Set your sights on your goal
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February 5, 2026

Set your sights on your goal

Set your sights on your goal. Put a budget and plan in place. Map out your path forward, and don’t look back. Finding contentment through simplicity and peace of mind through financial awareness and living within your means will set the stage for a productive year.

BINGO NIGHT IN NORTH BELLE VERNON
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February 5, 2026
Wednesday nights are for bingo at the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department Bingo Hall, located at 545 Broad Ave. Shown during last night’s bingo, from left, are North Belle Vernon VFD Presiden...
McKeesport mayor Cherepko retires
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Thomas Maglicco was unanimously appointed the city’s new mayor
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
In an emotional McKeesport council meeting on Wednesday, Michael Cherepko announced his retirement as mayor and handed the reins to his city administrator, Thomas Maglicco. Council unanimously accepte...
Magistrate’s office condemned due to water leak
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 5, 2026
The water caused extensive damage inside the Charleroi court office on Fallowfield Avenue. Charleroi borough officials condemned the office of Magisterial District Judge Eric Porter on Wednesday after...
Speers man charged with ethnic intimidation following racist video
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
The new charges were filed a day after state police cited Michael Todora with harassment in another case in Fallowfield Township. Ethnic intimidation charges were filed Wednesday against a Speers man ...
Belle Vernon Area Rotary
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VALLEY CLUB NOTES
February 5, 2026
The Belle Vernon Area Rotary Club met Jan. 12 at the Cedarbrook Clubhouse Grill, Rostraver Township, to honor students of the month from the Belle Vernon Area and Frazier school districts. Belle Verno...
U.S. Steel to restart 2nd battery involved in deadly explosion
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By By QUINCEY REESE TribLive 
February 5, 2026
Almost exactly six months after two workers were killed and 11 injured in a series of explosions at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the nation’s largest coke manufacturing facility will resume opera...