House committee approves pet cremation oversight bill
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January 31, 2026

House committee approves pet cremation oversight bill

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 

The proposal was inspired by the Patrick Vereb case.

Jefferson Hills Students Explore Creek Life
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May 19, 2026
Jefferson Hills Intermediate School third-graders from the West Jefferson Hills School District search for invertebrates in a creek during a field trip Monday to Mingo Creek Park. Jeff Helsel / Mon Va...
White Oak officially a ‘Bird Town’
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 19, 2026
The honor was bestowed Monday by the state Audubon Council. White Oak was officially designated a “Bird Town” by the Pennsylvania Audubon Council during Monday’s meeting. Bird Town Pennsylvania works ...
California students experience France, Spain
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 19, 2026
Members of the district’s travel club got to spend time with families in both countries. For nearly two weeks, California Area School District students traded classrooms for cathedrals, textbooks for ...
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McKeesport
May 19, 2026
• Dae’Sean Thyler Reeves, 19, of Donora was charged with hindering apprehension, carrying a firearm without a license, tampering with evidence, providing false identification to law enforcement and te...
Why the Pa. primary election matters
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May 19, 2026
TODAY, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS across Pennsylvania will decide which candidates from their respective parties will go on to run in the November general election. On the ballot are the governor and l...
The Four Horsemen of the new antisemitism
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May 19, 2026
Few predicted that blaming Israel and the Jews who support it would flare up in the early 21st century—and in America of all places, where there are nearly as many Jews as there are in Israel. After a...