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Improvements targeted in math, English language skills
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MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Improvements targeted in math, English language skills
By MICHAEL VINSICK mvinsick@yourmvi.com 
August 7, 2026
The school board will vote on proposed academic initiatives next week. The McKeesport Area school board will consider the implementation of yearly Additional Targeted Support and Improvement plans at ...
Food among main attractions at Festival of Nations
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Food among main attractions at Festival of Nations
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 7, 2026
The annual St. Andrew the Apostle festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. The aromas of homemade ravioli, sizzling gyros and fresh potato pancakes will once again fill the air this week...
Excitement at Saints Joachim And Anne Community Festival
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Excitement at Saints Joachim And Anne Community Festival
August 7, 2026
Siblings Nolan Ruhe, 5, Sophia Ruhe, 4, and Noah Ruhe, 7, of Elizabeth react as they watch the action unfold during the rollerball game Thursday evening at the Saints Joachim and Anne Parish Festival ...
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Future of West Newton’s main street is uncertain
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Future of West Newton’s main street is uncertain
August 7, 2026
Only memories remain of the G.C. Murphy store that was once housed in a twostory building at East Main and North Second streets that has been reduced to piles of bricks, wood and other debris. By JOE ...
Woman pleads guilty in McKeesport fatal DUI crash
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Woman pleads guilty in McKeesport fatal DUI crash
August 7, 2026
By PAULA REED WARD TribLive A McKeesport woman who was driving drunk when she blew through a stop sign and crashed her minivan into a car, killing its passenger, will serve three to six years in state...
Full schedule of events set for Blaine Hill Community Day
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Full schedule of events set for Blaine Hill Community Day
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 7, 2026
The Saturday festival will honor the memory of Amanda Gogoel. This year’s Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Co. Community Day will be held in honor of a member who lost her battle with cancer. Set for 3-11 p...
Sports
Humbert resigning as Belle Vernon’s AD
High school, Sports
Humbert resigning as Belle Vernon’s AD
By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 7, 2026
He will remain at the school through September before taking over as athletic director at Bethel Park. Matt Humbert knew it was a good time to move on when he could look at the Belle Vernon Area athle...
Griffey’s major league career was filled with memories
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Griffey’s major league career was filled with memories
August 7, 2026
He played 19 seasons, finishing as a teammate with his son in Seattle. Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Donora’s Griffey family. If Americans needed a passport to travel within...
Steelers hold most physical day of camp so far
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Steelers hold most physical day of camp so far
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
August 7, 2026
The heat at Saint Vincent on Thursday contributed to the intense atmosphere. It took nine overall days, seven practices and three sessions into wearing the pads for the physicality to turn up a notch ...
Michael Dunn ready to replace dad as Charleroi boys basketball coach
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Michael Dunn ready to replace dad as Charleroi boys basketball coach
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
August 7, 2026
Joe Dunn, who resigned in April, will do some work as part of the new staff. Upon learning that boys basketball coach Joe Dunn was set to resign in April, Charleroi didn’t have to look far for his rep...
Obituaries
Paul J. ‘Buck’ Corbett – Monongahela
Obituaries
Paul J. ‘Buck’ Corbett – Monongahela
August 7, 2026
Paul J. “Buck” Corbett, 64, of Monongahela, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, at his sister’s home in Uniontown, after a brief illness. He was born Nov. 3, 1961, in Chardon, Ohio, son of the late G...
Eugene L. ‘Gene’ Allegre – Bunola
Obituaries
Eugene L. ‘Gene’ Allegre – Bunola
August 7, 2026
Eugene L. “Gene” Allegre, 80, of Bunola, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at Washington Hospital. He was born Aug. 1, 1946, in Monongahela, son of the late Eugene E. and Bernice “D...