By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Voter registration is higher today than it was for the 2016 presidential election in most of the four-county region.   “It’s one of the parts of the state that’...

Maria O’Brien, 20 months, Sean O’Brien, Carly Mellinger, 12, and Sarah O’Brien, all of Monongahela, were “Hap-Bee” to be in the Monongahela Halloween Parade. See more Monongahela parade photos in our ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The former Rostraver Middle School building may get a new life — and a new name — as the Belle Vernon Area School Board is thinking about its future. The school...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District parents and guardians now have a way to keep track of positive COVID-19 cases in the schools. McKeesport Area Superintendent Dr. Mark H...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Lincoln Boro Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company is purchasing four or five new self-contained breathing apparatuses thanks to a nearly $25,000 donation from U.S. Stee...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com It’s been standing for nearly 150 years, and thanks to the Monongahela Area Historical Society, the Longwell House on Monongahela’s West Main Street will sta...

Thomas Ruffcorn, Derrick Tarpley, Nolan Konopka and Davey Timko, all of Brownsville, turned out to support the Brownsville High School girls soccer team, which played South Allegheny Tuesday night at ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Authority of the Borough of Charleroi will lift a moratorium on the termination of water services in December. During a business meeting Tuesday, the ABC Board o...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The increase in COVID-19 continued Tuesday as Pennsylvania broke its single-day record for new cases, Westmoreland County saw its most COVID-related deaths since ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Electrical Power Technology Program at the Mon Valley Career and Technology Center in Speers have received support to increase their skills and enhan...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Those who roamed the halls as McKeesport High School students in the mid-1970s and 1980s are getting a chance to relive a small part of their youthful glory days and s...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Being a Boy Scout is serious business to Michael Falappi. A 2020 Ringgold High School graduate, Falappi recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highes...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Initiative has been awarded a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to support quality housing counseling services in the Mon Valley re...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council is taking steps to improve the quality of life in the borough by addressing blight and other issues. Council held a demolition hearing...

Maddox Dinkel, 2, of Belle Vernon, Miley Ralston, 2, of Clairton and Mark Ralston, 7, of Clairton dressed up for Monday’s Halloween parade in Elizabeth

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com With Westmoreland County remaining in the substantial category for COVID-19 cases for the second week in a row, the Belle Vernon Area School Board has adopted a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com As Westmoreland County enters its second week of having substantial transmission of COVID-19, the state recommended Monday that all schools switch to remote learn...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Public Library recently received much-needed support from two community organizations. The North Belle Vernon Rec Commission, represented by Lynn So...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Company’s Quick Response Service is certified for another three years of operation following a state inspection this past week. “...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With Halloween around the corner, people are looking for scary stories and frightening folklore to add enjoyment to the season. But what if those stories wer...