For the MVI Belle Vernon Area Middle School will present holiday comedies, Chestnuts Roasted: Part Two, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.   Audiences will jump start their giggles with “2020 Hindsight: A Storied C...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Area residents braved harsh winds Sunday night to have a holly jolly time at Rostraver Township’s Christmas celebration. The celebration included a fire truck p...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com State Rep. Nick Pisciottano (D-West Mifflin) recently announced a new bill that would assist local small businesses against larger corporations in an evolving marketpl...

Lincoln Altemara accompanied Santa in a Monessen Downtown fire truck during the city’s Christmas parade Saturday.  To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our website at w...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Department of Human Services continues to work to improve its plans to help those in need of shelter as the temperatures keep dropping. Last ...

By TAYLOR BROWN   tbrown@yourmvi.com Eligible organizations can apply for more than $40 million in grant funding through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to help reduce gun violenc...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com After a two-week delay, droves of people took in the sights and sounds of Merry and Bright Night to kick off the holiday season Friday in Monongahela.   Hundred...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park will receive a little more than $1.3 million in 2024 operating and capital expenses from the Allegheny Regional Asset District’s re...

By Ryan Deto Trib Total Media Western Pennsylvania lawmakers were split on the vote to expel George Santos from the U.S. house on Friday. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Peters, was one of two from the Penn...

For the MVI The Carnegie of Library of McKeesport kicked off the holiday season Thursday night with a program of music and readings. About 50 people attended the event to listen to the Valentino Vasqu...

By the MVI Members of the Rotary Club of West Newton met Tuesday with state Senator Kim L. Ward, R-Hempfield Township, and local attorney Christopher Huffman in West Newton to discuss a handicap fishi...

George E. “B.J.” Johnson III, 46, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Monongahela and Charleroi, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. George was born in Monongahela on June 9, 1977, the s...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com One sign of the holiday season has long been the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign and bell ringers outside many grocery stores and retail outlets, but many pe...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Elizabeth police Chief William Sombo is upset that his department will be shut down after he all the work he did to rebuild its reputation. Council members voted Tuesd...

About 20 students from California Area High School participated Wednesday in PennWest California’s second annual Shadow Day. They met university professors, students and staff members, attended classe...

By Michael Richter   mrichter@yourmvi.com A Webster family lost all of their belongings when a fire ravaged their home early morning Thursday.    The Monessen Sunoco on Eastgate Avenue, where the fath...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Stylists from neighboring salons have come together to give fresh new looks — and kicks — to students at Monessen Elementary Center. A space inside the Full Potentia...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Rates will not increase for Authority of the Borough of Charleroi customers in 2024. ABC’s board recently passed 2024 water and sewer budgets without rate increases ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com After a successful toy drive last year, Hoods Up Quick Lube will partner with Koteles Racing and the Christmas for Kids Organization to hold the second Stuff a Race Ca...

By Staff and Wire reports Elizabeth Borough council voted this week to move ahead with a proposal to disband its police department. The borough currently has one full-time police officer — Chief Willi...