By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Several Allegheny County residents who have been victims of various crimes and are struggling with the trauma of their experiences got a little Christmas cheer this pa...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com After opening up presents on Christmas morning, Heidi Ondorff and her son, Caisen, throw on their flip-flops and take a short drive through the El Yunque rainforest ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Today is my 28th birthday, and I am sure you are asking yourself: “Why do I care and why is this in the newspaper?” The truth is I was inspired to write this column by...

By LES HORVATH Before the sun came up on Thursday, all 13 members of the Bentworth Middle School cheerleading squad were already in school. It wasn’t an athletic event that brought them in early. Inst...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A major water line replacement project in Monessen will begin shortly after the start of the new year. The Authority of the Borough of Charleroi has announced Jan. 2...

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

By Rich Cholodofsky A disgraced “predator priest” formerly with the Greensburg diocese finally apologized publicly for molesting a Catholic school boy in the early 1990s. “I am so, so sorry for what I...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com California University of Pennsylvania will soon expand its plant biology program through a unique hop yard, thanks to a state grant. Gov. Tom Wolf announced this wee...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Santa Claus is coming to town! He will hitch a ride with several Mid-Mon Valley fire departments to visit local children Monday before heading out on his annual worl...

“Merry Christmas to our residents.” That’s the message Elizabeth borough Mayor Barry Boucher had for residents after council unanimously passed a 2019 budget that holds the line on real estate taxes. ...

By Brian C. Rittmeyer With the arrival of twins on Wednesday, Jefferson Hospital has reached 1,000 births in a year for the first time in the four-year history of its Women and Infants Center, Alleghe...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Cowards.” “You should all be shot.” “Enjoy the lawsuits that are coming your way.” Those are just three of the outraged comments Elizabeth Township commissioners had ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough’s former police chief, who is accused of abusing his role to steal countless stamp bags of heroin from the evidence room, turned himself in Thursda...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Just days after Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw came under fire for a controversial appointment to the redevelopment authority, his appointee has resigned. Last week, Sh...

By Natasha Lindstrom A McKeesport man was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a far-reaching drug trafficking ring that sold fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine in the Clairton a...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council has asked its solicitor to look into holding someone accountable legally for the ongoing costs associated with cleaning up an illegal dump site. Du...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com The BVA Charitable Fund was in the giving spirit on Monday. During a school board meeting, the nonprofit organization driven by community leaders, awarded six grants...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Washington County Commissioners are expected to discuss the 2019 Local Share Account funding recommendations during their 10 a.m. meeting today. All projects were su...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport woman accused of being a thief and a child abuser and another McKeesport woman wanted on drug charges out of Ohio are both behind bars. The Allegheny Coun...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com The new owners of the former Monessen Municipal Complex have been granted a license to house radioactive materials at the site. Best Medical Group, owned by Virginia...