By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com On Monongahela’s Merry and Bright Night, a Christmas decoration made during the Eisenhower administration was hung from a utility pole outside of the Longwell H...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board will hold discussions during its January work session to determine the functions and protocols of its committees. Board member Rob H...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Families can bundle up, grab a snack and hop in their cars without driving too far to enjoy the magic of the season this year thanks to a new project organized by th...

Sociology major Lori DiMarco of Port Vue celebrates during the graduation ceremony held Saturday at PennWest University in California. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go...

The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office held its annual Shop With a Sheriff event Friday at Walmart in North Versailles. According to the office’s Facebook page, more than 100 children were able to pick...

By JOHN TURANIN For the MVI They lost their lives far from their Mon Valley homes. At Bataan, Guadalcanal and Normandy. In the air over Europe.   In the trenches of France, Italy and Germany.   On the...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s Ninth Street Clinic is now open in a new location on Fifth Avenue in the city. The free primary care clinic that serves uninsured patients was one of...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Christmas came a bit early for Charleroi’s spay/neuter program for cats.    After a fundraiser earlier this fall was canceled, a rescheduled basket bash held last mo...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After a tumultuous path navigating through the difficulties and complexities of mental illness, Belle Vernon author Jennifer Silbaugh decided to tell her story of self...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com When visitors walk into the Jacob Wall Pavilion at Renziehausen Park over the next few days, they will be greeted by a dazzling display of decorated Christmas t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora Council was unable to hold its scheduled budget meeting Thursday night because finance Chairman Gib Szakal left before it began.   Donora advertised that c...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Alliance Foundation, in partnership with cfsbank, awarded a $1,000 Town-2-Town Mini Grant to the Daisytown Community Center. The center was founded in...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com More concern was expressed by residents over the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill and its repeated violations during the Rostraver Township commissioners meeting Wednesd...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Leadership of the Charleroi Area School Board will remain the same next year. During Tuesday’s annual reorganization meeting, the board reappointed its directors to ...

PennDOT partnered with the Highway Safety Network and AAA East Central to host a Yellow Dot Clinic Wednesday at the Monessen Center for Active Adults. The Yellow Dot program is designed to assist citi...

The Festival of Trees, presented by the City of McKeesport and the McKeesport Recreation Board, will run from noon to 8 p.m. today through Monday. Above, Lolita Garcia, executive committee member of t...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com As part of the city’s preliminary budget for 2024, McKeesport property owners will experience an increase in taxes, which will “solely” go towards investing mor...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting 6 p.m. Dec. 28 to vote on the 2024 budget and tax levy. The meeting was announced during Wedn...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Council will consider ways to help Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services (RWNES) as the agency continues to face to staffing, equipment and funding hurd...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com About $70 million in funding for public libraries is being held up in Harrisburg by state legislators in the House and Senate wrestling over language in the bills...