By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Lost pets may have an easier time reuniting with their owners in Monessen thanks to a donation from Mon Valley Paws. In conjunction with National Pet Theft Awaren...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School District hopes to become a model for virtual learning.   Director of Technology Samantha L. Shinsky recently provided an update to the scho...

Funeral services were held Wednesday to pay tribute to California Borough police Chief Timothy Sheehan, 50, who died Thursday from an apparent heart attack. Police and fire departments and first respo...

By staff and wire reports Pennsylvania is facing a temporary shortage of booster shots of the Moderna vaccine because providers inadvertently used them as first doses, setting back the state’s already...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The frequent winter snow storms are taking a toll on finances in Rostraver Township, with additional salt costs and overtime expenses. Township manager Jeff Kef...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District officials took one more step forward in the construction of a new multi-million dollar renovation project to the high school’s natat...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Forward School Board Wednesday gave permission for the high school varsity and junior varsity softball teams and coaches to go to Florida next mon...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 asked the city to waive some of its real estate taxes to help during a difficult time for nonprofits. No. 1 fire Capt. ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For Carroll Township teen Patrick Weldon, delivering Meals on Wheels to local residents means more than just dropping off hot food. Patrick, 14, an eighth-gr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of Washington Township residents have created a website and are circulating a petition opposing the potential construction of a dollar store along Route 201. C...

Nikki Jonczak holds up donuts at Valdiserri’s Bakery in North Belle Vernon on Fat Tuesday. Falling the day before Ash Wednesday, Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is traditionally the time to indulge a swee...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board learned in a January audit report that the cafeteria fund lost $196,000 last year. The board discussed ways to reduce future ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Charleroi Area School District will have additional learning opportunities this summer. In a report on Tuesday, Superintendent Dr. Ed Zelich said the...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The amount of weekly COVID-19 deaths in the area continues to drop, and Westmoreland County’s numbers are the lowest they’ve been since the fall. In Pennsylvania,...

The Lint brothers, Jonathan, 12, and Brandon, 15, of Charleroi cleared snow off sidewalks Monday. The Valley will get a break from snow today, but more is expected later this week.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com In a statement posted to its website Monday, South Allegheny School District said Sun Coach Lines is no longer the authorized transportation service for the district. ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Today is the first day candidates can circulate and file nomination petitions to run in the 2021 primary election. Coming off a tumultuous presidential election y...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic has forced local Catholic dioceses to change how Ash Wednesday will be observed this year. Both the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and ...

For the MVI Demolition crews are clearing away abandoned buildings on Clairton’s Miller Avenue as work continues on a new, $16.7 million mixed-use development. On Friday, following asbestos and hazard...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After two years on the Belle Vernon Area School Board, Republican Justin Kosanko is making a bid to serve as a Rostraver Township commissioner. There are two se...