By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area Superintendent Dr. Mark Holtzman provided an update on COVID-19 cases and mitigation efforts during Wednesday’s school board meeting. “We’re looking fo...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com When Rostraver Township officials began planning this year’s community Christmas event, they wanted to make it a point of stability in the year as well as a fun...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com On the heels of the Mon Valley’s first significant snowfall of the season Tuesday, McKeesport Meals on Wheels volunteers and staff on Wednesday worked to make sure cli...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Residents of the City of Monessen will not face a tax increase in 2021 if the preliminary version of next year’s budget is formally approved at the end of the mon...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Despite nearly an hour of debate, Ringgold School District directors remain deadlocked about bringing students back to classrooms. The district currently uti...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A middle school gym teacher in the Elizabeth Forward School district has landed a grant to promote joyful and creative learning. The $2,500 grant from the Alleg...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With less than a month to present a preliminary budget for approval, Charleroi Borough Council is still crunching numbers. Councilwoman Jeannine Motycki, who is head...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Meteorological winter” has come to the Mon Valley and Greater Pittsburgh region. Western Pennsylvania residents woke to snow on their walkways, cars and lawns Tuesday...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area students will not head back to class until after the new year.   Students moved to a temporary virtual learning model Nov. 23 and had been expected to...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com PurePenn, a medical marijuana cultivator and producer located in McKeesport, has been acquired by Florida-based Trulieve Cannabis Corp. The company announced that the ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than two years, state Route 906 between Belle Vernon and Fayette City has reopened.   The closure, which began in May 2018 after a severe rockslide brough...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Counting Thanksgiving blessings has turned into blessing others at Christmas for one Elizabeth Township child. Riley Harbaugh, 9, was reflecting on all her fami...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors are preparing to approve next year’s budget, and the proposed figures do not include a tax increase. Supervisors released the to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Another day, another unfortunate report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. This time, the DOH reported the highest number of deaths in a single day since...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com State officials are offering advice to help shoppers protect their personal information when checking off items on their Christmas lists.   The Pennsylvania Departme...

Jeff Kafton of Monessen helps Brianna Kroander, 6, of Monessen play a game on the computer at the Monessen Public Library on a rainy Monday morning.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This week started with the news that every county in Pennsylvania except one is in the substantial community transmission of COVID-19 category after last week’s n...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com As Elizabeth Forward students return to school today, they won’t be going back to their classrooms. The district will be fully remote for at least the remainder...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For years, the Monongahela Main Street Program has worked to energize and build the city’s business district in hopes of attracting jobs, shoppers and visito...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township Commissioners had their first reading of the proposed 2021 budget Monday evening. The proposed spending plan of $6.86 million is more tha...