SA board authorizes sale of field
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By By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI 
July 1, 2025
The Glassport Athletic Field is located along Ohio Street. In a nine-minute special meeting Monday, the South Allegheny school board voted to approve the sale of land that was formerly the site of bas...
EF Warriors help others
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July 1, 2025
Members of the Elizabeth Forward High School football team recently helped with drop-off flea market donations for the upcoming Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish Festival, which will be held Aug...
Controller cites ‘unsustainable’ financial challenges
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY
By By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive 
July 1, 2025
Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Corey O’Connor warns that the county is spending a lot more money than it takes in. Allegheny County’s financial position is unsustainable, according to Controller Corey O...
Giant Eagle will use GetGo sale funds for store upgrades
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July 1, 2025
The company’s CEO said updates are being planned for about 25 stores. By JACK TROY TribLive Giant Eagle will use the $1.6 billion sale of GetGo to remodel grocery stores, add new ones, reduce prices a...
Magic City Saturday celebrates summer
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June 30, 2025
Sally Mai, 13, Zhixuan Mai, 8, and Rosalee Dobosh, 5, of Charleroi cool off with snow cones at the borough’s Magic City Saturday celebration. Heather Hart / For the MVI
Family loses home in Roscoe fire
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 30, 2025
Donations are being collected by American Legion Post 801. First responders from across the Mon Valley battled a house fire in extreme heat Saturday. With temperatures at their peak in the high 80s, f...
Mon Valley hit by heavy rain, strong winds
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 30, 2025
Another round of storms is in the forecast for this afternoon. Rostraver Township Fire Department responded to 20 calls for assistance as severe storms rolled through the area early Saturday afternoon...
Borough officials review fireworks regulations
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WEST MIFFLIN
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 30, 2025
Pennsylvania updated its law in 2022 to differentiate between consumer and commercial fireworks use. Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, West Mifflin Mayor Chris Kelly asked council members at the la...
Lawmakers to miss budget deadline, but don’t expect lengthy impasse
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June 30, 2025
There’s confidence that the process can be wrapped up in early July. By TOM FONTAINE TribLive Pennsylvania’s state government is expected to start the new fiscal year Tuesday without a spending plan i...
Rostraver Township vehicle crash
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June 30, 2025
Rostraver Township firefighters responded to a two-vehicle accident on Rostraver Road at Pricedale Road. Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services transported one patient, who was not identified, to a ...
Two-vehicle accident in Webster
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June 30, 2025
Rostraver Township firefighters responded to a two-vehicle accident Sunday evening on Route 906 in Webster. One person, who was not identified, was evaluated on scene by Rostraver West Newton Emergenc...
Magic at the Farmers Market in Monongahela
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June 28, 2025
A young audience member reacts to magician Steve Haberman Friday afternoon at the Monongahela Farmers Market in Chess Park. Friday was Kids Day, featuring games, activities and refreshments along with...
Family holds onto memories of Tori Demo as trial nears
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 28, 2025
She was killed in a crash on I-70 in March 2024. The trial for a Fayette City man involved in an accident that killed an Allenport woman last year is set to begin July 7. Jacob M. Posey, 23, who is ch...
Former Monessen man resentenced to life in prison for 1973 murders
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June 28, 2025
A judge denied John Veltre’s request for release Friday in a Westmoreland County courtroom. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Susan Worlton only knew her sisters from her mother’s stories and the few pictu...
EF student wins Cam Heyward foundation coloring contest
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June 28, 2025
“How can you be a hero?” That’s what Edgar Snyder & Associates, Cam Heyward of the Pittsburgh Steelers and his foundation, The Heyward House, asked local elementary school students in their “How to Be...
Charleroi mother takes plea deal in child’s death
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By By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com 
June 28, 2025
The body of Kylie Wilt and Alan Hollis’ son was discovered hidden behind a wall in her apartment. A Charleroi woman whose infant son was found entombed in the wall of her apartment four years ago plea...
GetGo’s sale to Canadian company gets FTC approval
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June 28, 2025
Overall, GetGo employs about 3,500 people across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana. By KELLEN STEPLER TribLive Giant Eagle’s sale of its GetGo gas stations and convenience stores...
Home Preservation Program advances through Pa. House
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 28, 2025
Many area lawmakers opposed the measure, but 20 Republican representatives joined with Democrats to pass it. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday to continue to fully fun...
Mon Valley Initiative open house shows off renovated apartments
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 27, 2025
Six units are available following a Mon Valley Initiative project at Cornerstone Apartments in West Newton. A historic building in the heart of West Newton could become your next home sweet home. On T...
New playground officially open in West Mifflin
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 27, 2025
A state grant helped to build the park, which is ADA approved. Just in time for summer fun, a new playground is open in the West Mifflin area. The opening of the West Mifflin Borough Community Park, l...