By Matt Petras For the MVI The rock band Gene the Werewolf, fronted by Belle Vernon resident Jon Belan, will celebrate its 15th anniversary at the South Park Amphitheater concert this Friday evening, ...

Belle Pineau of Denver, Colo., brought her dog Mamoru to the Cedar Creek Dog Park in Rostraver Township Tuesday afternoon. Pineau works with the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival in West Newton.

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A motion included in the agenda for the Aug. 15 Charleroi Council special meeting was so vague it likely violated the state Sunshine Act, according to the Pennsylvan...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When Rostraver Township resident Chris Galiyas was tasked with creating a vibrant piece of art from four silos along the Yough River Trail in Connellsville 15 years ag...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com South Allegheny students are back to school and are getting used to their 2022-23 schedules. Interim Superintendent David McDonald is also settling into his new role, ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com State officials announced Monday that they have filled 10,000 requests for naloxone through Pennsylvania’s mail-based program. To read the rest of the story, pl...

Students in Jennifer Gardner’s fifth grade STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) class at Monessen Elementary Center started the school year with a challenge to build an “apple annihi...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Anyone who plans to participate in a pair of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection public hearings this week on the Westmoreland Sanitary Landf...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Business is booming in the Mon Valley.   On Monday, Department of Community and Economic Development Acting Secretary Neil Weaver saw first hand the successful resul...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Council heard from a leader of the Lead Paint Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Program of Westmoreland County last week and has planned a town hall meeti...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With this year’s celebrations of Labor Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving yet to arrive, it may feel a little early to be talking about Christmas. But before you know it,...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora held its first End of Summer Block Party on Saturday, featuring a petting zoo, pony rides, a bounce house, a Velcro ax-throwing game, Chuck-a-Luck, beer,...

By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media The state Department of Environmental Protection has cited the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill for leachate that leaked from the Rostraver facility on Wednesday and made...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Members of local environmental organizations have asked Monessen city officials and residents to attend this week’s public meeting on Westmoreland Sanitary Landfi...

By TAYLOR BROWN Trib Total Media The Class of 2026 at Thomas Jefferson High School headed back to class today after going through orientation over the weekend.   On Friday, incoming freshman visited t...

By Matt Petras For the MVI First Baptist Church of Monongahela joined other local churches for its third “Faith Night” Saturday, welcoming a large group for an evening of Christian worship music at th...

Ringgold make their entrances Friday at Joe Montana Stadium for the kickoff of a new football season.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council plans to hire an exterminator to alleviate the city’s rodent issues. Earlier this month, Mayor Ron Mozer said the city has a serious problem with...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Aug. 2 explosion at the Common Ground Building in McKeesport did more than shatter windows and blow holes in walls. It sent two people to area hospitals and displa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With many of the communities they protect lining the Monongahela River, local firefighters got together Thursday for a refresher course on water rescue training. To ...