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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 2, 2024
A Belle Vernon resident entered a guilty plea in federal court on charges of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery. U.S. Attorney Eric G. Olshan said Dylan Adams, 29, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
August 1, 2024
The exhibit of local artwork will be on display through Saturday. Local kids have been busy creating art this summer at the Rostraver Public Library and their masterpieces will get a grand debut at an...
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August 1, 2024
Editor’s note: Ralph Stone has been writing about an imaginary family from Omaha, Neb., touring a futuristic, fictional Mon Valley on a summer vacation. their two-day Following stay at Monessen’s ethn...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 30, 2024
Attendees are urged to wear red, white & blue to honor Team USA. Epiphany of Our Lord Parish in Monessen will celebrate Team USA at this year’s festival, which will be taking place at the same time as...
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media 
July 30, 2024
A Monessen man is accused by state police of connecting a Youngwood woman to a dose of drugs last year that proved to be fatal. Troopers said James M. Cillo Jr., 31, met with Jennifer Vukovich on Marc...
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July 30, 2024
A man is behind bars after state police said he repeatedly beat a dog in South Huntingdon and recorded videos of the abuse. Zachary Robert Hixson, 30, is charged with neglect and two counts of aggrava...
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July 30, 2024
An Irwin man is in the Allegheny County Jail after allegedly driving down a one-way street while intoxicated in Elizabeth Borough over the weekend. Douglas Sullivan, 47, is charged with DUI, failing t...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 29, 2024
It will take place after school, providing fun and extra instruction for the district’s K-6 students. A new afterschool program for K-6 students in the California Area School District will kick off th...
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By By JUSTIN VELLUCCI Trib Total Media 
July 27, 2024
After drinking tequila and smoking marijuana, an out-of-control Washington County man tore through a Mon Valley duplex Thursday night, killing one man, attempting to stab another and forcing a woman i...
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
July 27, 2024
Brooke Auckerman used her own school experiences to create “Be Kind Loretta Owl.” Brooke Auckerman, a friendly 20-year-old with a winning smile and a positive outlook on life, is now a published autho...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 25, 2024
A donor gave the Monongahela Area Library the funds to get the clock fixed — now they have to find someone who can take on the job. For quite some time, passersby have noticed the clock atop the Monon...
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July 25, 2024
By PATRICK VARINE Trib Total Media A federal drug investigation has led to charges for four men who police said were in possession of 106 kilograms of cocaine. That amount, 106 kilograms, is equivalen...
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July 24, 2024
The historical house will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. By the MVI Families can step back in time to experience fun and games during the 18th century at the Greenock Log House noon to 5 p.m. S...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 24, 2024
A couple was arrested Monday in Washington County after authorities closed an alleged large-scale manufacturing lab in their home to produce DMT, a hallucinogenic, Psilocybin mushrooms and THC product...
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By CLOE LOOSZ For the MVI 
July 19, 2024
More than 180 women from around the area attended the sold-out event. Another sold-out crowd attended the second Women in Leadership series, bringing together women from around the area to network, le...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 17, 2024
Council agreed to seek an LSA grant to post eight historical placards throughout the park. Belle Vernon has a plan to update Veterans Memorial Park to include various displays of the borough’s history...
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July 16, 2024
The annual event was held at Butler’s Golf Course in Elizabeth Township. For the MVI More than 100 golfers and volunteers gathered recently at Butler’s Golf Course in Elizabeth Township to raise funds...
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By By MEGAN TROTTER Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
The video became fodder for gossip as part of an ongoing feud among a group of former friends at Thomas Jefferson High School. An 18-year-old Jefferson Hills woman is facing trial on charges that she ...
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
By By JULIA MARUCA Trib Total Media 
July 13, 2024
Timber rattlesnakes spotted recently in the St. Clair and Seward areas of Westmoreland County are likely just trying to beat the heat, according to officials with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commis...