EF extends food service contract
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 2, 2025
The agreement with The Nutrition Group carries a guaranteed profit for the 2025-26 school year. The Elizabeth Forward school board has approved a one-year extension for its contract with The Nutrition...
CRASH CLOSES PART OF ROUTE 51
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April 2, 2025
Rostraver Central Fire Department responded to a car accident Tuesday afternoon in the 4000 block of Route 51 in Rostraver Township. According to a Facebook post from the fire department, two patients...
FirstEnergy lays off 75 in Pa., 350 companywide
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By By JOE NAPSHA TribLive 
April 2, 2025
Electric utility owner FirstEnergy Corp., parent company of Greensburg’s West Penn Power Co., said Monday it has laid off about 75 employees in Pennsylvania. The layoffs are part of a corporate-wide r...
EF alumni & friends accepting nominations for annual awards
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April 2, 2025
For the MVI Elizabeth Forward Alumni & Friends Association is accepting nominations for nine awards – six Hall of Fame, two Educator Recognition and one Outstanding Young Alumni – to be bestowed as a ...
MCKEESPORT AREA SHARED MINISTRY UMC HOSTS ANNUAL PROM EVENT AND HIGH TEA
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April 2, 2025
The McKeesport Area Shared Ministry UMC recently hosted its annual Project Prom day. Through the church, school district, and other supporters, 28 high schoolers gathered to peruse new prom dresses an...
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By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
April 2, 2025
Westmoreland County commissioners on Monday named Amanda Bernard as the county’s new director of human resources, starting April 28. It’s a return engagement for Bernard. She served in the position fo...
EF to stage Tony award-winning ‘Hadestown: Teen Edition’
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 1, 2025
A whirlwind of myth and melody, Elizabeth Forward High School students will bring Greek mythology to life with their spring musical. Greek mythology and two intertwining love stories will take the spo...
I-70 projects planned all week
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 1, 2025
Single-lane restrictions will begin today on parts of Interstate 70 and Route 51 in Rostraver Township. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today crews from Geronimo Painting will complete containment work on the M...
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April 1, 2025
A Charleroi man is wanted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a woman was found screaming for help from the roof of her home over the weekend. Samuel Boyd Dickerson, 30, of Thi...
Elizabeth Township discussing updates to comprehensive plan
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 31, 2025
Junior Commissioner Tyler Duerstein is giving the board a younger perspective about the township. Elizabeth Township’s Junior Commissioner Tyler Duerstein gave a presentation at a recent workshop meet...
Pisciottano to partner with VFW and American Legion to offer veterans services
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 31, 2025
Veterans will be able to receive assistance at Sen. Nick Pisciottano’s office in McKeesport. State Sen. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, has partnered the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Le...
The Big Event at Pennwest California
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March 31, 2025
Hundreds of PennWest California students participated in Saturday’s “Big Event” – an annual day of community service involving student volunteers.  Bobbie Boyd Jr. of McKeesport volunteered with the f...
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March 31, 2025
By the MVI Allegheny County detectives are investigating the death of a man found shot inside a McKeesport home Saturday night. First responders were called to a house on the 1700 block of Abraham Str...
Fire destroys Port Vue garage
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March 31, 2025
Flames tores through a Port Vue garage shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Romine Avenue. Firefighters from Vigilant Hose Company No. 1 of Port Vue were assisted by Citizen’s Hose Co. No...
Fire damages McKeesport house
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March 31, 2025
Fire broke out inside of a McKeesport home along 31st Street shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday following reports of smoke and flames seen coming from inside the home. Allegheny County dispatch confirmed to ...
Sen. Nick Pisciottano announces grants for EF, City of McKeesport projects
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 29, 2025
The money is awarded through Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. State Sen. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, announced millions of dollars in grant funding for projects in his di...
Wildfire brought under control
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March 29, 2025
Stockdale firefighters spent nearly three hours Thursday battling a wildland fire rapidly spreading in the area of Sloan Road in Allenport. When firefighters arrived on scene shortly after 5 p.m., the...
Local man sentenced for stabbing attack
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI TribLive 
March 29, 2025
The incident took place in 2023 at Valley Manor apartments. A Monessen man was sentenced Friday to state prison for stabbing a man at an apartment complex where they lived in 2023. The victim of the a...
Fish fry Friday and bake sale at Epiphany of Our Lord church
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March 29, 2025
Helping serve and take orders at the Epiphany of our Lord Parish fish fry in Monessen, from left, are volunteers Rick Smereczniak, Veronica Kessler, Debbie Genemore, Betty Geis, Sharie Amprim, Kathy B...