Philips Respironics moves could net more workers
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
June 19, 2024
By PATRICK VARINE and MEGAN SWIFT Trib Total Media Dutch health technology giant Philips Respironics’ planned phase-out of manufacturing operations in Westmoreland County may result in 300 job cuts at...
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HONOR ROLLS
June 18, 2024
The following students were named to the 202324 fourth quarter honor roll at Belle Vernon Area High School: Grade 12 Highest honors Holly Elizabeth Allen, John Anthony Bellissimo, Victoria Elizabeth B...
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HONOR ROLLS
June 18, 2024
The following students were named to the 2023-24 fourth-quarter honor roll at Belle Vernon Area Middle School: Grade 8 Highest honors Victoria Brynne Alexander, Emily Lynn Antonic, Sawyer James Barton...
Westmoreland Register of Wills fined, agrees to resign
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By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media 
June 18, 2024
Sherry Magretti Hamilton will have until the end of the year to pay her fine and agreed not to appeal the ruling. Westmoreland County Register of Wills Sherry Magretti Hamilton, whose management of th...
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By By JULIA MARUCA Trib Total Media 
June 18, 2024
UPMC and University of Pittsburgh researchers announced in August they would be testing the vaccine. Through an upcoming clinical trial, approximately 50 women will receive a new vaccine for early-sta...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 17, 2024
California Area School District was the only district in Washington County to receive funding through the program. California Area School District will receive state funding to enhance environmental e...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 15, 2024
The event was created by a newly formed recreation group. A new annual event in Charleroi aims to showcase the magic that has found its way back to the Magic City. The event is organized by a new boro...
An imperfect father
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IT’S ETCHED IN STONE
June 12, 2024
As we travel midway into this fabulous month of June, we find so much for which we are to be thankful. Brides are escorted down the aisle to be married. It is the month when many graduation parties ta...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 12, 2024
Preorders are requested for the Rostraver Lions barbecue on Saturday. This week’s barbecue hosted by the Rostraver Lions will benefit the Belle Vernon Area School District. Proceeds from Saturday’s ba...
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By By BILL SCHACKNER Trib Total Media 
June 11, 2024
Penn State University is switching to a regional model of overseeing many of its branch campuses and will bring New Kensington and Fayette under the direction of Chancellor Megan Nagel at the Greater ...
Black Diamond VFW post honors essay contest winners
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June 11, 2024
The students were invited to Monday’s VFW Post 1409 meeting to receive their awards. For the MVI Six Mon Valley students were recognized for their winning entries in annual essay contests sponsored by...
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Elizabeth Township
June 10, 2024
• Ronald James Griffey, 44, of Charleroi was charged with public drunkenness and similar misconduct, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after an alleged incident Sunday, court records state. A pr...
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media 
June 10, 2024
The effort began in 2022 as a way to safeguard against hackers. Westmoreland County has a new address. While the county courthouse remains at the same location in downtown Greensburg where it has stoo...
Local education leaders seek solutions to statewide teacher shortage crisis
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By By QUINCEY REESE Trib Total Media 
June 10, 2024
Pennsylvania reported more than 2,000 open teaching positions in October. Thousands of teaching positions in Pennsylvania were vacant or filled by someone on an emergency certificate in the past year,...
Rural pharmacy owners say it’s getting harder to stay open
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By By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer 
June 10, 2024
Financial pressures are putting them in an increasingly tough position. Basin Pharmacy fills more than prescriptions in rural northern Wyoming. It’s also the key health care access point for the town ...
McKeesport resident marks 100th birthday
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By NYA O'NEAL noneal@yourmvi.com 
June 8, 2024
Betty Cummings says having good friends is the secret to a long life. A resident at the Community Life Center in McKeesport was celebrated this week for becoming a centenarian. Elizabeth “Betty” Cummi...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 8, 2024
Sessions will be held June 27 and July 25 at City Park in Monessen. If your child is interested in ponies and agriculture, Penn State Extension and Monessen Councilwoman Karen Cosner will be hosting a...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 4, 2024
Several township streets and a parking lot were paved in 2023. Carroll Township’s 2023 paving project has come to a close. During a business meeting Tuesday, supervisors Ken Hillman, Gary Lenzi and Th...
Area woman among fatalities as 9 are shot at hookah bar
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By By JUSTIN VELLUCCI Trib Total Media 
June 3, 2024
Police said the Penn Hills establishment was operating without a license. A Penn Hills hookah bar where nine people were shot over the weekend, two fatally, was operating without a liquor license, aut...
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June 3, 2024
By BILL SCHACKNER and MICHAEL DIVITTORIO Trib Total Media A barricaded, pro-Palestinian encampment continued Monday outside the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning and protesters continue...