By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Monongahela Democrat Steve Toprani has officially conceded to state Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township. They were competing for the 49th District seat in the stat...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Wolf signed a fourth renewal of his 90-day opioid disaster declaration last week and noted recent successes in the ongoing battle against the e...

By Natasha Lindstrom The death of a 23-year-old McKeesport man who was shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood early Sunday has been ruled a homicide. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Earlier this year, the women of Altrusa International of McKeesport learned there are several students in the McKeesport Area School District who worry about whether t...

By Rich Cholodofsky Westmoreland County Transit Authority bus riders will soon be able to pay fares through their telephones. Authority board members Thursday authorized the use of a mobile app that w...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Parks department is   offering its annual Christmas tree recycling program this year.   County residents may drop off Christmas trees through Jan....

Pennsylvania’s pets are a little safer today because of the “hot car bill” that took effect this week.   The new law gives law enforcement, animal control and humane officers greater freedom to rescue...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com For the first time in 16 years, Thomas Nutting will be rockin’ around his own Christmas tree. Trimming the tree used to be a job held by his younger sister, Patty, u...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Amid the darkest season of their lives, the Anders family is embracing the spirit of Christmas by announcing the creation of a gift in their daughter’s memory. Saman...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Citadel of the Salvation Army Capt. Sue Thwaite said she and the organization’s volunteers had three goals on Sunday: • Make sure no one at their annual Chr...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com While home for the holidays, soldier Carly Rock paid a surprise visit to her pint-sized pen pals at Monessen Elementary Center. A 2018 Monessen High School graduate,...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several Allegheny County residents who have been victims of various crimes and are struggling with the trauma of their experiences got a little Christmas cheer this pa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After opening up presents on Christmas morning, Heidi Ondorff and her son, Caisen, throw on their flip-flops and take a short drive through the El Yunque rainforest ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Today is my 28th birthday, and I am sure you are asking yourself: “Why do I care and why is this in the newspaper?” The truth is I was inspired to write this column by...

By LES HORVATH Before the sun came up on Thursday, all 13 members of the Bentworth Middle School cheerleading squad were already in school. It wasn’t an athletic event that brought them in early. Inst...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A major water line replacement project in Monessen will begin shortly after the start of the new year. The Authority of the Borough of Charleroi has announced Jan. 2...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office has added an area man to the list of alleged fugitives deemed “high priority” by the county court’s family division. Sheriff Will...

By Rich Cholodofsky A disgraced “predator priest” formerly with the Greensburg diocese finally apologized publicly for molesting a Catholic school boy in the early 1990s. “I am so, so sorry for what I...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania will soon expand its plant biology program through a unique hop yard, thanks to a state grant. Gov. Tom Wolf announced this wee...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Santa Claus is coming to town! He will hitch a ride with several Mid-Mon Valley fire departments to visit local children Monday before heading out on his annual worl...