By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com More than two dozen Charleroi Area High School seniors took over the Magic City Wednesday during Student Government Day.   Since 1968 when the program was establishe...

y JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com About two dozen residents packed the chambers at Wednesday’s Washington Township supervisors meeting to find out if police are still investigating a case involving a de...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two weeks before his retirement with Washington County 911, Charleroi Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. is already excited to get back to work, but this time it’s for the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Eleven students from McKeesport Area High School filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the school district Wednesday. The students claim the district denied the...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Respect, Dignity, Hope and Love” is more than just a motto in McKeesport, according to Mayor Michael Cherepko, who says citizens of the city strive to “exemplify” tho...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Two Mid-Mon Valley communities will soon benefit from a newly formed Westmoreland County demolition fund.   Dilapidated structures in Monessen and Rostraver Township...

By Madasyn Czebiniak A McKeesport man was sentenced to 10 to 40 years in prison Wednesday in connection with the shooting deaths of two women in 2017. Miras Moortell Kelly II, 21, pleaded guilty to on...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen man accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old child has been sentenced to prison.   Jose Cortes, 27, of Oneida Street was slated to stand trial this week b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A 32-year-old West Newton man accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl was jailed on $200,000 cash bond Wednesday. David L. Hresko of Greensburg Pike was ar...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After 47 years serving the residents of Monongahela, police Chief Brian Tempest attended his final council meeting Wednesday. Tempest, who retires at the end of t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen and its police chief have been sued in federal court by a construction company that claims it was damaged by a warning issued by the officer....

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Monessen School Board director’s comments about the city’s absentee mayor created a tense atmosphere at Tuesday’s meeting.   Board members became visibly uncomfort...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com North Belle Vernon borough council on Tuesday rescinded an ordinance passed last year stating that Graham Street would become a one-way road once the street’s paving p...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Family members of a young Air Force sergeant from the Mon Valley who went missing after his plane was shot down in 1945 are getting support from area residents as th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Get ready to take a trip to a truly “ooky” house located at 1313 Cemetery Lane during McKeesport Area High School’s musical production of “The Addams Family.” Audience...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Allegheny County Sheriff’s department will hold two satellite events in Forward Township next month.   The firearms license to carry and project D.U.M.P. event w...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi firefighters were called to the corner of 11th Street and McKean Avenue after a vehicle crashed into the Charleroi Russian Club building Monday afternoon. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The American Civil Liberties Union confirmed Monday that it is moving forward with a lawsuit against the Mc-Keesport Area School District. ACLU Pennsylvania Legal Dire...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Nearly two years after their cases were dismissed in Washington County Court, the parishioners of St. Agnes and the former St. Anthony churches will once again ha...

By jose negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Forward Township supervisors made a monetary contribution to an organization taking part in a trap/neuter/return project to help reduce the number of cats in several...