Monessen Lions celebrate 77th Charter Night
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October 21, 2025
The Monessen Lions Club celebrated its 77th Charter Night on Oct. 16 at the Clubhouse Grille at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Rostraver Township. Highlights of the evening were the presentations of awards...
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October 21, 2025
For the MVI Repairs and a ramp change will cause traffic restrictions on sections of Interstate 70 in Rostraver this week. Rolling single-lane restrictions will take place from 8 p.m. Monday to 6 a.m....
Monessen schools to begin new SMS text message feature
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
October 20, 2025
The direct communication service will be available starting Wednesday. The Monessen School District is adding a new feature that will enable it to provide information to families directly through text...
Positive start to the new school year at Steel Center
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
October 20, 2025
The Jefferson Hills career and technical education center provided updates on renovation projects. Another promising school years is underway at Steel Center for Career and Technical Education. Since ...
Facing burnout, stress and shortages, Pa. nurses push to limit patient workload
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October 20, 2025
Many believe they’re stretched too thin to provide the type of care that patients deserve. By JACK TROY TribLive Some days, Ashley Grieco feels behind the moment she steps into the neonatal intensive ...
Driver hurt in Fallowfield Township crash
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October 20, 2025
A one-vehicle accident took place Saturday on Fallowfield Road in Fallowfield Township near Van Voorhis. Firefighters from Fallowfield Township VFC and Valley Inn VFD responded to the incident, and th...
Women business owners recognized in Monongahela
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
October 18, 2025
Monongahela’s Main Street Program brought 19 of them together for a group picture. The Monongahela Main Street Program once again brought together the city’s women business owners to celebrate their r...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
October 18, 2025
They used to be part of the borough’s Christmas tradition. For the first time in years, the soft glow of luminaries will line the sidewalks of North Charleroi this Christmas Eve — a tradition that man...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
October 18, 2025
A Charleroi man faces several charges after a police chase Tuesday night. Val Smith Jr., 28, of Charleroi, is charged with fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, recklessly endangering another per...
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October 18, 2025
Meetings in local government this week Here is a look at upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley this week. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that belo...
Holiday-themed events at Pa. Trolley Museum
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
October 17, 2025
The Magic Pumpkin Trolley is running this weekend. Fall fun has returned to the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum with several events happening in the next few weeks. The museum, located at 1 Electric Way i...
Several purchases approved despite financial concerns
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WEST MIFFLIN AREA SCHOOL BOARD
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
October 17, 2025
The state budge impasse is creating uncertainty for Pa. school boards. West Mifflin Area school board authorized several purchases Thursday night, but some directors objected due to the uncertainty of...
Monongahela to celebrate Harvest on Main
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By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
October 17, 2025
The event will show off the city’s businesses ahead of the Christmas shopping season. The Mon Valley Alliance in collaboration with the Women in Business group and the Monongahela Aquatorium will host...
Area man charged with having AIaltered child porn
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
October 17, 2025
Police say the girl involved was underage when the images were taken and they violate the terms of Michael Walker’s probation. A McKeesport man has been charged with several counts of child pornograph...
Witches to gather in Monongahela
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By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
October 16, 2025
The eighth annual Witch Fest will be held Saturday in conjunction with Harvest on Main. The Monongahela Aquatorium will host the eighth annual Witch Fest, a spooky collection of vendors offering art, ...
PennWest theater to present ‘Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit’
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October 16, 2025
The three-night production coincides with homecoming week on campus. For the MVI The PennWest Department of Visual and Performing Arts will present “Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit” — a hilarious twist...
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October 16, 2025
Among the highlights are the annual parade at noon Saturday. For the MVI Ghosts, goblins and plenty of Vulcans spirit are taking over campus this week as PennWest California celebrates Homecoming 2025...
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October 16, 2025
Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus announced the arrest Wednesday of a McKeesport man who has been wanted since the end of July for violating probation connected to a guilty plea involving two gun charges. Donte ...
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October 16, 2025
The airport is also affected by a freeze in subsidy payments from the county. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County’s Airport Authority is eyeing red ink in the coming months. Reductions to...
First Um Church Honors Firefighters
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October 16, 2025
First United Methodist Church of Belle Vernon presented donations to the Belle Vernon and the North Belle Vernon fire departments, along with treat bags, during Sunday’s services. Pastor Chuck Jack br...