By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township Commissioners approved a pair of conditional use applications Monday submitted by Monroeville-based Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration. One of t...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com For the first time in more than 20 years, there will be a tax increase in Charleroi. During a special budget meeting Monday, council unanimously agreed to pass a $2....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Washington Township Fire Co. responded to a fire in the 100 block of Leeper Road around 2:30 p.m. Monday. Fire Chief Edward Karol said when crews arrived on scene...

Vinoski Winery is supporting a nonprofit organization that is important to many Belle Vernon Area families. Walt and Roxanne Vinoski have chosen the Bag Brigade to receive all the charitable proceeds ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A little more than three months after construction began, the new Valley Dairy restaurant has opened in Rostraver Township’s Tri-County Plaza. During a VIP grand-...

WITH JUST A DAY LEFT to provide needy area children with gifts on Christmas morning, we are making this final appeal for contributions to our Christmas Cheer Club toy drive. Your donation of a toy val...

By Kristie Linden klinden@yourmvi.com Several of the seniors who live at TheResidence at Hilltop in Carroll Township are dreaming of a “White Christmas” — it’s the favorite song of many members of the...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Demolition of a former Monessen firemen’s social hall could begin by the end of the year, according to Councilman Dave Feehan. On Thursday, Feehan, along with Counci...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department was busier in 2018 than ever before. During a Charleroi council meeting on Thursday, Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said the de...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For one Penn State Greater Allegheny student who graduated Friday — and for his service dog — the road to commencement wasn’t an easy one. But lifelong McKeesport resi...

By RON PAGLIA  Please don’t tell me it’s been that long. Not 61 years ago. The year was 1957. A chilly night in December. A small “Special Notice” advertisement on Page One of The Charleroi Mail that ...

DEAR SANTA, if it’s not too much trouble, can you please add to your wish list our request that Monessen’s so-called Mayor Matt Shorraw step off his high horse and head down to City Hall? And while yo...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth Township group that gives back all year round received a present of its own this holiday. Elizabeth’s Guardian Angels, a group that helps residents of E...

By Rich Cholodofsky A Rostraver man serving a life sentence for killing his sister’s boyfriend in 2015 contends he was coerced into pleading guilty to first-degree murder to avoid a potential death se...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com  A Monessen woman who was scheduled to appear in court yesterday for alleged crimes at a city cemetery was found dead Thursday. Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner Jo...

By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com The staff at McKeesport- based Auberle is calling on Mon Valley residents to help them spread some Christmas cheer. “Each winter holiday season, Auberle provides the S...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com As part of Stop Overdoses in PA: Get Help Now Week, state police have released information about opioids they have seized this year. Lt. Col. Robert Evanchick, Acting ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen officials objected Thursday to Mayor Matt Shorraw’s appointee to the city’s redevelopment authority, but an expert on the state Sunshine Act said the move a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council is ending the year in the same way it began — with fighting, yelling and insinuations. The bickering overshadowed the fact that council made progre...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi is getting close to the deadline to advertise a 2019 budget, but council is still crunching numbers. The budget has to be posted for 10 days before council...