By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A local lawmaker has a front row seat in the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump as a member of the House Judiciary Committee.   U.S. Rep. Gu...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com If there’s a group that knows how to share the joy of Christmas with local children, it’s the Mon Valley Leathernecks. Despite their tough name, these mem...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Although there’s no snow on the ground, McKeesport’s Renziehausen Park feels like a winter wonderland this week.   That’s because the city’s 34th annual Festival of Tr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Grandparenting can be difficult, especially around the holidays.   To show support for grandparents who are caring full-time for their grandchildren, Southwestern Pe...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Superintendents from 19 “urban school districts” across the state held press conferences Thursday to call for an end to the current cyber-charter/charter school fundin...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Donora council discussed the 2020 preliminary budget Thursday as some members disagreed loudly and frequently, or occasionally insulted each other throughout. Bor...

By the MVI The annual Chow Chow Luncheon at Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate Services in Rostraver Township has come a long way since it began 21 years ago. The tradition, which attracts more than 200 p...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A proposed 2020 budget is still in the works in Charleroi. Council members discussed the proposed spending plan during an agenda meeting Wednesday. As is, the $2.6 m...

By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com Jefferson Hills borough council was preparing to see three new faces as a result of the Nov. 5 general election, with newcomers Karen Bucy, Keith Reynolds an...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport residents will see a property tax increase in 2020. In a 6-1 vote at Wednesday’s meeting, council passed the 2020 budget, which is balanced at $22,675,901. ...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Resistance from a resident and failure to make motions from the Rostraver Board of Commissioners resulted in the rejection of the transfer of two separate...

By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Two new board members and three incumbents were sworn into office Wednesday at the start of the Elizabeth Forward School Board meeting. Magisterial District Jud...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board welcomed in a new member and appointed a former member to fill an empty seat during its meeting Wednesday. Harley Bobnar, who was elected to...

By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Everyone dreams of a white Christmas, but plenty of holidays go by without a speckle of snow to be seen. While the ushering in of the Christmas and holida...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Community service organization volunteers, church parishioners, elected officials, students and business leaders from across the Mon Valley have been busy in recent da...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Charleroi Area School Board will look very similar heading into 2020. The board reappointed its directors to the same positions during a reorganization meeting T...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Property owners in Versailles don’t need to worry about a municipal property tax increase in 2020, according to council President Lisa Fleckenstein. Although council d...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The lawyer for a Monongahela man who was granted a new trial two years ago that vacated his rape and torture conviction asked a judge this week to dismiss all cha...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Like many other districts in the Mon Valley, South Allegheny has announced it will participate in the Flexible Instruction Day program offered by the state Department ...

By BETH HOPE-CUSHEY For the MVI Two new South Allegheny School District board members and three current board members were sworn into office Monday night by Magisterial District Judge Armand Martin of...