By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com To continue drawing new residents into Rostraver Township, a contractor is moving toward building 113 more homes in the township. Steven Victor of Victor-...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The process to remediate a problem causing fire hydrants in McKeesport’s Grandview neighborhood to have a low volume of water is one step closer to being under way. Ci...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com When Sgt. Vernon Hamilton left Monongahela in 1943 to serve his country, he was a 17-year-old who hadn’t yet graduated from high school. Vern was a 19-year-old Ar...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen City Controller Wayne Vlasic was victorious over opponent police Chief Jim Smith to land the role as the next Monessen magisterial district judge...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com It appears Republicans are   back in the driver’s seat on the Washington County Board of Commissioners. Holding onto their seats were Republican Diana Irey V...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Three candidates were running for the two open seats for Common Pleas Judge in Westmoreland County, with the newly-elected candidates most likely being assigned...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Michael Cherepko has been re-elected as McKeesport’s mayor, according to unofficial results from the Allegheny County Elections Division.   Cherepko, who held the Demo...

By kristie linden klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monongahela will have a new mayor in January and Greg Garry can’t wait to get to work. “I was pretty confident,” Garry said. “I feel wonderful, great,...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Republicans reclaimed a majority on the Westmoreland County board of commissioners. Voters elected GOP political newcomers Sean Kertes and Doug Chew to the three-m...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Gene Vittone is ready for another term as Washington County district attorney.   Vittone, 59, a Bentleyville resident, has served as district attorney since 2012 and...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Artist and Pleasant Hills resident Jim Allan credits a car crash as his inspiration that led him to become a successful, award-winning animator and miniature...

By Beth Hope-Cushey For the MVI Tina Sorrentino is determined to educate others by sharing her experience about the heartbreak of drug abuse.   The Glassport resident lost her 23-year-old son, Anthony...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media Jonathan Held, Westmoreland County’s long-embattled sheriff, lost his bid for a third term in office on Tuesday. Democrat James Albert, a retired Greensburg distri...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Shoppers at Foodland in Monessen will hear the familiar sound of bells from Salvation Army volunteers.   The bell ringing for this year’s holiday season b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More than 100 groups and nine World War II veterans will participate Saturday as Charleroi hosts the Mon Valley Veterans Day Parade.   The nine veterans, Armand Lore...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Testimony was heard Monday in Allegheny County Orphans Court on whether a parcel of land in Blythedale Park can be used for a pump station by Olympus Energy, th...

By kristie linden klinden@yourmvi.com Tomorrow night, Monongahela gets another chance to play a special role in Sgt. Vernon Hamilton’s voyage from the Mon Valley to World War II and back again. “Homec...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Public Library wants your old junk. Starting today, the library will collect all varieties of previously and gently owned goods from comm...

Cecelia ‘Cel’ Sala Tonecha Monongahela Cecelia “Cel” Sala Tonecha, 93, of Monongahela, Carroll Township, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. A complete obituary will appear in tomorrow’s edition of the Mon Val...

By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Angie Bidleck did some reading about the Pittsburgh area’s history, but wanted to learn more. When she learned of a tour through the former Donora Zinc Works, gro...