Fundraisers aid victims of U.S. Steel Clairton Works tragedy
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 3, 2025
A Salvation Army campaign will continue through Sept. 30, and there are many other ways to help. In the weeks since a deadly explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the Mon Valley has mobilized...
Driver injured after hitting tree in Lincoln Borough crash
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 3, 2025
A serious crash shut down Lovedale Road in Lincoln Borough for nearly five hours Tuesday afternoon after a truck pulling a dump trailer veered off the roadway and struck a tree. The incident happened ...
Trapped dog escapes with help from firefighters
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 3, 2025
They were able to rescue the family pet after it got stuck under a deck. Monday evening, the Fallowfield Volunteer Fire Company was called to help with a rescue that had nothing to do with flames or s...
TWO-VEHICLE CRASH IN ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP
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September 3, 2025
Rostraver Township firefighters responded to a two-vehicle accident on Pricedale Road at Sara Way early Tuesday afternoon. According to the fire department, two patients who were not identified were t...
Hyperpoliticized teachers unions
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September 3, 2025
About 70% of the nation’s public school teachers belong to a union or employees’ association. The two largest teachers unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of T...
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September 3, 2025
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will top Secretary of S...
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September 3, 2025
WHO SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE when a person’s biometric data — their facial features, voice or fingerprints — is misused? Illinois is home to some of the strongest consumer privacy regulations in the coun...
CVS requires prescription for COVID shots in Pa.
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By JACK TROY TribLive 
September 3, 2025
CVS is requiring prescriptions for COVID-19 shots in Pennsylvania because of delays on a federal panel that recommends vaccines. The new requirement reflects uncertainty over the nation’s vaccine poli...
Fun, food and music at Renzie Rib Fest
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September 2, 2025
Renzie Rib Fest, an annual Labor Day Weekend tradition in McKeesport, returned to Renziehausen Park Friday and wrapped up Monday night with fireworks.  Dave Coleman of Elrama cooks at the Big Girl’s B...
Progress being made through Jefferson Hills on Mon-Fayette Expressway
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 2, 2025
Jefferson Boulevard and Route 51 has a new traffic pattern implemented until the northbound off ramp is reopened. Progress is moving forward with construction of the Mon/ Fayette Expressway, according...
North Belle Vernon mine subsidence prevention project to begin
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September 2, 2025
The project is free to the residents and is funded by the 2021 Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs Act. By JOE NAPSHA TribLive The state will pump almost $12 million into an abandoned mine subsidenc...
Monessen gets clean audit report for ’24
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 2, 2025
Across all funds, city revenues doubled to nearly $15 million in 2024 — but expenditures jumped just as high, also topping $15 million. Monessen’s auditors delivered good news to city officials Wednes...
Enrollment steady at Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh schools
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September 2, 2025
Among the diocese schools in the Mon Valley are Madonna Catholic Regional School in Monongahela, Mary of Nazareth Catholic School in White Oak and Serra Catholic High School McKeesport. By TOM DAVIDSO...
Showing off their Leopard spirit
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September 2, 2025
Belle Vernon Area seventh graders, from left, Avery Short, Victoria Tyburski, Lena Pireaux, Madelynn Sasko and Milani Scaramucci sat together during a recent Belle Vernon Area volleyball match against...
Davanzo introduces loan bill for Pre-K child care centers
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 2, 2025
The bill aims to help child care centers amid the state budget impasse. State Rep. Eric Davanzo, R-Smithton, announced last week he introduced a bill that would help Pre-K Counts child care centers du...
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September 2, 2025
A father and his adult son were found shot to death Monday morning in their Pleasant Hills home, according to Allegheny County police. Police were notified at 7:21 a.m. of a potential shooting at a ho...
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September 2, 2025
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after a vacant apartment unit caught fire in West Mifflin Monday afternoon. In a post from the Munhall Volunteer Fire Company, officials res...