By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibilit...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The members of local rock band SiLK9 are glad 2020 is over. To prove their mettle, the band is scheduled to release its first single of the new year, “Tear M...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Some family traditions can be a little untraditional, like the one Lori Sauritch of North Belle Vernon has carried out with her grandchildren for decades. Sauri...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania closed out 2020 with more than 640,320 confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 15,970 deaths. The U.S. case counts hit the 20 million mark as the country r...

By staff and wire reports Virtual school. Shuttered businesses. Mask mandates. “Stay calm, stay home and stay safe.” Like the rest of the globe, the Mon Valley and the rest of Pennsylvania struggled m...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A new year is upon us, and a few Mon Valley lawmakers say they’re aware 2020 was a rough year for Pennsylvanians. Small businesses, families and individuals, municipal...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela is getting a small sampling of Asian art thanks to the city’s Main Street Program. The program’s Fine Art Gallery, located at 221 W. Main St., cu...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township’s fire departments received a bit of financial security in the 2021 budget, with the commissioners adopting a 3-mill fire tax for the first t...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council Wednesday adopted a $1.08 million budget with a 1.5 mill property tax increase. The new real estate tax rate will be 10 mills, up from...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Forward Township Supervisors met in special session Wednesday to adopt the 2021 budget. The $1.5 million spending plan was adopted unanimously with no incre...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For many children throughout the Mon Valley, Santa Claus has just left the building. After a 31-year tenure as coordinator for the Mon Valley Leathernecks’ T...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After a nine-day search, the man accused of shooting a McKeesport police officer is in custody. In a release issued just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Allegheny County police...

Walt Geroda of Rostraver Township takes advantage of Tuesday’s sunny weather to clean his vehicle at Val’s Car Wash in Rostraver Township.

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The 2020-21 school year has been a learning experience for administrators in area school districts. With two grading periods completed, school officials are ass...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Taxpayers in Monessen won’t see a rate hike in 2021 as council approved a budget that holds the line on property taxes. The 2021 budget maintains the 2020 millage...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic has forced families, businesses and nonprofit organizations to adapt. But for the Charleroi Area Harvest Bounty Program, it has taught voluntee...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela council passed its 2021 budget, which doesn’t include a tax increase for residents, Tuesday morning. The real estate millage rate for 2021 will h...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After nine days of being on the lam, the man accused of shooting a McKeesport police officer Dec. 20 is in custody. In a release issued at 6:54 p.m. Tuesday, Allegheny...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With 2020 being the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and its damaging impact on the economy, many store owners didn’t know what to expect when it came time for ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s council meeting Monday revealed the city was dropped by its health insurance provider, three union employees filed grievances and an accusation from Oc...