Pennsylvania’s opioid disaster declaration expired Wednesday after state lawmakers, newly empowered to help manage statewide emergencies, declined the governor’s request for another extension. Democra...

Second-grader Charles Evans and fourth-grader Ari’Onna Verline-Jones wave as they get off the bus at Monessen Elementary Center for the first day of school Tuesday.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One day after classes started in the Ringgold School District, the middle school had to send home a letter alerting parents that people were inside the building w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Beverly’s Birthdays brought the phrase “it takes a village” to life Tuesday as its “Itty Bitty” program set up shop in Monessen for a community baby shower. It’s an ag...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The federal judge assigned to a lawsuit filed against the City of Monessen, its mayor, two councilmen and city administrator has set an initial case management co...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Problems with vicious dogs were brought up again at Tuesday’s council meeting in Elizabeth. Resident Margaret Fleischauer said she and her small dog were attack...

Mon Valley NAACP Unit #2274 and D’s Barber Shop in Charleroi sponsored free back-to-school haircuts Monday. Barber Jimmy Young gives Tristin Yuille, 4, of Monessen a trim. The free haircuts will conti...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District students headed back to school Monday and thanks to efforts all over the city, hundreds of students have new book bags and school suppl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Westmoreland County judge declared an independent candidate’s petition to run for mayor of Monessen invalid Monday morning.   Judge Harry F. Smail Jr. ruled Mon...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com It’s been a summer of changes in the Belle Vernon Area School District — most notably in the area of administration — but acting interim Superintendent Jeanine ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce were together Monday for a game of golf. MYAC, a busines...

The Monongahela Main Street Program and SydMor Arena co-sponsored a horse promenade Saturday in downtown Monongahela. The event was inspired by horse parades that were held 25 years ago when rodeos we...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Washington County District Attorney Gene Vittone, 61, lost his battle with lung cancer Saturday, leaving a void being felt across the county and statewide. Just...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Teachers return to Elizabeth Forward schools today, but they won’t be joined by the district’s students until Thursday. The teachers will spend the next several...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Canceling the California Riverfest last year due to the pandemic was incredibly disappointing, according to event organizer Michelle Kinsey. In 2021, there was some uncertai...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The coronavirus pandemic has caused some changes to the way White Oak Vet Center provides counseling services to the region’s heroes who served or are actively serving...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Nine years in the making, a memorial to Army Spc. Casey Casteel Jackson was unveiled Friday in Belle Vernon. The memorial sits along Route 906 as a tribute not ...

Members of the California Area High School football team look on as the sun sets behind them during practice at Trojans Stadium.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Borough of Donora, like the majority of Mon Valley communities, wants to find new ways to target blight and property maintenance and clean up the town. After ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A city in the Mon Valley is calling on its residents to answer a question: “How do you move around McKeesport?” Thanks to an Active Allegheny grant of more than $80,00...