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By By KELLEN STEPLER TribLive 
May 13, 2025
Penn State’s trustees will meet Thursday morning, but a decision on branch campus closures will not be made then, according to a university spokesman. The board of trustees tentatively scheduled a pub...
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Cinema in the
May 13, 2025
A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer who sold a $3 million- winning 3s a Charm Scratch-Off at the Exxon on 900 Rostraver Road in Rostraver Township will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning tick...
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By By BRIAN C. RITTMEYER TribLive 
May 13, 2025
The woman and her child who died Sunday afternoon after being thrown from their car in a crash on Interstate 70 in Washington County have been identified. Abdul-Salami Touray, 4, of Columbus, Ohio, wa...
Avenue of Flags raised in West Newton
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May 12, 2025
Richard Delong of West Newton Volunteer Fire Company and Patty Evans of West Newton helped set up the annual Avenue of Flags at West Newton Cemetery. Each flag is given by a family member in honor of ...
Elizabeth Township police receive accreditation
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 12, 2025
The designation will remain in effect for the next three years. The Elizabeth Township Police Department has become an accredited law enforcement agency. Chief Ken Honick announced at this month’s com...
Another case of whooping cough at BVA
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
May 12, 2025
Superintendent Timothy Glasspool released a statement for district parents and guardians. Belle Vernon Area School District announced Friday that one of its elementary schools had another case of whoo...
Volunteers clean up Cracker Jack Road area
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 12, 2025
Saturday’s Trash Bash was organized by the Pigeon Creek Watershed Association. The Pigeon Creek Watershed Association has made more progress toward clearing up Cracker Jack Road. PCWA Treasurer Nat Bo...
Two area bladder cancer survivors turn their journey into a lifeline for others
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May 12, 2025
The annual Walk to End Bladder Cancer will take place May 31 in North Park. By JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROP TribLive Bill Russell and Jim Rieker are survivors. Both diagnosed with bladder cancer, the men h...
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May 12, 2025
U.S. SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN, D-Braddock, does not seem pleased with scrutiny over his behavior. It hasn’t been about his language processing in the wake of his 2022 stroke. It hasn’t been about the depre...
Monessen students honored, inspired
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 10, 2025
Members of the Monessen Beyond Grad Program were urged to aim high for their future. The banquet hall at St. Vincent de Paul in Monessen was filled with smiles Friday night. Nearly 50 Monessen High Sc...
Prom Promise Expo for BVA
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May 10, 2025
Belle Vernon Area High School student Lucas Judy, wearing goggles to simulate the effects of impaired driving, veers off course and hits traffic cones while navigating a course Friday with Rostraver T...
Mother seeks answers 10 years after son’s murder
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
May 10, 2025
The 2015 killing of Drew Molinari at Minniti Motorsports in Rostraver Township remains unsolved. Not a day goes by that Dawn Dutchko-Dunlop doesn’t think of her son, Drew Molinari. Each Mother’s Day, ...
U.S. Steel seeking exemption from Biden-era emissions regulations
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By JACK TROY TribLive 
May 10, 2025
Numerous companies are appealing to President Trump regarding provisions of the Clean Air Act. U.S. Steel is among the industrial polluters seeking exemptions to Biden-era requirements to reduce emiss...
White Oak church marks 125 years
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 10, 2025
Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian began as a mission Sunday school before becoming officially organized in 1900. Loving their neighbors since 1900, Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 12...
Vintage items available at Whistle Stop Antique Mall
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By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
May 10, 2025
The New Eagle business has been booming since it opened in February. In the 1970s, Larry Kumpf bought property in New Eagle. For about 40 years, a large building at 205 Main St., housed a hearing aid ...
BRING YOUR KID TO WORK DAY
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May 10, 2025
Charleroi Elementary Center students Anna Guappone and Chloe Fleming, both third-graders, sit with sophomore Finlee Lenhart in a shaded area during Thursday’s Bring Your Kid to Work Day at Charleroi A...
Right ends, wrong means
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May 10, 2025
President Donald Trump has identified real problems, but he’s abusing his power in trying to correct them. Perhaps the most frustrating thing about being a conservative critic of Trumpism is that you ...
Celebrating extraordinary women this Mother’s Day
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May 10, 2025
By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com As we celebrate Mother’s Day tomorrow, we honor the women who shaped us, nurtured us, taught us and showed us what life and love are about. As each year flies by,...
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May 10, 2025
Tomorrow, we acknowledge birth mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers, surrogate mothers, single mothers, working moms, military moms and many other varieties. Thank you for all you do and here’s to a d...
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May 10, 2025
Free Indeed Ministry, 401 Second St., Monongahela, will host a Mother’s Day celebration service at 11 a.m. Sunday. The purpose of the celebration is to give gratitude and appreciation to God for the l...