By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen has approved a new five-year contract with its police officers. The deal with Teamsters Local 205 is retroactive to Jan. 1 and will end Dec. ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley continues to do its share to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and on Wednesday Monessen will be the site of another vaccination clinic held by a f...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Graduating seniors in the California Area School District are eligible for a new scholarship this year that honors the late California Borough Police Chief Tim ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak council took action last week to make improvements at the borough municipal complex on Lincoln Way. The council, borough Manager John Palyo and Engineer Ken ...

By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Public input is being sought for the Mid Mon Valley Regional Comprehensive Plan. The project is financed through a $40,000 matching grant administered by the state...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Elementary students in the Belle Vernon Area School District had a bit of fun Friday while being community minded and competitive at the same time. After a mont...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A heavy house fire on McKee Avenue in Monessen that endangered local firefighters Thursday night has displaced a local family. Monessen Municipal Fire Chief Delmar H...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Nominees for this year’s Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater have been announced, with three of the 24 nominations going to students...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A four-legged friend will forever be memorialized at Monongahela Valley Hospital.   Benji the therapy dog was a welcomed guest at the hospital, along with area nursi...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Throughout the Mon Valley, there are relatively few races that will be contested in the primary — but of those, most will be decided in May. In Westmoreland Count...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 virus may have shut down schools, stopped sports seasons and pulled the plug on concert tours, but it didn’t stop Monongahela’s Faidley House. T...

By the MVI Oscar winner and 1975 Monessen High School graduate Frances McDormand is once again in the race for top acting honors at the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday night. McDormand, 63, has received ra...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Thanks to a donation from a local organization, the Carroll Township Police Department is now able to buy some much-needed new equipment. On Friday, Monongah...

From left, Caitlyn Anderson, Ruth Joyce and Melanie Steeber brave the cold Thursday as they cheer for the Belle Vernon Area baseball team. After two chilly days, temperatures are expected to rebound t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In honor of Earth Day, U.S. Steel has set an ambitious environmentally friendly goal for itself. President and CEO David B. Burritt announced this week that the compan...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A multi-million-dollar project will soon be underway along the banks of the Monongahela River.   The Commonwealth Financing Authority has awarded funding to six loca...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township held its first Earth Day Community Cleanup Thursday, with an estimated ton of litter gathered from the roadsides. Commissioner President John...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For more than 40 years, Stockdale Fire Chief Tom Wilkinson has devoted his time and efforts to the communities he’s served as a volunteer fire fighter. On Mo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area school board on Wednesday heard from a local contractor who’s interested in purchasing the old White Oak School to convert it into an apartment buildin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi is having mixed fortunes on the hiring front. Council has been trying to fill some open positions in recent weeks, including laborers on the street crew, a...