Group hopes to revive Monessen’s Cultural Heritage Festival tradition
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 25, 2024
The Mon Valley NAACP is organizing the event, which starts at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Anthony E. Madison Sr. Veterans Memorial Park in Monessen. Mon Valley NAACP Unit 2274 is once again bringing back ...
Local pharmacists: Pharmacy benefit manager regulation law step in the right direction
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 25, 2024
The bill sets restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers, third-party intermediaries that work with drug manufacturers, pharmacies and insurance providers Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill last week that...
Donora museum is a tribute to Mon Valley’s star athletes
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IT’S ETCHED IN STONE
July 25, 2024
Editor’s note: Ralph Stone has been writing about an imaginary family from Omaha, Neb., touring the Mon Valley on a summer vacation. As the Higgins continued their tour at the museum, they learned tha...
McKeesport, White Oak churches partner to host vacation Bible school
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 25, 2024
The fourth annual Community Vacation Bible School will be held July 29-Aug. 2 at White Oak Park. Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church in White Oak is partnering with McKeesport Area Shared Ministry UMC...
Valley officials sound off on Biden’s speech
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July 25, 2024
President Joe Biden has delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy. By TAYLOR BROWN AND SARAH PELLIS tbrown@yourmvi.com spellis@yourmvi.com President Joe Biden addressed the A...
Six Gun Sally, Artimus Pyle return to heat up aquatorium
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ROCKIN’ ON THE MON SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
July 25, 2024
Bo Bice of American Idol will open on the main stage for Saturday’s concert in Monongahela. The Monongahela Aquatorium’s Rockin’ on the Mon concert this weekend features local favorite classic and Sou...
PERFECT SUMMER DAY
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July 24, 2024
Allana Hough and Angelo Menozzi, both 16 of North Belle Vernon, enjoyed Tuesday’s mild weather at Community Bank Park. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our website ...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 24, 2024
The event will be held Thursday at the River House Cafe, which will donate 10% of its profits from food sales that day. Charleroi’s annual Stuff the Bus event will look a bit different this year. The ...
Residents sought to help monitor pollution
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 24, 2024
Protect PT will provide air monitors to anyone living near the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill or the Monessen coke plant. An environmental nonprofit is seeking residents who live near the Monessen cok...
Local groups discuss green future for McKeesport
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
July 24, 2024
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Urbankind Institute and the Audubon Society are joining city officials in the effort. The vision of a greener McKeesport took a step forward Monday evening in the bas...
Third annual Mon Valley Night Out set for Aug. 6
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 24, 2024
Valley residents can meet police officers, firefighters and EMTs from throughout the area. Rostraver Township police will host the third annual Mon Valley Night Out Aug. 6 at the DiVirgilio Recreation...
Elizabeth may seek grant for riverscape upgrades
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 24, 2024
Council discussed several options for the area at Tuesday’s meeting. Elizabeth Borough Manager Scott Craighead discussed with council members Tuesday the possibility of using a boating infrastructure ...
Davis promotes afterschool programs in McKeesport visit
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 23, 2024
The lieutenant governor returned to the LaRosa Youth Club, where he spent much of his childhood. Lt. Gov. Austin Davis returned to McKeesport Monday to tout the state budget’s $11.5 million investment...
Valley voters react to Biden’s decision to end reelection bid
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 23, 2024
Their views on Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy vary by party. On the heels of President Joe Biden announcing his exit from the presidential election Sunday, local voters on both sides of the p...
RWNES involved with Yellow Dot Program
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 23, 2024
A dot on the rear window of a vehicle alerts first responders about vital health information. Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services has partnered with the Highway Safety Network to offer a program ...
Saints Joachim & Anne Parish preparing for annual festival
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By NYA O'NEAL noneal@yourmvi.com 
July 23, 2024
The Aug. 1-3 celebration will be the first for the Rev. Tom Burke. Saints Joachim and Anne Parish is preparing for its annual summer community festival. The decades-long tradition will have three days...
Bendel family to host annual softball event for memorial fund
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 23, 2024
Games will take place Sunday in Elizabeth from 8:30 a.m. until dark. The Bendel family will host the 18th annual Jacob William Bendel Memorial Softball Tournament on Sunday to remember Jacob Bendel an...
Job fair planned as Amazon seeks warehouse workers
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July 23, 2024
By JOE NAPSHA Trib Total Media Amazon is ramping up hiring at its New Stanton warehouse this month and is planning to place 600 employees at the site by the end of the year. The e-commerce giant began...
FIRE AT ABANDONED CHURCH IN BROWNSVILLE
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July 22, 2024
A fire ravaged the former First Baptist Church on Market Street in Brownsville Sunday. Fayette County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the scene at around 3:35 p.m., according to WPXI. N...
Veterans celebrated at Warriors Rock concert
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By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
July 22, 2024
The annual tribute show honors the military and first responders. Hundreds gathered Sunday evening at the Monongahela Aquatorium Warriors Rock concert to honor Mon Valley- area veterans with live musi...