The Duvuvei family of Charleroi, Jesse, Baylee, 6, Penelope, 4, and Ali, were in the pool with their dog Lily Thursday evening as the Mon Valley YMCA held its annual dog swim.  

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council members debated hiring a full-time police officer at Thursday’s work session meeting. Councilman Joe Greco submitted a motion to consider adding ...

By JOHN   RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com National Recovery Month kicked off across Pennsylvania Thursday.   A number of events across the region will advance this year’s theme, which is “Recovery ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com First responders in Charleroi had a busy afternoon Thursday.   Charleroi Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said the department responded to multiple calls, starting with ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Westmoreland County has earned a federal grant that will provide free upgrades to old houses with lead paint where young children live. During a town hall style m...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After 72 years of South Allegheny football games being played at Glassport Stadium, the program is ready to start a new chapter on its own campus with the unveiling of...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Vehement disapproval for Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill’s (WSL) proposed leachate evaporation system pervaded the atmosphere inside Rostraver Central Fire Ha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The annual “Joan Burns Kane Foundation Fun Walk 4 Kane” is returning to an in-person format this year. This year’s walk will be held at Kane McKeesport on Sept. 17. Fo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors agreed to hire a full-time professional firefighter to man the department under a new pilot program. During a voting meeting Wednesd...

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,...