By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than two years, state Route 906 between Belle Vernon and Fayette City has reopened.   The closure, which began in May 2018 after a severe rockslide brough...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Counting Thanksgiving blessings has turned into blessing others at Christmas for one Elizabeth Township child. Riley Harbaugh, 9, was reflecting on all her fami...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Carroll Township supervisors are preparing to approve next year’s budget, and the proposed figures do not include a tax increase. Supervisors released the to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Another day, another unfortunate report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. This time, the DOH reported the highest number of deaths in a single day since...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com State officials are offering advice to help shoppers protect their personal information when checking off items on their Christmas lists.   The Pennsylvania Departme...

Jeff Kafton of Monessen helps Brianna Kroander, 6, of Monessen play a game on the computer at the Monessen Public Library on a rainy Monday morning.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com This week started with the news that every county in Pennsylvania except one is in the substantial community transmission of COVID-19 category after last week’s n...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com As Elizabeth Forward students return to school today, they won’t be going back to their classrooms. The district will be fully remote for at least the remainder...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For years, the Monongahela Main Street Program has worked to energize and build the city’s business district in hopes of attracting jobs, shoppers and visito...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Township Commissioners had their first reading of the proposed 2021 budget Monday evening. The proposed spending plan of $6.86 million is more tha...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Monessen residents ushered in the holiday season virtually on Saturday. Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw livestreamed the tree-lighting ceremony to his Facebook page and ...

The Nichols siblings, Zylee, 6, Jace, 8, and Brynley, 4, of Charleroi wave to Santa as he arrives by fire truck Saturday at Washington Township’s Holiday Lights celebration.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In a move that has become increasingly more common in recent years, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced another large set of mergers that will take p...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com While there is no time frame or even a firm commitment that the Pricedale pedestrian bridge over I-70 will be rehabilitated, there are also no immediate plans t...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Auberle’s largest annual fundraiser, which typically draws large crowds to an over-the-top party in Pittsburgh, is going virtual this year. On its website and in an em...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs hopes residents remember military veterans and their families this Christmas.   In the spirit of the holiday season, ...

Sierra Lisbon, 10, holds Kortney Nugara, 1, as she takes a photo Friday at Belle Vernon’s Light-Up Night. Both are from Belle Vernon.

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A resolution was introduced by a group of state lawmakers Friday to dispute Pennsylvania’s 2020 general election results. The resolution has 25 co-sponsors, inc...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office has closed the Firearms Division in downtown Pittsburgh until further notice as a result of a COVID-19 exposure. The announcement...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An investigation into the disappearance of a 15-year-old Jefferson Hills resident continues. Jeno Maretti was reported missing at the beginning of the week. Aft...