By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For anyone who needs some cheering up this holiday season, New Eagle resident Aaron Gilstrap will gladly invite them to his house. Don’t worry, you can’t mis...

By Joe Napsha and Brian C. Rittmeyer Trib Total Media More than 13,000 customers of West Penn Power Co. and Duquesne Light were without power Sunday afternoon as a result of high winds that swept thro...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In the midst of a global pandemic, Mon Valley residents are still finding ways to help their neighbors.   Separate community events will be held Saturday in Monessen...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After 11 years of coming up with catchy phrases to promote the Elizabeth Forward Area School District’s annual food drive, there wasn’t any need to think about ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (McKeesport-Duquesne) has found a creative way to mark Advent. Advent is the first season of the Christian church year, leading up to ...

Members of the Elizabeth Forward High School football team walk to their buses Friday afternoon during the school’s “Warrior Sendoff” before facing Central Valley in the WPIAL Class 3 championship gam...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jeff Bibel and David Sethman are doing their part to make sure U.S. military veterans who lost their lives in the Vietnam War will not be forgotten. As membe...

By Paula Reed Ward Trib Total Media The Republican candidate for state Senate running against incumbent Sen. Jim Brewster has filed a petition in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to set aside 2,349...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Raymond Weigand Jr., a 99-year-old decorated U.S. Navy veteran, could talk for hours about his service during World War II. The McKeesport native and longtime Liberty ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Fall cleanup is underway in Elizabeth Township, with crews picking up leaves and brush at curbside. Paul Twale, the township public works foreman, said he will ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After two separate gas leaks in Charleroi burned the fire department’s gas meters, EQT stepped in to help. Last October, firefighters, street workers and the Departm...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen veterans will host their annual flag retirement ceremony Monday.   Ron Chromulak, commander of VFW Post 1190 in Monessen, said the event is held each year i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A young pageant queen from the Mon Valley “adopted” two Washington Township police officers last week. Giovannah “Gigi” Seroka doesn’t let her crown go to her head. Th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Incumbent Democrat state Sen. Jim Brewster took a razor-thin lead over Republican challenger Nicole Ziccarelli on the ninth day after the election. The race for t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As coronavirus cases rise across the state, the impact can be felt locally — especially for parents of school-aged children. On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council passed a 2021 preliminary budget that holds the line on taxes Thursday night, and it will now be on display in the borough office for the public to...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A Donora native now living in Monessen was surprised when she was selected as this year’s Generosity Award honoree for Pressley Ridge. Nellie Oslowski is a home...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic have caused another event to be canceled. Norene Price, director of Potter’s House in Monongahela, has decide...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Washington Township board of supervisors on Wednesday approved the 2021 tentative budget. Supervisor Chuck Yusko said the balanced budget, which shows $1,830,900 i...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Washington County will receive help from the state to upgrade its comprehensive plan. On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf announced the approval of six projects — and $228,00...