How Trump led the GOP from 2012 despair to 2024 triumph
Politics
June 4, 2025
he Republican Party was in desperate Tstraits in the weeks following the 2012 presidential election. There were several reasons. One, its losing nominee, Mitt Romney, was a poor candidate whom a signi...
Politics
June 4, 2025
SCHOOLS ARE ONE OF THOSE ubiquitous structures that are familiar in every community. Whenever you have kids, you have schools. The evolution of the buildings can be seen in one-room relics, massive br...
Pastor working to create community center
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June 3, 2025
Eric Ewell is hoping his efforts will transform lives in Duquesne and the surrounding area. By VENASIA SETTLES and KYLE NELSON McKeesport Community Newsroom Pastor Eric Ewell has been thinking about h...
Cornhole tournament to honor late police officer
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 3, 2025
The fundraising event in memory of Lt. Mike Kelemen will take place Saturday in Monessen. Lt. Mike Kelemen loved playing cornhole, so the Monessen Police Department thought the best way to remember hi...
New veterans organization being created in Mon Valley
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 3, 2025
Soldiers Under Maintenance will give former military members a forum to talk openly about their experiences. To win a war, it takes boots on the ground. But for many veterans, the experiences they had...
McKeesport Area announces Class of 2025 top graduates
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June 3, 2025
Graduation ceremonies are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday for 210 graduates. McKeesport Area High School will hold its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Weigle-Scha...
Weekend water issues fixed in Elizabeth Twp.
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 3, 2025
They involved a force main rupture, along with a modem failure at the Wylie pump station. Elizabeth Township commissioners received an update Monday from Dennis Ottaviani of Veolia Water about two iss...
Photos of the Monessen mills
Around The Valley, Latest News
June 3, 2025
John Golomb who worked in the Monessen steel mill for 35 years, recently hosted a program, “Photographs of the Monessen mills” at the Monessen Public Library. Th photographs and videos that were shown...
PRIESTHOOD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
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June 3, 2025
Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish of Elizabeth/Glassport/Liberty Boro celebrated a Fest Fry on Sunday at the Queen of the Rosary Social Hall in Glassport to celebrate the 24th anniversary of pri...
Around The Valley
June 3, 2025
A Uniontown man was arrested in Rostraver Township for alleged possession of marijuana. Amir Davon Marquay Evans, 22, is charged with possession of marijuana and exceeding the speed limit by 28 miles ...
Democrats and their DEI albatrosses
Politics
June 3, 2025
Afew Democratic officeholders, activists, and pundits are finally coming to their senses that their brand is toxic to a majority of the American people. The Biden administration killed what was left o...
Guest Op/Ed: Take the EDGE off price hikes for PA’s working families
Politics
GUEST OP/ED
June 3, 2025
By SEN. JAY COSTA AND SEN. NICK PISCIOTTANO After months of uncertainty from Washington D.C., a yoyo stock market responding to on-again, off-again tariffs that are triggering inflation, and economic ...
Politics
June 3, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA SENATE PRESIDENT Pro Tempore Kim Ward sounded adamant. “We’re certainly not going to raises taxes,” she said. The Hempfield Republican was speaking at the Westmoreland County Chamber of C...
Annual Mutt March held in Monongahela
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June 2, 2025
Ella Lendway, 4, along with Joshua and Celena Lendway of Monongahela, brought their dogs Asher and Diamond to Saturday’s Mutt March in Monongahela. Photos by Heather Hart / For the MVI
White Oak Lions celebrate 75th anniversary
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 2, 2025
The local club has been aiding the community in numerous ways since it began in 1950. The White Oak Lions Club held a 75th Charter celebration Sunday afternoon for the community at the White Oak Ameri...
MAEA issues statement in response to difficult week
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 2, 2025
Teachers sought to reassure parents that their work in the classroom won’t be affected. After a turbulent week for the McKeesport Area School District, the McKeesport Area Education Association reassu...
Weekend crashes in Rostraver Township
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June 2, 2025
Rostraver Township firefighters and police were called to a vehicle crash in the 4300 block of Route 51 about midnight Saturday. One patient was transported by Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services...
House fire under investigation in Charleroi
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June 2, 2025
Charleroi firefighters were called to a house fire Saturday in the 800 block of Crest Avenue. No injuries were reported, and the scene is under investigation by the state police fire marshal. Charlero...
Car, bus collide in Rostraver Township
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June 2, 2025
Rostraver Township police and firefighters were called to a vehicle crash in the 100 block of Finley Road shortly before 3:30 p.m. Sunday. One vehicle collided with a Mid-Mon Valley Transit Authority ...
BVA votes to adopt new substitute teacher system
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 2, 2025
ESS Northeast will handle the process for the upcoming school year. The Belle Vernon Area school board approved a new substitute teacher system at last month’s meeting in hopes of improving its fill r...