By Jeff Himler Trib Total Media Barbara Piasecky of Hempfield was saddened by the news last week that Bishop Edward Malesic is slated to leave the Greensburg Diocese to serve in the same role for the ...

The Ward family of Blaine Hill enjoyed a Friday afternoon of fishing in Elizabeth. With Brittany and Walter Sr. are Walter Jr., 10 and Izayah, 3.

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com A global company will soon call the Mon Valley home. On Friday, the Mon Valley Alliance, an economic development organization, announced it has sold lot 11A ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department issued a new order Friday that relaxed some of the restrictions it enacted July 8, but kept some others in place as new cor...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District is taking an interactive approach to releasing information about schools reopening for the 2020-21 school year. The district released t...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The restart of classes in the Elizabeth Forward School District will be marked by several keywords: safety, flexibility and adaptability are at the top. “Our go...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township’s electronic recycling program will resume next month. In past years, residents dropped off unwanted recyclables, but items will be picked up curb...

Logan Wright twirls the ball on his finger Thursday while he waits for his Mon Valley Independent Summer Basketball League game in Elizabeth Township.

By JACOB TIERNEY Trib Total Media Elliott Group is permanently closing its center in Rostraver Township, which employed about 40 people, the company announced Thursday. “The decision to close our Bell...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com As school districts and parents prepare for an upcoming school year that is both uncharted and uncertain, Pennsylvania health and education officials have is...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Six months after lawsuits were filed against Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw and others for alleged Sunshine Act violations, the defense has filed responses in two cases...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania will offer $50 million in grants to help employers provide hazard pay to employees in life-sustaining occupations during the COVID-19 pandemic.   Haz...

By Deb Erdley derdley@yourmvi.com The financially struggling Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education on Thursday took the first step in a two-year redesign process that could see six of its 14 u...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com The COVID-19 pandemic has forced another cancellation. The borough of Pleasant Hills announced earlier this week it has canceled its annual Community Day eve...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It was a bright, sunny day at Mingo Creek County Park Wednesday when the Washington County commissioners gathered to dedicate five new and improved areas of the p...

Staff and wire reports HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania is imposing broad new statewide restrictions on bars and restaurants and larger indoor gatherings, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday, citing an “a...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Toilet paper hasn’t been the only thing Americans have seen a shortage of during the coronavirus pandemic. Across the country, including here in the Mon Valley, consum...

By the MVI The Senate approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday aimed to improve Pennsylvania’s probation system by addressing “serious flaws that have trapped nonviolent offenders in a cycle of incarcerat...

By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Staying home during the coronavirus pandemic may be good advice, but for some people, staying home also means being cut off from meals and critical health ca...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A single class in animal behavior at California University of Pennsylvania changed everything for Gina Munir, a 2011 graduate of Elizabeth Forward High School. ...