EF again delays final vote on ’26-’27 budget
Latest News, Main
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 27, 2026
Friday’s meeting was recessed until Monday evening at the middle school auditorium. On Friday, in a continuation of Wednesday’s Elizabeth Forward school board meeting, directors again voted to recess ...
Gridiron all-star lost over Berlin on Black Monday
Latest News, Main
STORIES BEHIND THE STARS
June 27, 2026
This story is part of Mon Valley Sons of World War II, a series about our sons who lost their lives in service to our country during the war. By JOHN J. TURANIN For the MVI Monongahela’s Thomas Kon ha...
250th celebration set in Belle Vernon Borough
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
June 27, 2026
Belle Vernon to join the nationwide celebration honoring America’s 250th birthday. For the MVI Belle Vernon Borough invites residents and visitors to celebrate America’s 250th Birthday during the free...
Guttman Holdings Day of Giving in NBV
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
June 27, 2026
Volunteers from Guttman Holdings recently partnered with North Belle Vernon Council to dedicate their time for a “Day of Giving” patriotic community cause. Brad Teets (shown at left) and Jesse Lininge...
United Way to invest $21M into human service agencies
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
June 27, 2026
The $21 million investment will benefit 138 programs run by 121 nonprofit agencies. By the MVI United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania announced investments of $21 million over the next three years to...
Minimum wages will rise in more than 20 cities, states in July, but not in Pa.
Latest News, Main, News
June 27, 2026
By Kevin Hardy, Pennsylvania Capital-Star June 24, 2026 Workers in more than 20 cities and states will see the minimum wage increase next month as local governments continue to raise the wage floor am...
Pennsylvania mothers urge passage of paid family and medical leave proposal
Latest News, Main, News
June 27, 2026
By Emily Scolnick, Pennsylvania Capital-Star June 25, 2026 Emily Scolnick is a 2026 Dow Jones News Fund intern at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.  Six weeks after Nicole Kutufaris of Philadelphia gave ...
Waiting for a bite
Latest News, Main
June 26, 2026
Sisters cast their lines into the Youghiogheny River near the Boston section of Elizabeth Township Thursday afternoon. From front to back are Kinslee Brucker, 10, Jonnalee Brucker, 12, and Charlee Bru...
Prospective Mon View Heights buyer meets complex residents
Latest News, Main
By By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI 
June 26, 2026
A representative of Camber Property Group discussed changes that could take place if the company is able to buy the housing development. New York City-based Camber Property Group hosted a “resident li...
Elizabeth Township begins nation’s 250th birthday celebration
Latest News, Main
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 26, 2026
Numerous historical events are being planned to mark the nation’s 250th birthday. Elizabeth Township kicked off its celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States Thursday evening at the Rock ...
Monessen to seek grant for Parente Boulevard project
Latest News, Main
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 26, 2026
July 1 is the deadline to apply for the money without the requirement of matching funds. Monessen council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday that will allow the city to move forward with apply...
Area man jailed without bail on rape charges
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
June 26, 2026
Police seized a weapon following allegations that the man was armed during a sexual assault at a party. By RENATTA SIGNORINI TribLive A Rostraver Township man is being held without bail at the Westmor...
History lessons in Monessen
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
June 26, 2026
As the school year ended, Monessen Elementary Center third-grade teacher Jordan Goydich invited a representative of the Greater Monessen Historical Society to talk to her students about the City of Mo...
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport struggles to survive following Spirit’s grounding
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
June 26, 2026
The air traffic control tower remains active and is staffed 6 days a week. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Spirit Airlines’ signs have been removed from the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport terminal, the r...
Pittsburgh council gambles on skill games tax by voting in favor of levy
Latest News, Main
June 26, 2026
By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday voted to tax skill games, though whether the city will ever be able to collect the tax depends on what regulations or levies the state ...
Monessen Night Out brings community together
Latest News, Main
June 25, 2026
Monessen police Officer Mike Piccini presents police department cups, coloring books and Child ID kits to Raegan Livingston, 7, of Monessen, during Monessen Night Out on Wednesday evening at Monessen ...
McKeesport football coach resigns; Smith hired
Latest News, Main
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2026
The school board voted to accept his resignation during a special meeting Wednesday and hired Tom Smith as the head high school football coach. The McKeesport Area School Board accepted the resignatio...