Two-year-old June Wilson of Belle Vernon gives a bottle to one of the petting zoo goats at Sunday’s August Fun Fest at Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver Township.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Representatives of Penn-DOT District 11 took an up-close look at area infrastructure this week, including some Mon Valley roads. State Rep. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council will consider setting a fee schedule for the use of all borough parks. Councilwoman Cindy Brice said she was in Monessen recently and learned the c...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township Historical Society is giving residents an opportunity to leave their mark on history. Individuals and groups may sponsor a brick or slate...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com School districts throughout the Mon Valley have received funding to provide healthy snacks to students.   The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is administered feder...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com New Eagle council continues to discuss what to do with the borough’s broken-down dump truck. At last week’s work session, council members debated whether it ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After a long year off as a result of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the precursor event to McKeesport’s International Village ethnic food, music and da...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com For many people, Friday’s farmers market in Monongahela’s Chess Park was just a normal afternoon gathering of vendors, crafters and farmers. But for many Chr...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township Commissioners recently approved two projects — one for a housing development, the other for a new store. The Willowbrook Planned Residential ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon Area sophomore has big dreams for his future. William Schwerha recently graduated from a program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen Council discussed several property transfer issues at this week’s workshop meeting. Resident Kareem Straughn, who has purchased several properties from t...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Today’s firefighters have access to modern and cutting-edge firefighting technology and equipment that requires hours of training and preparation. But for th...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com This Saturday, kids under 18 will have a chance to beat a cop. And get some free ice cream in the process. Saturday’s Monongahela Area Revitalization Corpora...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There are now only five addresses in McKeesport still impacted by a do not drink notice from Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. It has now been 20 days since ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s a big year for the Saints Joachim and Anne Community Festival. Not only has the festival made its return after being canceled last year as a result of the COVID-1...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After streaming its meetings live via YouTube since the COVID-19 pandemic began, McKeesport Area School Board will welcome audiences back to the board room starting wi...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The land development plan for a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station off of Tyrol Boulevard was rejected Wednesday by the Rostraver Township Commissione...

By CHRISTINE HAINES and JEFF STITT chaines@yourmvi.com jstitt@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday signed the 15th renewal of his January 2018 opioid disaster declaration to help the state fight the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board will vote next week on the 2021-22 district health and safety plan. The American Rescue Plan Act requires each school district receiving f...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors addressed a newly implemented Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System — also k...