for a walk in Monessen City Park and paused for a moment to demonstrate her...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Surrounded by a large group of law enforcement — including multiple McKeesport police officers — the man accused of shooting two city officers was taken into custody T...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A water main on Fourth Street in Monongahela broke again Thursday, just three weeks after the same line burst and flooded multiple local businesses. Witnesses a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council approved a resolution last night that will mandate and organize the city’s repayment of funds that were improperly transferred out of the line us...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council hired a bookkeeper Thursday, continuing to fill borough building positions after months of being short staffed. Council members approved Kelli Ke...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Hundreds of people who were gathered at Renziehausen Park for a candlelight vigil erupted with cheers and applause Wednesday night when a man called out that police Of...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that dockets related to the case against a man accused in connection with a November homicide in Rostraver Township m...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After months of hearings and hours of testimony, the Rostraver Township Zoning Hearing board unanimously voted to deny a special request from Olympus Energy requesting...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora’s civil service commission held a second hearing Wednesday to determine if former police superintendent Jim Brice should be reinstated. Council fired Bri...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As the General Assembly heads into the 2023-24 budget season, there is work to be done – particularly when it comes to funding public schools. A Pennsylvania judge r...