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By John Rectenwald [email protected] Five Belle Vernon Area Middle School eighth-graders are National History Day state champions after presenting research projects May 8 at a virtual competition hosted by the University of Scranton. In the […]

By the MVI The West Jefferson Hills Board of School Directors appointed Dr. Janet Sardon as the new district superintendent with a unanimous vote during a special board meeting Tuesday evening. Sardon brings nearly 30 […]

By RALPH E. STONE MVI columnist I was just one of the millions of young boys who had visions of running 100 yards for the game-winning touchdown, or hitting a grand slam to win the […]

Zayna Benning, 11, of Fallowfield Township, David Wells, 8, and Briella Wells, 11, both of North Charleroi, were climbing at the Elementary Park playground in Fallowfield Township Tuesday evening. 

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Legislation criticized by opponents as a vehicle for-profit water companies to take over municipal water authorities in Pennsylvania by imposing expensive regulations on them passed the Republican-controlled state Senate on Tuesday. […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Carroll Township Code Enforcement Officer Dennis Butler will retire this month — and this time he means it. Butler has worked in code enforcement for more than 30 years, with the last […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] Mantle House Mission has received a grant from the Mon Valley Alliance Foundation to make needed repairs to its facilities. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy […]

By TAYLOR BROWN [email protected] The Diocese of Greensburg will celebrate a Mon Valley native’s 40th year in the priesthood this week. The Rev. John A. Sedlak, a native of Fayette City, will mark the 40th anniversary […]

Judson Smolenski, 5, and June Smolenski, 7, both of Uniontown, and Emmy Hiles, 4, of Dawson had a picnic Monday evening at Charleroi Trustees Park. They were watching a Little League baseball game between Charleroi […]

By Jeff Stitt [email protected] The number of personal care homes in Pennsylvania that accept low-income residents is dwindling. Too little government funding, staffing issues and skyrocketing prices are cited by advocates as some of the reasons. […]