Belle Vernon Rotary’s Caring Cards program wraps up for the year

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

Belle Vernon Rotary finds local young people to create holiday greetings that are included with Meals on Wheels deliveries.

The Belle Vernon Area Rotary Club is wrapping up its “Caring Cards” program, which has been spreading much-needed joy during the holidays in collaboration with home-delivered meals.

Since September, the Rotary has worked with local elementary schools, two area preschools, a Girl Scout troop and a Sunday school to create holiday cards. The week before each major holiday, m...

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April 30, 2025

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THURSDAY

April 30, 2025

We’ll have coverage of the annual Night of Service at Elizabeth Forward High School.

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Intense storm leaves trail of damage

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

April 30, 2025

Several trees were blown over, and power was knocked out in many parts of the Mon Valley. A thunderstorm with extremely high winds left destruction in its path throughout the Mon Valley late Tuesday a...

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Monessen home project celebrated

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

April 30, 2025

A ribbon-cutting marked the addition of five modular homes on Motheral Avenue. Block by block, hope is becoming more visible in the neighborhoods of Monessen. Five new modular homes recently built on ...

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Drag-racing driver pleads guilty to murder

By By PAULA REED WARD TribLive

April 30, 2025

William Soliday was sentenced to 5 1/2 to 12 years in prison for the death of Samantha Kalkbrenner. A man who struck a school van and killed a 15-year-old girl inside while he was drag racing at more ...

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SS McKeesport remembered at ceremony

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

April 30, 2025

The cargo ship was in service for 24 years before being sunk by the Germans in World War II. Tuesday was a significant day, as always, in the McKeesport area. Each year on April 29, veterans, dignitar...