JOY AND WONDER

Between the bumps of the world, exuberance shone through in 2024

By By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer

She jumps, her eyes closed, and she grins — this little girl surrounded by gang violence in her own neighborhood in Haiti. The jump rope game she is playing brings out an exuberance in her that the conditions around her cannot squelch.

Crowd packs Chess Park as farmers market returns

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Trump clears path for Nippon Steel investment

June 14, 2025

His executive order mandates that the Japanese steelmaker must comply with a “national security agreement” in its dealings with U.S. Steel. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday signed an...

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Owner charged in dog attack

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

June 14, 2025

A Denbo man is being charged with a first-degree misdemeanor after an 18-year-old Charleroi woman was allegedly attacked by his pit bull mix dog while she was trying to protect her godson. Troy Lee Br...

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Appeals court upholds decision to raze former Century III Mall

June 14, 2025

By PAULA REED WARD TribLive A Pennsylvania appeals court Wednesday upheld West Mifflin’s decision to raze the former Century III Mall, a nuisance property whose demolition has been underway for more t...

Sewer project portion of bridge repair is complete

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FORWARD TOWNSHIP

Sewer project portion of bridge repair is complete

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

June 14, 2025

PennDOT can now begin structural work on the Center Avenue bridge. The Center Avenue bridge that connects Elizabeth to Forward Township is one step closer to being reopened, as far as Forward Township...

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Ciss House of Hope feeding ministry today in White Oak

June 14, 2025

Althea “Ciss” Warman said no one is turned away. By COLETTE FUNCHES McKeesport Community Newsroom When Althea Warman and her three children, Jamey, George and Dominic Warman, and Jeb Stercula, open th...