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Monessen kicks off free Summer Concert Series
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Monessen kicks off free Summer Concert Series
June 29, 2026
Monessen kicked off its first free summer concert Saturday at the City Park Amphitheatre featuring the Billy Price Band and Broom. Mayor Ron Mozer welcomes guests and introduces Broom to open the conc...
Charleroi celebrates Magic City Saturday
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Charleroi celebrates Magic City Saturday
June 29, 2026
Charleroi hosted Magic City Saturday to celebrate 250 years of independence in the borough. Events were held on Fifth Street and McKean Avenue and extended to the square and the Market House. The cele...
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Public schools grapple with enrollment decline
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Public schools grapple with enrollment decline
June 29, 2026
Having fewer students spawns budget and staffing issues. By EMBER DUKE TribLive There have been fewer than 100 kindergarten students in the Burrell School District for the last three years — a 23% dec...
BVA approves new budget with tax hike
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BVA approves new budget with tax hike
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 29, 2026
The increase is much higher for Westmoreland County than Fayette. The Belle Vernon Area school board recently approved its 2026-27 budget, which includes a significant tax increase for Westmoreland Co...
Heat index could top 100 this week
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Heat index could top 100 this week
June 29, 2026
The warmest temperatures are expected from Tuesday to Friday. By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive Allegheny and Westmoreland counties are in for a sweltering stretch as a weeklong heat wave settles over Western...
Sports
Season winding down for senior legion teams
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Season winding down for senior legion teams
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 29, 2026
Thomas Jefferson’s recent hot streak adds another contender going into the playoffs. Local senior legion teams are rounding up their regular seasons in the coming weeks as they hope to make deep posts...
Witmyer latest Charleroi sports legend to leave us
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Witmyer latest Charleroi sports legend to leave us
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
June 29, 2026
One of the down sides of getting older is that more people from your youth and young adult days leave us for the train bound for heaven. The latest of the people who left an imprint on my life to pass...
O’Hearn homers twice as Bucs top Reds to avoid sweep
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O’Hearn homers twice as Bucs top Reds to avoid sweep
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
June 29, 2026
He put the game away with a three-run blast following a long rain delay. The Pittsburgh Pirates were looking for late-inning relief against the Cincinnati Reds but knew better than to try to depend on...
Pittsburgh is twin city at NHL draft by taking Rucks
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Pittsburgh is twin city at NHL draft by taking Rucks
June 29, 2026
The Penguins selected Marcus Ruck in second round after Liam in first. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Born eight minutes earlier than his twin brother, Liam, Marcus Ruck is fine with ceding NHL draft bragging r...
Obituaries
Robert R. ‘Bob’ Rossi – Monongahela, Carroll Township
Obituaries
Robert R. ‘Bob’ Rossi – Monongahela, Carroll Township
June 27, 2026
Robert R. “Bob” Rossi, 92, of Monongahela, Carroll Township, passed away peace fully on Thursday, June 25, 2026, with his loving son by his side. He was born in Vandergrift on Sept. 6, 1933, a son of ...
Dolores ‘Dee’ Merta Sago – Corvallis, Mont., formerly of Glassport, Pa.
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Dolores ‘Dee’ Merta Sago – Corvallis, Mont., formerly of Glassport, Pa.
June 27, 2026
Dolores “Dee” Merta Sago, 83, of Corvallis, Mont., formerly of Glassport, Pa., passed away Satur day, June 20, 2026, at Provi dence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont. Dee was born Aug. 15, 1942, ...