By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The defense provided for Mayor Matt Shorraw and the City of Monessen’s alleged violations of the Sunshine Act ignores council’s past practices and provides eviden...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The deadline has been extended by a week to submit letters of interest to serve on Elizabeth Township’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee. The board of comm...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com With the coronavirus pandemic not showing any signs of slowing down, people are looking for ways to return to normal. Professional sports are playing again, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church in White Oak has adapted its ministry efforts to help students and families in the McKeesport Area School District community deal w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The American Heart Association and U.S. Steel understand that proper nutrition and access to healthy options are essential in building healthier communities. That’s wh...

Joe DeMarco, 2, of North Charleroi plays in his grandmother’s garden Friday afternoon. His grandmother is Christine Somales of Monongahela.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania will operate remotely for the upcoming fall semester. Citing the recent rise in coronavirus cases throughout the state and across...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Model Cleaners closed its original location in Charleroi on Friday.   The company, which now serves all of southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia, started in 19...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Mon Valley girls stuck out the heat Thursday, offering residents a chance to cool down while supporting a good cause. Mia Wilson, 9, of Carroll Township and Gian...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The White Oak community is mourning after learning that a four-legged public servant has ended his watch. In a social media post, White Oak EMS Search & Rescue (WOSAR)...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Historical Society and the Donora Public Library have announced that the World War II exhibit on loan from the Heinz History Center will remain open to vis...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The California Area School Board approved a memorandum of understanding Friday with the California Area Education Association that will allow the district to of...

Lazer Glasser, 11, and his mother, Lisa, of Carroll Township stay dry under an umbrella Thursday evening while watching the Mon City Rams play at DiVirgilio Field in Rostraver Township.

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Ed and Jen Moslander of the McKeesport Pony-Colt Baseball Youth Organization say they love their community.   And through their passion for America’s national pastime ...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township may get a 28-acre parcel of land from Westmoreland County to use to benefit senior citizens and recreational development. Commissioner John L...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors haven’t met in public since the pandemic began in March and they have no plans to get together soon. While other municipalities hav...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A do-it-yourself approach to an annual fundraiser that benefits Westmoreland County trails has been a success.   Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the 21st...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A Westmoreland County woman is suing a former Monongahela police officer, police chief and the City of Monongahela after she claims one of the officers sexua...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two juveniles who were charged with attempted homicide in the beating of a Monongahela man with an aluminum baseball bat in December accepted plea deals this week...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A juvenile has been charged in the assault of two men and a woman after fireworks were set off close to one of their cars in Charleroi in June. According to Charl...