By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A suspected drug dealer was arrested Tuesday after police found large amounts of cocaine and other narcotics in his Monessen home. The state Office of the Attorney G...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Ringgold School Board has approved a preliminary budget that includes an increase of 2/10ths of a mill in real estate taxes. The $46.5 million draft spending ...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County judge Tuesday halted the expulsion of eight Belle Vernon Area High School students cited this month for underage drinking at a charity event. The preliminary ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon will soon have a new emergency management coordinator. Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to remove longtime coordinator Michael Parzynski ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Another organization has announced that it will be calling McKeesport’s Tube City Center for Business and Innovation home. New Century Careers, based on Pittsburgh’s S...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area students and their families who participate in this year’s Roaring Readers Summer Family Literacy Program are in for “a road trip” around the city. Alo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of McKeesport Area School District students got a chance to “walk the beat” Monday with a group of city police officers. The four Founder’s Hall Middle School ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Two Monessen men implicated in a nonfatal shooting will not receive jail time.   Joseph “JoJo” Heath III, 29, of Motheral Avenue and Rashawn Ford, 23, appeared Monda...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board is going all in — and back to the drawing board — for its students as it plans a 2019-20 budget. During a special budget meeting Mond...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In Donora, seven people are fighting for three seats on borough council in the May primary. Incumbent Democrats John Conger, Dennis Gutierrez and Gilbert Szakal J...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com For the second consecutive year, Monessen Middle School teacher Stephanie Kirkpatrick has combined her two passions to create memories with her students. An English ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com The Forward Township Police Department added a new member during Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.   Township supervisors voted unanimously to hire David D. Bru...

By Deb Erdley Ethel Safo Peshok always encouraged her children to pursue education. On Sunday, her friends and family joined to honor the lessons the 96-year-old Monessen woman imparted to them. As a ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com About 60 people turned out Saturday in McKeesport to share their opinions on the potential legalization of marijuana with Lt. Governor John Fetterman. Fetterman i...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students from 14 area high schools got a chance to be “state senator for a day” Friday, courtesy of Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport. While they didn’t get to make any ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Volunteers are the heart of SPHS Aging Services. The first of three dinners to honor them was held Friday at the Monongahela Senior Center, recognizing volunteers fr...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Six candidates will vie for five open seats on the Elizabeth Forward School Board during the May 21 primary.   The candidates, all of whom have cross-filed as both D...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com “That’s an angry little machine.” With his safety goggles properly in place and a smile from ear to ear, state Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Jerry Oleks...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com State Rep. Justin Walsh, R-Rostraver Township, has proposed a constitutional amendment making it easier to remove elected officials from office for missing public me...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Eight Belle Vernon Area High School students have been cited for underage drinking at a charity event.   Charleroi Regional police Chief Eric Porter said Friday that...