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...
Westmoreland County eyes surcharge to tax sale, sheriff’s sale buyers
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By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
March 28, 2025
Properties sold at tax auctions and sheriff sales will be assessed an additional $250 surcharge under a plan likely to be approved this week by Westmoreland County commissioners. The proposed ordinanc...
Split verdict for man accused of dousing ex with hot cooking oil
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March 28, 2025
By PAULA REED WARD TribLive Tasha Lomax suffered second- degree burns over 20% of her body after hot cooking oil spilled down her left side. She claimed her ex-boyfriend, Herkley Fields IV, had doused...
DA Walsh presents donation to substance recovery unit at Penn Highlands
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March 28, 2025
Washington County District Attorney Jason M. Walsh announced Thursday that opioid settlement funds were presented to the Penn Highlands Hospital Substance Recovery Unit. Walsh presented the $20,000 ch...
Adoption of red light cameras slow in Pa. even though they save lives
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By By KATE HUANGPU Spotlight PA 
March 28, 2025
Pennsylvania only allows its biggest cities and a handful of other municipalities to use red light cameras. HARRISBURG — All Pennsylvania municipalities would be allowed to install red light cameras a...
“Fierce and beautiful” theme of new dugout artwork in Washington Township
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March 27, 2025
The latest project by Rostraver Townshipbased artist Chris Galiyas was creating murals for dugout No. 2 at the Washington Township Ballfields, part of the Belle Vernon Area School District. The theme ...
Greased Lightnin’ takes Yough High School stage
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March 27, 2025
Yough Senior High School’s musical “Grease: The School Edition” debuts Friday night. By the MVI The greasers and the pink ladies will take to the Yough Senior High School stage this weekend as the sch...
Charges held for court in Ringgold assault case
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 27, 2025
The 18-year-old was charged with aggravated assault for the classroom fight last month. A Ringgold High School student charged with assault following a classroom fight appeared in court Wednesday. Cha...
18TH ANNUAL EGG EGGSTRAVAGANZA
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March 27, 2025
The 18th Egg Eggstravaganza will be held from noon to 4 p.m. April 6 at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church Social Hall, 201 E. Main St., Uniontown. Egg artists will display, demonstrate an...
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March 27, 2025
West Mifflin Area School District officials are investigating an alleged hazing incident involving members of the high school baseball team. According to a statement from the district, the incident al...
$1M scratch-off prize won at Foster House II
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 26, 2025
The winner hasn’t been identified yet, but a ceremonial check will be presented Thursday. One lucky person who chose to stop at Foster House II for dinner last week is $1 million richer. The Pennsylva...
Driver’s license center draws crowd as Real ID deadline nears
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March 26, 2025
Real ID Days will be held April 7 at several locations, including Belle Vernon. By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive Pennsylvanians flocked to the Lehigh Valley Driver License Center outside Allentown on Monday — ...
HANDS-ON LEARNING AT MCKEESPORT AREA HIGH SCHOOL
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March 26, 2025
Members of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union, Local 9 Pa., recently joined McKeesport Area High School’s building construction classes, where students participated in hands-on learning wit...
CAR HITS TREE ON ROSTRAVER ROAD
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March 26, 2025
Rostraver Central Fire Department responded to an accident Tuesday morning that resulted in a vehicle getting stuck in a tree in the 1100 block of Rostraver Road. One person was evaluated at the scene...
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March 26, 2025
Scheduled single-lane restrictions on Interstate 70, eastbound and westbound, between Exit 49 (Smithton) and exits 46A/46B (Route 51) will begin today in Rostraver Township. Daytime restrictions will ...
April craft show will benefit Make-A-Wish, Zombek foundations
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 25, 2025
The event will be moved this year to the union hall for United Steelworkers 2227. More than 25 crafters and vendors are coming to West Mifflin April 12 to raise money for a good cause. “Crafters for W...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 25, 2025
Jamont Minnie is charged after a woman was shot in the wrist when a bar fight spilled outside last week. Details surrounding a shooting in Monessen last week that resulted in a woman suffering arm inj...
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March 25, 2025
By the MVI A McKeesport man is accused of fleeing the scene of a two-vehicle crash in the city last week. Richard Gerald Ostrosky, 49, is charged with two counts of accidents involving death or person...
‘Annie Jr.’ brings comics star to California stage
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March 24, 2025
Eva Kelly was Annie and Anthony Ruddle was Sandy in California Area School District’s production of “Annie Jr.”
White Oak seeks grants for renovation projects
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 24, 2025
They would help cover the cost of a storm water system and televising project and Heritage Hills Park court rehabilitation. White Oak council has authorized Borough Engineer Amber Yon to seek two gran...