By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents in Monongahela who have been asking for the city’s library to open its doors to the public will soon get their wish granted. Sort of. On Monday, th...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Catherine and Vernon Long have been adopted — twice in the past two weeks. Last month, The Crew Missions, a faith-based nonprofit that helps families, senior citizen...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When Washington County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. Jerry Jericho gets home from work, his cheeks sometimes hurt from smiling.   Jericho has been a deputy with the depa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen is on its third city controller in eight months, and the newest appointee will likely be a familiar name.   Retired city Clerk Rosalie Nicksich was named...

Enjoying a picnic Thursday at Cedar Creek Park, from left, are Eli Komperda of Scottdale, Payge Crist of Mt. Pleasant, Elisha Miller of Fairchance, Ellie Crist of Mt. Pleasant and Madalynn Miller of F...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When the historic Elks lodge was sold at auction last year, Mon Valley residents were curious of what would become of the 115-year-old building on Fallowfield Avenue...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s International Village may have been canceled this year, but that isn’t stopping the McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center from celebrating the eth...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Clowning around is serious business for Charleroi resident John Hisiro. Hisiro, 74, a clown with the Syria Shrine Center of Pittsburgh since the late 1990s, ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Borough Council met by telephone Thursday night in light of concerns about COVID-19, but there were some issues with the sound. Councilman Joe Greco asked ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Students in the Charleroi Area School District will stay hydrated on campus this year thanks to a donation from a local bank. On Tuesday, cfsbank announced a donatio...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The Monessen School Board has adopted a COVID-19 Safety Plan that calls for four weeks of complete virtual education to start the school year. The school calend...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Parking will be free in Charleroi starting today. During a council meeting Wednesday, officials weighed the pros and cons of the move. Parking is currently enforced ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council had another disagreement this week about an action the mayor took without first discussing it with the rest of council. This time, Mayor Mat...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The Fourth of July holiday may have ended more than a month ago, but that hasn’t stopped some people in Monongahela from shooting off fireworks within the ci...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After being pulled from the water in 2018, a portion of the kayak launch in Charleroi remains on land, nearly hidden by overgrown weeds and covered in graffiti — but...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Despite a Westmoreland County judge’s ruling that actions taken during Monessen’s first meeting this year are null and void, the city’s solicitor believes council...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Elizabeth Borough Building is on lockdown and the police department is out of commission after more than half the officers were exposed to COVID-19. Police ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A rehabilitation project on the Jerome Street Bridge that PennDOT has been talking about since 2017 is officially underway. PennDOT District 11 spokesman Steve Cowan a...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A man was taken to a local hospital Tuesday after being electrocuted while trimming trees in Charleroi.   Charleroi Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said crews were call...

By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Westmoreland County Commissioners need more information and more time to analyze that information before deciding whether they should enter into a cooperati...