By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In a state-of-the-city address Tuesday, Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw indicated that one of his accomplishments over the past year was uncovering corruption in loca...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Cindy Hebel was reading her Bible when smoke began to fill the second floor of her home Sunday, but because she was recovering from COVID-19 she couldn’t smell it. H...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com New Eagle is beginning the process of making landlords and owners of leased property responsible for payment of their property’s garbage fees. At a meeting T...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com A Virginia truck driver is being held without bond in the Washington County Correctional Facility on charges including homicide by vehicle related to a fatal ac...

Ken Bizzell Boyer of Donora browses through books Monday afternoon at the Donora Public Library. The library is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A decision in a federal lawsuit regarding Pennsylvania’s 45th Senatorial District is expected today. U.S. Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan issued a signed notice Monday evenin...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi had expected to a hire a borough manager this month, but will instead reopen the application process. Council decided to bring back the position after a re...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Wednesday evenings mean training for members of Central Volunteer Fire Company in Elizabeth Township, with two sessions to update skills every month. The fire c...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Monongahela council hopes to have members named to its boards for the new year by the end of the week. At its informational meeting Monday, council members s...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A 33-year-old man from Ohio who was working on a disabled vehicle along Interstate 70 in Fallowfield Township was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Monday morni...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Port Authority of Allegheny County has announced that Phase II of the McKeesport Transportation Center construction project will begin Saturday. To accommodate constru...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While fewer residents braved the cold waters of the Monongahela River Saturday for the second annual Polar Bear Plunge in Glassport, it raised more than $1,800 for c...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council approved an ordinance that updates existing laws regarding discrimination and creates a human relations commission. Council began discussing...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport council this week passed multiple ordinances and a resolution related to real estate and development in the city. Council approved an ordinance requiring an...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com In a little more than two months, food trucks will return to Highland Meadows Park in Elizabeth Township. Brett Maksin, who lives in the neighborhood, reached o...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The 150-mile Greater Allegheny Passage trail that extends from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., is full of rich history and heritage. And now, thanks to West ...

A handful of fans watched Friday night as the McKeesport girls basketball team hosted Belle Vernon Area. Games resumed Friday after nearly a month-long shutdown imposed by Gov. Tom Wolf to control the...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County led the state with the most new coronavirus cases Friday, while Westmoreland County reported its highest number of patients hospitalized with the...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com End-of-year paperwork showed unexpected results for the Elizabeth Township Police Department: a 25% reduction in crime for 2020 over the previous year. “Honestl...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than a year of planning, several Washington County organizations have developed a committee that hopes to prevent human trafficking and offer needed servi...