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...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After a drive-by style shooting early Sunday morning in North Belle Vernon, council and residents are hoping for better communication from the police department. Vir...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Ringgold High School graduate Larry Price lives across the country, but he hasn’t forgotten about his Mon Valley roots. Price, who’s called the state of Cali...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Parents in the California Area School District have scheduled a town hall meeting about the start of the school year following the district’s announcement that ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Little Food Pantry is now available in Rostraver Township for anyone in need — with no questions asked. The pantry has been set up by Fayette Resources, Inc.,...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two area senior centers want to make sure residents aren’t lonely in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.   The Monessen and West Newton centers for active adults ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Harvest Bounty program in the Charleroi Area School District has received a large grant to continue its mission. The program, offered through the “No Kid Hungry”...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Despite some conversation earlier in the year about installing a shooting range for police officers in Palmer Park, the facility hasn’t been built. According to D...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com An impromptu encounter between a Rostraver Township police officer and a group of children last month has received recognition as a positive example of communit...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An investigation is underway after a small airplane overturned during a landing Sunday at Rostraver Airport. Maurice Haas, the airport’s director of public safety, s...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com An unidentified boater was flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh area hospital early Saturday morning after a fishing boat was hit by another vessel on the Mon...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Students in the Ringgold School District will return to classes Sept. 1 — in one form or another — but their families have to decide by Friday the method they pla...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Multiple schools in the Mon Valley have been awarded COVID-19 Continuity of Education and Equity Grants from the state Department of Education. The agency has allocate...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com It’s been nearly two months since Jefferson Hills police officer Dale Provins Jr. passed away, but thanks to the efforts of local officials, his name and leg...

Fans cover their faces as they watch a Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League game between Lee Supply and Edward Jones this week.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The first ruling in a trio of lawsuits alleging Sunshine Act violations went against Mayor Matt Shorraw and two Monessen councilmen. Westmoreland County Judge Chr...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California Area School Board is slated to vote on a school reopening plan Aug. 19, but changes have already been made in how school will be operating. The d...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Superintendent Dr. Lisa Duval announced Friday afternoon that South Allegheny School District students will begin the 2020-21 school year remotely. She hopes to use a ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com First Commonwealth Bank announced this week it will consolidate 29 offices in Pennsylvania and Ohio, including the McKeesport location. Spokesman Jonathan Longwill sai...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com As the coronavirus pandemic and business shutdowns drag on, people are looking for inspiration to get through the tough days and weeks that may lay ahead. Gr...