By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com A Fallowfield township man broke the hand of a state trooper and injured several others who were attempting to take him into custody, after he allegedly chocked and...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A 28-year-old Charleroi man who was found sleeping inside his vehicle with his finger on the trigger of a gun on his lap over the summer has had all charges dismisse...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com A growing online retailer and home-delivery provider will be constructing two new warehouses in Allegheny county. The company, goPuff, is a digital convenience reta...

If you haven’t noticed any improvement in Pennsylvania’s infrastructure over the past four years, you’re not alone. A report by the American Society of Civil Engineers gives our state a C-minus grade ...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com It’s not often generations of military veterans from various branches get to sit in the same room to share their stories, but Belle Vernon Area Middle School studen...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com As frustrations continue to mount in the wake of recent flooding, Washington Township residents are taking matters into their own hands. Residents distributed flyers...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Washington County officials responded with disbelief to some of the allegations laid out by the corrections facility’s union members last week. In a letter dated ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A senior student at McKeesport Area High School was struck by an SUV early Wednesday morning on the busy road that runs along the front of the high school campus. The ...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward school directors unanimously accepted a draft of a 2017-18 annual financial report that includes a general fund balance of more than $3 million dur...

By TAYLOR BROWN  tbrown@yourmvi.com EQT Production Company has paid $294,000 in fines for Clean Streams Law violations in Allegheny County after puncturing an abandoned mine in 2017 that led to the di...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela council voted last night to approve the demolition of a Second Street house that was heavily damaged when the land began sliding following heavy rains...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Following a rocky few months of navigating state requirements, Monessen School District has finally replaced its auditor. School board members unanimously approved a...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon is cracking down on rain downspouts that have frequently caused flooding for other residents and business owners. With help from the street depart...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com During a workshop meeting Tuesday, Monongahela council members discussed a few projects the city might be able to pay for with Community Development Block Grant f...

By Bob Pajich For the MV Independent Our Communities of Elizabeth welcomed several Elizabeth Forward High School students at Tuesday’s meeting. The students are members of a team that is building the ...

WHEN WINTER UNLEASHES its fury, there’s no better gift than the feeling of warmth. Volunteers in Monongahela are working again this year to help people protect themselves from the cold. To read the re...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Howell Rescue Systems and the Charleroi Area Fire District are teaming up to make sure area children are not disappointed when they wake up Christmas morning. The Ch...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Four years ago, Kim Velmer thought of an idea for a community project in memory of her mother, Norma Dennis. She never thought it would grow into what it has today, ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Twelve western Pennsylvania residents, including one McKeesport man, have been charged with violating federal narcotics and firearms laws via a superseding indictment ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Eleven men who grew up playing sports at the LaRosa Boys and Girls Club of McKeesport, and who would later lose their lives while fighting during the Vietnam War, were...