By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Rain didn’t dampen the spirits of those attending the 16th annual Monongahela Valley Hospital/Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk Saturday in Charleroi. Despite d...

By Joe Napsha Trib Total Media Residents in McKeesport, Port Vue and Versailles borough are being warned to boil their water before drinking because of a microbial contamination, the Municipal Authori...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com There aren’t many schools where the halls are adorned with busts of Dracula, Frankenstein and Jason Voorhees and the rooms are aglow with candelabras. But To...

By KRISTIE LINDEN   klinden@yourmvi.com Five candidates are competing for three at-large Ringgold School Board seats. Incumbent Gene Kennedy is the only candidate who earned a spot on the Democratic a...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com When Norma Werner set out to trace her family tree, she did not expect to write a book of more than 500 pages, nor did she expect to discover historic connectio...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Students at St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School in North Belle Vernon took advantage of Friday’s sunny weather to spread some sunshine of their own. Approxim...

By JEFF STITT and TAYLOR BROWN jstitt@yourmvi.com tbrown@yourmvi.com After more than seven months of investigating, Washington Township police have filed charges in the case of Otto, a 3-year-old Germ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania American Water will invest more than $1 million to upgrade aging sewer main lines in Mc-Keesport. On Wednesday, the company announced the start of const...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The family of the late Alyson Higdon joined Mc-Keesport officials Thursday morning for the installation of an “Aly’s Rules” safety sign at the intersection of Eden Par...

By eric seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Residents of Jefferson Hills will soon see a new volunteer fire company serving the borough. A result of a year-long decision by Jefferson Hills firefighters...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon man is accused of shooting a dog during a birthday party in Monessen earlier this month. James Victor Scirotto, 46, allegedly fired seven shots f...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After nearly six hours, a police standoff in Rostraver Township came to a peaceful conclusion Thursday night. Rostraver police were called to West Spring Grove Boule...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Two women spoke out at Donora borough council’s meeting Thursday about their experiences during home burglaries this year, and they both had ideas about how safet...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A Rostraver Township woman who had been missing since Tuesday was found dead Thursday in Allegheny County. Dina Kotlar, 48, was reported missing by her family T...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen firefighters want residents to know the fundraising request letters in circulation are not related to either of the two Monessen volunteer fire s...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport firefighters are doing their part to observe National Fire Prevention Week. McKeesport fire Chief Jeffrey Tomovcsik announced this week that the fire depart...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With Halloween and Thanksgiving right around the corner, Allegheny County Parks is encouraging Mon Valley residents to take advantage of several fall-themed activities...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Officials from Monessen City and Belle Vernon Area school districts clarified details surrounding a Sept. 11 discussion about school merger talks and poss...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley YMCA will host the 10th Annual John Barbero Memorial Auction this weekend. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Highway Appliance, the event is se...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council has decided — at least for now — to table any zoning changes to the Monongahela Elementary Center-Dry Run Road corridor. In June, council...