By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com In response to an online video posted by Monessen’s absentee mayor, the city’s acting mayor issued his own “State of the City” address Thursday.   On New Year’s Day,...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Magisterial District Judge Mark Wilson has successfully completed a mentoring program and a state conduct case against him has been dismissed. A complaint was fil...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Two Pittsburgh men involved in a Monessen drug bust have been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court.   Taiwan Larue, 19, of Island Avenue and Jamaal Sm...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport-based Democratic state Sen. Jim Brewster is one of three state senators introducing legislation aimed at boosting Pennsylvania’s manufacturing sector. On Fr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The state secretary of health on Friday urged residents to prioritize safety and take necessary precautions as snow is forecast for much of the commonwealth this weeke...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen man accused of fighting and attempting to run over his son outside a Rostraver Township business has been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Co...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, which has reported reductions in review time and a backlog of pending permit applications, is launching two ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday stripping Mayor Matt Shorraw of the powers of his office until he attends a council meeting. Councilman A...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A motion to increase the pay of street department workers in Donora led to another argument among council members Thursday punctuated with heavy bangs of the gave...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Glassport man who allegedly admitted he shot his two dogs because they wouldn’t stop following him home has been charged with cruelty to animals. Quincy Cowans, 28, ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Aquatorium Innovations intends to hold its sixth annual Rockin’ on the Mon summer concert series this year. Concerns that the Monongahela nonprofit may not be abl...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Police are searching for a Charleroi woman accused of opening credit cards in the name of a bedridden elderly women who lives in a personal care home. Jamie D. Began...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com New potholes are expected to form when municipal, county and PennDOT plow trucks hit the roads. With snow showers forecast over the next few days, the Allegheny County...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Gov. Tom Wolf announced more than $2.6 million in Business-Education Partnership grants Thursday to 22 local workforce development boards, three of which serve the M...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man accused of assaulting and “stomping” on his girlfriend in a Crest Avenue home in front of her young daughter and threatening to kill everyone in the ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Charleroi man accused of smashing his girlfriend’s head into the wall and assaulting her while she was holding her 3-year-old toddler was ordered to stand trial in...

REORGANIZATION MEETINGS RECENTLY took place in numerous municipalities, and with the second week of the new year under way we are calling for calm and cooperation. Too often, that has not been the cas...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Health Department is warning Mon Valley residents — especially those with asthma, bronchitis or emphysema, as well as children and the elderly — t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The house that was heavily damaged on Second Street in Monongahela after a landslide in September has been demolished, but not before causing the property owner a...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com More than a year after a local nonprofit organization announced it would be revitalizing the Mid Mon Valley Council of Governments, the group will meet for the first...