WORLD BRIEFLY Trump honors fallen service members and criticizes Biden to mark Afghanistan bombing anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday marked the fourth anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the chaotic withdrawal at the end of the Afghanistan War by signing a proclamation honoring the fallen.

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MONESSEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Parents express safety concerns to school board

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

March 4, 2026

Both incidents involved security measures at the high school. Several parents brought up safety concerns in some Monessen schools during Tuesday’s school board agenda meeting. City resident Stephen Ma...

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Man pleads guilty to accessing intimate images of victims through Snapchat accounts

By By PAULA REED WARD TribLive

March 4, 2026

Michael Yackovich is one of seven people charged with hacking. A West Newton man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to hacking into hundreds of individual Snapchat accounts, accessing intimate vi...

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No one injured as excavator falls into hole in Washington

March 4, 2026

It’s part of a demolition project for the Washington County Courthouse Square parking garage. By the MVI An excavator fell into a hole during demolition of the Washington County Courthouse Square park...

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McKeesport

March 4, 2026

• John Gourn, 51, was charged with intentional possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered and use/possession of drug paraphernalia stemming from an alleged incident on Feb. 24, co...

Obituaries

Theodore ‘Nick’ R. Necciai

March 4, 2026

NEW EAGLE Theodore “Nick” R. Necciai, 76, of New Eagle, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Kane Community Living Center-Scott, Pittsburgh. Born Aug. 6, 1948, in High Point, N.C., he was the ...

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March 4, 2026

CALLAWAY — Kenneth A. “Ken” Callaway, 55, Belle Vernon, died March 1, Anthony L. Massafra Funeral Home and Cremation Service Inc., Donora* DWOREK — Pauline Galley Dworek, 91, Port Vue, died March 2, G...