By Julia Felton Trib Total Media Well, this stinks. Stink bugs are showing up in homes across Western Pennsylvania. With fall and winter approaching, they’re becoming more prevalent as they seek shelt...

Alyssa Lambert and Joshua Smitley, both of Donora, enjoy a picnic Thursday evening at a Palmer Park pavilion.

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia granted a request from Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday to reinstate restrictions on crowd sizes put in place ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Salvation Army in Monessen is kicking off a popular campaign early this year. The drive usually starts Nov. 1 and builds momentum leading up to Thanksgiving. Eac...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Historical Society has grown enough in the past three years that it’s had to put its monthly meetings on hold to comply with the COVID-19...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District has released new information about what its reopening plan will look like during the second nine weeks of school. The district asked fa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Many fish frys had to be canceled or scaled back this year because of COVID-19, but St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church of McKeesport-Duquesne has found a creative way to...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council may look to upgrade the borough’s handicapped accessibility when it’s time to apply for Local Share Account and Community Development Block Grant f...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Recreation is on the minds of the Rostraver Township Commissioners. A dedication ceremony will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the new playground in Collinsburg....

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Godzilla will invade the Mon Valley this weekend. No, not the gigantic green guy that demolished Tokyo. Legendary hard rockers Blue Oyster Cult will perform ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com If you were one of the people who spotted the bright flash in the sky around 6:25 Wednesday morning, you can add it to the list of rare occurrences of your life...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A veteran Donora police officer is suing the borough for defamation over claims the police superintendent sent a derogatory-filled text message about him that is damag...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township has not had a local police department in nearly a decade, but remains well protected thanks to state police. The township is one of a handful of...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area Charitable Fund received a $5,000 donation to bolster its perpetuity fund. The gift came from one of the founders of the fund, Tom Svrcek,...

By the MVI An Ohio-based company is buying ArcelorMittal’s U.S. operations — which include the Monessen coke-making facility — for about $1.4 billion in cash and stock. The deal, announced this week, ...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Enrollment verification forms went out electronically to parents in the Belle Vernon Area School District Tuesday, asking them to choose between full-time class...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallen North Belle Vernon firefighter Neil Cope will be honored Sunday along with 81 other people during a virtual tribute to those who lost their lives in the line ...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Riders who use the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority will soon see a change in bus routes. Because of the coronavirus pandemic and low ridership due to more p...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Donora Mayor Jim McDonough said he stands by the choices that led to him being cited by police for disorderly conduct. A non-traffic citation was filed against McDon...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com When Donna Guadagni’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer more than   30 years ago, it was the family’s first experience with the disease. “My mom was 59 wh...