Local youth having ‘Summer’s Best Two Weeks’ at day camp
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 31, 2025
Summer’s Best Two Weeks is a Christian sports day camp that is hosted by Lebanon Church in West Mifflin. “God first, others second, and I’m third.” That’s the motto for “Summer’s Best Two Weeks”, a sp...
Road Kings Car Cruise, arts and crafts marketplace returns to Fun Fest
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July 31, 2025
Road Kings Car Cruise The Road Kings Car Club of Greensburg is back again to host the annual August Fun Fest Show Car Cruise. Hundreds of cars are expected for this year’s event and visitors can take ...
Tax office director being let go after one year on the job
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July 31, 2025
Commissioners declined to disclose why Sarah Minnick is being ousted. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive The Westmoreland County commissioners on Tuesday confirmed that they are firing the director of the c...
DA says murder arrest 1st to come from Westmoreland Co. grand jury
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July 31, 2025
A West Brownsville man was charged in March for the fatal shooting of a New Kensington man. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Criminal homicide charges filed in connection with the fatal shooting of a man ...
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July 31, 2025
PennDOT District 12 announced there will be weekend single-lane restrictions on Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township and North Belle Vernon Borough on Friday until Monday, weather permitting. There wil...
40th annual Fire Muster set in Monongahela
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 30, 2025
It will take place Aug. 17 at the Aquatorium. For the past 40 years, the Tri State Antique Fire Engine Association has worked to preserve and celebrate the deep-rooted history and traditions of the fi...
Tori Demo Memorial Scholarship awarded
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July 30, 2025
The Roscoe Lions recently presented the Tori Demo Memorial Scholarship to 2025 California Area High School graduate Addison Gregory. A class valedictorian, Addison was presented the annual $1,000 club...
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July 30, 2025
Spotted lanternflies, targeted by stomping feet wherever they’re found, have a new enemy: Congress. U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Butler, and three of his colleagues have introduced legislation that would a...
COMMUNITY VBS VOLUNTEERS LEND A HELPING HAND
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July 30, 2025
Community VBS in the Park volunteers recently helped tending to some of the young trees along Arboretum Drive in Renzie Park in McKeesport. They joined city staff in weeding around tree bases before s...
Volunteers keep Renziehausen Park Rose Garden beautiful
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July 29, 2025
Members of the Garden Club of McKeesport would welcome more helpers. By MATT PETRAS For the MVI On a scorchingly hot morning, a tight-knit group of primarily seniors weeded and completed other tasks t...
Charges filed after gun discharges in hotel room
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 29, 2025
A Finleyville man has been charged with assault after claiming a firearm accidentally went off inside a hotel room Friday. Raymond Charles Russell Jr., 53, of Hidden Valley Drive is charged with two c...
Arrest made in attempted break-in
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 29, 2025
A woman called police after spotting a man outside with a flashlight. A Monessen man is charged with burglary after allegedly attempting to break into a home over the weekend. Brennan Robert Breakwell...
Mother charged after child found hanging out apartment window
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 29, 2025
Police got the 3-year-old to go back inside. A Donora woman has been charged after her 3-year-old child was recently found hanging out of the window of an apartment building. Flonise Dorce, 33, of McK...
Occupants rescued in early morning McKeesport fire
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 28, 2025
They were asleep when a blaze erupted at their Oakland Street home. Several structure fires occurred in the McKeesport area over the weekend. At approximately 1:38 a.m. Saturday, the McKeesport Fire D...
I-70 ramp repairs will trigger Rostraver nighttime detours
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July 28, 2025
They will begin today in the area where the interstate connects with Route 201. By JEFF HIMLER TribLive Nighttime ramp closures and detours will affect westbound drivers on Interstate 70 at the Fayett...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 28, 2025
Police said Matthew J. Roth lost control of his vehicle on State Route 481. A Blairsville man died early Sunday morning in a vehicle crash in Carroll Township. According to a release from Washington C...
Moose lodge helps present braille flag
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 26, 2025
It was given to the VA Hospital’s H.J. Heinz Campus in Pittsburgh. “A burden heavy to one is borne lightly by many.” That is one of the founding principles of the Loyal Order of the Moose, a fraternal...
1 killed, 2 hurt in Route 51 crash
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 26, 2025
The accident took place Friday morning in Jefferson Hills. A woman was killed Friday morning in a multiple- vehicle accident on Route 51 in Jefferson Hills. She was identified by the Clairton Voluntee...
MarBill Diamonds & Jewelry to host gemologist
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 26, 2025
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com MarBill Diamonds and Jewelry will host a world-renowned gemologist at its store Aug. 5. Located at 1049 Broad Avenue in Rostraver Township, the jewelry store has be...
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July 26, 2025
A GoFundMe account has been set up for Gendie Miller, who was at the park Wednesday to watch her daughter play softball. By the MVI A woman was killed by a falling tree branch Wednesday at Renziehause...