VBS AT REHOBOTH CHURCH
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June 17, 2025
Rehoboth Presbyterian Church, 442 Rehoboth Road, Rostraver Township, will hold vacation Bible school from 9 to 11:30 a.m. July 7-11. The theme is “Christmas in July.” Included will be crafts, games, s...
Monessen Lions present donation for Kelemen memorial tournament
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June 17, 2025
The Monessen Lions presented a $500 donation to the Monessen Police Department for the Lt. Mike Kelemen Memorial Cornhole Tournament held last week. Shown, from left, are Monessen police Chief Dave Yu...
Sen. Ward says it’s a ‘scary time’ in politics
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June 17, 2025
She installed more security cameras at her home over the weekend. By TOM FONTAINE TribLive Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward spent part of her Saturday afternoon installing more secur...
Crime briefs: Shots under investigation as glass broken in MMVTA bus shelter
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June 17, 2025
Donora Police and the Washington County Sheriff’s office are investigating multiple reports about shots being fired early Sunday morning near American Legion Post 212. According to Police Chief Neal R...
Fire hits McKeesport business
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June 16, 2025
Around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, fire officials were called to a fire at Cal’s Cantina Bar & Grille in the 600 block of Eden Park Boulevard in McKeesport. The fire was quickly brought under control and is now...
Weekend vehicle crash in Rostraver
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June 16, 2025
Rostraver Township Fire Department responded to a vehicle accident Saturday in the 4900 block of Route 51 south. Fire crews assisted Rostraver Township police with traffic control while Rostraver West...
Charleroi approves new dumpster restrictions
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 16, 2025
The changes were requested by the code enforcement officer. Charleroi has new restrictions in place for the use of dumpsters in the borough. Council unanimously passed a law last week to amend a previ...
EF board gets update on high school construction
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 16, 2025
Work can proceed without interruption now that school is out for the summer. There were more discussions about ongoing construction at the high school at Elizabeth Forward school board’s workshop meet...
Farmers markets provide boost to local economies
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June 16, 2025
Pennsylvania is second in the nation in direct-toconsumer farm sales. By MADISON STOKES and NADIA COMMODORE TribLive Late spring and earlier summer are some of Jennifer Jackson’s favorite times of the...
Ciss House of Hope feeding ministry today in White Oak
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June 14, 2025
Althea “Ciss” Warman said no one is turned away. By COLETTE FUNCHES McKeesport Community Newsroom When Althea Warman and her three children, Jamey, George and Dominic Warman, and Jeb Stercula, open th...
West Mifflin Area School District sued by employee
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 14, 2025
Sharna Baker alleges discrimination in her job assignments. A West Mifflin Area School District teacher, former principal and resident filed a federal civic action lawsuit against the school district....
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 14, 2025
A Denbo man is being charged with a first-degree misdemeanor after an 18-year-old Charleroi woman was allegedly attacked by his pit bull mix dog while she was trying to protect her godson. Troy Lee Br...
Appeals court upholds decision to raze former Century III Mall
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June 14, 2025
By PAULA REED WARD TribLive A Pennsylvania appeals court Wednesday upheld West Mifflin’s decision to raze the former Century III Mall, a nuisance property whose demolition has been underway for more t...
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June 14, 2025
Police are investigating after a man with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest drove into parked vehicles Thursday night in East McKeesport. Authorities were notified at 11:48 p.m. of a crash in the 500...
West Mifflin works to cut school budget
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 13, 2025
Directors are trying to reduce expenditures before next week’s vote. West Mifflin Area school board members discussed potential reductions to their proposed budget at Thursday’s work session. The dist...
Multi-vehicle accident in Perryopolis
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June 13, 2025
An accident involving three motorcycles and a motor vehicle occured around 5:40 p.m. Thursday on Route 201 near the intersection of Perry Road in Perryopolis. Three patients were transported via STAT ...
Pet cremation scandal suspect set for arraignment
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June 13, 2025
The procedure for Patrick Vereb of Hazelwood will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Allegheny County Courthouse. By TAWNYA PANIZZI TribLive Terry Onufer will never get a pet cremated again. The Buffal...
Ringgold’s Isabella Hooper a Pa. Laurel Queen candidate
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June 13, 2025
For the MVI Isabella Hooper will represent Ringgold High School and her community as a Pennsylvania Laurel Queen candidate during the 83rd Annual Pennsylvania State Laurel Festival in Wellsboro, Pa. T...
Two-car crash in Rostraver Township
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June 13, 2025
Rostraver Township Fire Department responded to a car crash Thursday evening along the 1100 block of Rostraver Road. The occupants of the vehicles were evaluated on the scene by Rostraver West Newton ...
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI TribLive 
June 13, 2025
Two Westmoreland County women lost a combined $5,000 after falling for a federal jury duty scam, according to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office. Both situations were reported to autho...