By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area High School students continue to work toward becoming impactful leaders through the Emerging Leadership program’s latest partnership.   Launched in...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several area school districts, through a collaborative effort, are aiming to develop a state-wide model for STEM education using a nearly half a million dollar grant...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com No students were injured when a Belle Vernon Area school bus was hit from behind Thursday morning while it was stopped to pick up a student just outside of North Belle...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen council introduced a proposed ordinance Thursday that could subject elected officials to fines for missed meetings.   Solicitor Joseph R. Dalfonso drafted t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com If all goes well with water testing today, a boil water advisory in four Valley communities could end tomorrow.   The precautionary measure was issued Tuesday for No...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A week after arguing about the decision to eliminate committees on Donora borough council, members had a fast, seemingly tense meeting Thursday. Last month, counc...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com PennDOT officials weren’t able to start cleanup Thursday at a landslide on Bunola Road in Forward Township because there was more movement on the hillside. The land ...

By Renatta Signorini and Paul Peirce For more than half a century, law enforcement has tied Robert “Bobby I” Iannelli to illegal sports betting and numbers lotteries throughout Western Pennsylvania. N...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Blessing Board of McKeesport is using the spirit of Valentine’s Day to encourage people to donate to the nonprofit, which gives free furniture to individuals and f...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Greenock Volunteer Fire Company Vice President Lisa Stegman is hoping to fill the dance floor Saturday for two good causes.   For the fifth year, the fire company is...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport councilwoman LuEthel Nesbit encourages Allegheny County parents who live in McKeesport, and across the Mon Valley, to take advantage of the Allegheny Lead S...

By Jamie Martines Environmental advocacy groups are planning to sue U.S. Steel over pollution from facilities in the Mon Valley. PennEnvironment and the Clean Air Council, which have offices in Pittsb...

WHAT’S GOING ON IN CHARLEROI?   For the third time in six months, Charleroi lost a member of council. This time, it was Councilman Larry Celaschi who rendered his resignation hours before council met ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com As snow fell outside, things were heating up on the dance floor as Belle Vernon Area life skills students attended the fourth annual Valentine’s Day dance. Each year...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Several communities are still under a boil water advisory after a third break on Wednesday on the same waterline. The original advisory was issued for North Charlero...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In a surprise move, a Charleroi councilman abruptly resigned from council Wednesday. With about three years left on a four-year term, Councilman Larry Celaschi submi...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Bunola River Road in Forward Township is once again closed after part of a hillside came crashing down on Wednesday. The closure is not new for area residents who fr...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela city council has formed an ad hoc committee to help coordinate this summer’s 250th anniversary. A celebration will be held Aug. 8 through Aug. 11 thro...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite flood warnings issued for the Mon Valley on Monday, changes in the forecast could mean area rivers will crest lower than their originally expected levels. Me...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen police Chief Jim Smith was in the right place to catch an alleged thief Monday night. Smith, who was off duty at the time, was at Walmart in Rostraver To...