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June 6, 2025
The board cited low enrollment and financial constraints as the reason for the East End Academy’s closure. The McKeesport Area School Board approved closing the district’s school for alternative educa...
Annita Garibaldi crowns new woman/mother of the year
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June 6, 2025
The Annita Garibaldi Society of Belle Vernon celebrated its annual Mother’s Day banquet May 4 at the St. Vincent de Paul Banquet Hall in Monessen with a “Hats off to Moms” theme. As she introduced thi...
PennDOT gives updates on Lebanon Church Road, Route 51 projects
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 6, 2025
The Lebanon Church Road Improvement Project extends through West Mifflin, Pleasant Hills, Baldwin and South Park. PennDOT hosted an informational meeting Thursday in Jefferson Hills to talk with resid...
MARY OF NAZARETH 8TH GRADERS GRADUATE
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June 6, 2025
Mary of Nazareth Catholic School hosted its eighth-grade graduation June 2 at St. Angela Merici Church of Mary, Mother of God Parish with the Rev. Thomas J. Burke, pastor of Saints Joachim and Anne Pa...
FORMER SEN. BREWSTER HONORED BY BREATHE PA
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June 6, 2025
Former state Sen. Jim Brewster was recently honored by Breathe Pennsylvania as a “Lung Health Hero Champion” for his advocacy to drive positive change for individuals with lung disease. Brewster thank...
News, Politics
June 6, 2025
THE D-DAY GENERATION, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago today. World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, have returned wi...
The judicial rebellion
Politics
June 6, 2025
Leonard Leo is a conservative activist who helped Donald Trump create the most lasting legacy of his first term: the appointment of 226 federal judges, including three to the Supreme Court. As the lon...
GRADUATION NIGHT FOR EF
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June 5, 2025
Members of Elizabeth Forward High School’s Class of 2025 received their diplomas during commencement Wednesday evening. Shown from left, are graduates Ethan Sharpeta, Angelo Michaels, Khloe Provins an...
Angry crowd packs McKeesport Area School Board meeting
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 5, 2025
The conversations got heated about the end of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation partnership. The McKeesport Area School Board faced a room full of angry parents and residents demanding answers abou...
Elevated sulfur levels at Clairton Coke Works investigated
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June 5, 2025
U.S. Steel has seven days to submit a full report explaining what happened in the control room, county health officials said. By JEFF HIMLER TribLive The Allegheny County Health Department is investig...
Shapiro fights for public transit in budget
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 5, 2025
The Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority would benefit from the governor’s increase in state funding. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2025-26 budget proposal could have a substantial impact on transportation in the M...
Jury returns $5.25M verdict against Jefferson Hospital
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By By PAULA REED WARD TribLive 
June 5, 2025
The jury deliberated for about seven hours over two days before reaching its verdict, which was only against the hospital, not the individual doctors. A jury on Friday ordered Jefferson Hospital to pa...
McKeesport promotes, hires new cops
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 5, 2025
Members of the Take Action Advocacy Group protested at the city council meeting Wednesday. At McKeesport’s council meeting Wednesday, several police officers were hired and promoted during Mayor Micha...
Monessen High School Class of 2025
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June 5, 2025
Monessen High School will host commencement at 6 p.m. Friday in the high school gymnasium. There are 43 graduates. Baylee Post was named valedictorian and Kendra Jones is salutatorian. Members of the ...
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NEWS BRIEF
June 5, 2025
Officials are investigating after a body was discovered in a creek in McKeesport Wednesday night. Allegheny County police said in a post online that at 7:15 p.m., Versailles Borough police received a ...
Burglary charges dismissed against homicide suspect in unrelated case
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June 5, 2025
By the MVI A man accused of killing a woman in Rostraver Township appeared for a court hearing Wednesday morning on unrelated burglary charges. Dorian Jeri-Greene appeared for his preliminary hearing ...
Politics
‘Emission’ impossible
June 5, 2025
To the Editor: The Frequent Letter Writer (FLW) is at it again (“Deja Vu,” MVI 5.16.25), this time with another Republican sneak attack on Social Security. He complains “the usual Democrat suspects co...
‘Original sin’: It’s worse than the authors know
Politics
June 5, 2025
The new Joe Biden book, “Original Sin,” detailing the Democrats’ conspiracy to deceive Americans about the carcass of a man sitting in the Oval Office, brought back warm memories. I really enjoyed tha...
Politics
June 5, 2025
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has been adamant in voicing support for coal mining. From his first campaign, he has talked a lot about the importance of the industry as a domestic energy source. There’s also ...