By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “The power of young McKeesport women” was celebrated by the McKeesport College Club on Tuesday as three “young women of achievement” who are graduating from McKeesport...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com About 15 members of the Monongahela Area Historical Society gathered under the cover of the gazebo in Chess Park Wednesday evening for an announcement worth dodgi...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A large Memorial Day house party allegedly involving underage drinking is being investigated by Rostraver Township police. Lt. John Christner said there will be “a l...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Washington County Transportation Authority celebrated its new Mon Valley bus route with a commencement ceremony Wednesday. The daily route, which began running April...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward school directors voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a $44.4 million general fund budget for the 2019-2020 school year. The spending plan, an incr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com As two of his Elizabeth Forward “success stories” smiled from the audience, Transitional Coordinator Michael Huber accepted an honor from the school board and admini...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com World War II “giant” Staff Sgt. Felix J. Lisovich received a long overdue honor Tuesday morning. Sitting in the first row of a meeting area inside the American Legio...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Organizers hope to make history when the City of Monongahela celebrates its 250th anniversary in August. An official Guinness World Records judge will visit Monon...

By NATASHA LINDSTROM The state Supreme Court on Tuesday sent Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s legal push against UPMC back to a lower court to determine whether the looming split of health...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com In a field overrun with duplicate musical productions, Elizabeth Forward High School’s “Mamma Mia!” came out on top at this year’s Gene Kelly Awards.   Modeled after...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office has added yet another area man to the list of alleged fugitives deemed “high priority” by the county court’s family division. She...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough’s plans to turn Plum Street into a temporary town square this summer are full speed ahead.   Last month, council unanimously approved closing the r...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The White Oak Vet Center parking lot was a sea of barbecue sauce-covered faces over Memorial Day weekend. In memory of America’s heroes, the center, which is part of t...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Food Pantry recently held its first distribution day under new leadership.   Following the retirement of former coordinators Rev. Suzanne and Richard Curry...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Main Street in Monongahela is getting a facelift, bit by bit, thanks to a grant program that offers building owners a chance to restore a structure’s facade with ...

By JIM BUSCH For the MV Independent Cars ranging from a 1912 Ford Model T pick-up truck to a state-of-the-art Tesla sedan filled the parking lot of White Oak Municipal Park as part of the fourth annua...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A McKeesport senior has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting early Friday morning in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats neighborhood.   According to the Alle...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The founder of a nonprofit cat rescue in Charleroi is accused of animal cruelty. Lori Kendall, 64, and her husband, Donald Caldwell, 64, both of Eighth Street, are e...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Dr. Karen Hacker, director of the Allegheny County Health Department, will soon take her talents to Georgia and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   ...

By Deb Erdley The Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau is making a bid to recruit additional foster families as it marks Foster Care Awareness Month. Officials from the bureau are partnering with the...