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July 11, 2024
A Donora man has been arrested for allegedly showing up at his ex-girlfriend’s workplace with a hammer demanding that she speak with him. Jason C. Johnson, 43, is charged with simple assault, terroris...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 11, 2024
Kathy Heinz expects Small Town Tavern to begin operating in August or early September. There’s going to be a new restaurant in Rostraver Township called Small Town Tavern, and owner Kathy Heinz is exc...
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By By JULIA MARUCA Trib Total Media 
July 11, 2024
A bill placing regulations on pharmacy benefit managers is headed to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s desk. The bill, which began in the state House, passed overwhelmingly in the state Senate on Wedne...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 10, 2024
A McKeesport man faces new criminal charges for allegedly shooting a woman with a shotgun at his residence in February. Franklin J. Lynch, 39, is charged with aggravated assault, firing a gun into an ...
Joe Magarac Touring Mill
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IT’S ETCHED IN STONE
July 10, 2024
Editor’s note: For the next few weeks, Ralph Stone will be writing about an imaginary family from Omaha, Neb., touring the Mon Valley on a summer vacation. Following the Higgins family’s Fourth of Jul...
EFHS to induct Hall of Fame class
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July 9, 2024
The 27th annual ceremony will take place in late September. For the MVI Six distinguished alumni and two dedicated educators have been selected for recognition during the 27th annual Elizabeth Forward...
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NEW EAGLE
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 9, 2024
Because of financial concerns, the borough doesn’t have anyone who currently monitors those figures. A New Eagle resident volunteered to keep an updated list of the borough’s rental properties and the...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 9, 2024
The current law has been on the books since 2007. Solicitor Ashley Puchalski suggested updating White Oak’s Right-To-Know laws at borough council’s workshop meeting Monday. Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Kno...
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McKeesport
July 9, 2024
• Zachary Anthony, 31, listed as homeless, was charged with retail theft, burglary and criminal mischief after alleged incidents on June 22 and July 1, court records state. • Tiffany Moore, 31, listed...
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
A man accused of fleeing from a traffic stop over the weekend broke into a Greensburg home in an unsuccessful attempt to escape from police, according to court papers. Authorities reported finding Dre...
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
A Donora man is accused of leading state police on a chase through Rostraver and neighboring communities before being apprehended. Troopers said they seized pills, suspected crack cocaine, paraphernal...
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CHARLEROI REGIONAL POLICE
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 8, 2024
The money will likely be used to help cover the costs of police equipment. Organizers are happy with the results of a Back the Blue fundraiser held last month to benefit Charleroi Regional Police. The...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 4, 2024
Adoption Connection PA works diligently to help children reunite with their families. Adoption Connection PA, a foster care and adoption agency that serves 15 counties, is in need of foster parents. J...
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Lincoln Borough
July 4, 2024
• Casey Marie Liska, 27, of Jennerstown, Pa., was charged with tampering with evidence, prohibited acts and two counts of prohibited acts - possession stemming from an alleged incident Tuesday, court ...
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
July 2, 2024
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is seeking the public’s help in counting the number of turkeys living in the state’s woods and farmlands. The effort reflects a trend for naturalists and biologists to...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 2, 2024
A Coal Center man was charged with driving an all-terrain vehicle through a bonfire after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend June 15. According to court records, Bruce Lynn Dingeldine, 49, was cha...
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By By BRIAN C. RITTMEYER Trib Total Media 
July 1, 2024
A security guard is accused of killing one of two people shot at a hookah lounge and cigar bar in Penn Hills a month ago, Allegheny County Police said Monday. Chaz Jackson, 42, of Pittsburgh was charg...
Long-troubled Shuman Center reopening today
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By By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media 
July 1, 2024
Three years after the troubled Shuman Juvenile Detention Center was shut down and its license revoked, the facility will reopen today on the same site in Pittsburgh but under new management, giving Al...
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June 27, 2024
By QUINCEY REESE and JOE NAPSHA Trib Total Media Three tornadoes touched down in Western Pennsylvania late Wednesday, damaging homes and downing power lines, the National Weather Service said Thursday...
Visiting Mon Valley towns through the eyes of ‘tourists’
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IT’S ETCHED IN STONE
June 26, 2024
Editor’s note: For the next few weeks, Ralph Stone will be writing about an imaginary family from Omaha, Neb., touring the Mon Valley on a summer vacation. It had been two years since the Higgins fami...