By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com It will all be about man’s four-legged best friend when Cedar Creek Park unveils its newest attraction later this month. At 11:30 a.m. Sept. 26 a grand opening cerem...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com One week after her family’s Rostraver Township business was destroyed by a fire, Lee Gilmore is dealing with a new problem – looters. Hours before its usual Thursday...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A Charleroi councilman abruptly resigned from his elected post Thursday by leaving a letter that simply stated, “I quit.” During Thursday’s business meeting, council u...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi woman who accused her boyfriend of striking her toddler with a baby gate told a judge Thursday she fabricated the entire story because she was blackma...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Members of a Fallowfield Township family already facing charges of selling drugs to confidential informants have been charged again. Last month, Donald Franks, 49...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rumors surrounding the sale of the Rostraver Township Sewage Authority were seemingly put to rest Wednesday. During their monthly meeting, Rostraver commissioners un...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man is wanted by Donora police in connection with an alleged armed robbery on Murray Avenue just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Lawrence Martin, 56, whose last known ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com While votes and talk of renovations of city-owned or maintained facilities largely dominated the McKeesport council agenda meeting Wednesday, there was also talk of de...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts will wrap up its second annual summer concert series at Chess Park in Monongahela this Sunday. MVAA President Mark Smith said the...

CONTRABAND HAS ALWAYS been a problem in prisons, but with the substances getting more dangerous, Pennsylvania is responding with tougher policies. State prisons were put on lockdown last week after a ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Firefighters in Glassport were feeling the heat in more than one way Tuesday. With temperatures in excess of 90 degrees, and the humidity making it feel closer to 95 d...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen School Board came under fire from residents and teachers Tuesday. The work session, which was attended by at least 20 members of the Monessen Education Asso...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A Webster man is accused of leading police on a chase through four Mon Valley communities early Monday morning. Brody J. McFadden, 48, of Rose Street, is charged wit...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The campus pastor of a Rostraver Township church has big ideas to meet the needs of youth in the Mon Valley: organize a rowing team. As campus pastor of the Bible Ch...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com For the past 60 years, members of the McKeesport Art Group have been putting their talents on display in hopes that a local critic with an eye for art would insist on ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Carroll Township police department has added another officer to its part-time ranks. On Tuesday, township supervisors unanimously approved hiring officer Zackery ...

WITH OUR LATE-SUMMER heat wave extending into its third day, health experts are advising area residents to find a place with air conditioning, avoid strenuous activities, wear light clothing and drink...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Several Mid-Mon Valley school districts will dismiss classes early today due to the extreme heat in the forecast. According to the National Weather Service, tempe...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area held an assembly on Friday to give middle school students techniques and tips to deal with bullying. Author and motivational speaker Tom Thelen, who tra...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School District is working with Washington Township commissioners to increase security this school year. Board directors approved a motion last wee...