By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After nearly three decades of public service, Diana Irey Vaughan has decided not to run for another term as Washington County commissioner.   Irey Vaughan, who se...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Authority of the Borough of Charleroi has received an official report from its engineers regarding the evaluation of borough-owned sewer lines. ABC Solicitor Den...

Monessen Councilwoman Lois Thomas, left, stopped in to see state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, who opened her new Charleroi office Tuesday. The office is located at 303 Chamber Plaza Sui...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Board of Elections has certified the results of three recent special elections. If the county’s official results are accepted and certified by the...

Melissa Chotta stocks the shelves at Keystone Bakery in Monessen with fresh paczki as owner JJ Georgagis holds king cakes for Fat Tuesday traditions. The paczki flavors available at Keystone Bakery ar...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com North Charleroi Council plans to move full speed ahead — but members are asking for patience as they settle into their new roles.   Earlier this month, council fille...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The proceeds raised during one of White Oak’s 75th anniversary events will benefit McKeesport police Officer Chuck Thomas and the family of fallen Officer Sean Slugans...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Chess Park in Monongahela got an upgrade over the weekend, thanks to a local high school senior. For his Eagle Scout project, Finleyville native Noah Winberg co...

Monessen Elementary Center handed out child safety cards to students in kindergarten, first grade and second grade last week. The safety cards were provided by Penn Highlands Mon Valley Auxiliary, and...

Ben and Brielle Galis of California pose for a photo with former Monessen basketball standout Charel Allen, an assistant coach for the Notre Dame women’s basketball team, following Sunday’s game again...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Mayor Ron Mozer had one thing to say late last week as equipment started to bring down 544 Donner Ave.   “Finally.” The building has been deteriorating for years,...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Historical Society continues to raise money for small businesses that sustained flooding damage from a water main break in the city. The break n...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Following several days of kind gestures and sympathies received following the shootings of two McKeesport police officers, city leaders and the police department recen...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania Women Work has launched a new career development workshop that will benefit job seekers in the Mon Valley.   Career Kick-Start, a one-day free event, is...

Monessen Elementary Center hosted a pep rally Friday morning for the WPIAL section champion boys and girls high school basketball teams. Students from kindergarten through fifth grade lined the hallwa...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A state lawmaker from the Mon Valley, backed by a bipartisan team of other local state lawmakers, is calling on Pennsylvania’s new governor to push for completion of t...

By Paula Reed Ward Trib Total Media The man accused of killing Mc-Keesport police Officer Sean Sluganski told detectives he didn’t remember shooting the 32-year-old officer on the city’s Grandview Ave...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Gov. Josh Shapiro called on state lawmakers to repeal the death penalty Thursday and said he will continue former Gov. Tom Wolf’s effective moratorium on execut...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Rostraver Airport will benefit from a new program instituted by the state Department of Community and Economic Development. Acting DCED Secretary Rick Siger announce...

Trust Arts Education by Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presented an assembly Thursday for students at Monessen Elementary Center. The Collaboration Festival, a celebration of the African Diaspora, is a ble...