Pope Francis remembered at Monessen Mass
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April 28, 2025
The Rev. Mike Thomas stands in front of a framed portrait of Pope Francis as Epiphany of Our Lord in Monessen held a Mass Saturday for the pope’s funeral. In back are the Rev. Vincent Concepcion and T...
Elizabeth seeing fewer commercial trucks in downtown area
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 28, 2025
For months, the borough has been making an effort to reroute the vehicles back onto Route 51. Elizabeth Borough has been successful in getting commercial trucks out of the downtown corridor after mont...
PennDOT emphasizes safe driving during construction season
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 28, 2025
National Work Zone Awareness Week just concluded. With summer approaching, PennDOT, in partnership with Pennsylvania State Police, is encouraging drivers to practice safe driving around construction z...
Faithful remember Francis as ‘pilgrim of hope’
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April 28, 2025
Local parishioners talked about his impact on the Catholic Church during his 12 years as pope. By TOM DAVIDSON TribLive Pope Francis’ message to listen more, preach less and show mercy to all resonate...
Mon Valley Leadership Circle’s Professional Book Club promotes leadership
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 28, 2025
It meets every month at the Business Resource Center in Monongahela. A local book club geared toward leadership is entering its fifth month. The Mon Valley Leadership Circle’s Professional Book Club h...
Pa. health officials won’t say how they’d handle a $500M cut
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April 28, 2025
The funding helps Pennsylvania purchase and administer vaccines, monitor the spread of infectious diseases like measles and contact people who might have been exposed to dangerous pathogens. By SARAH ...
Mighty and meek say farewell to Pope Francis
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April 28, 2025
The Vatican estimates that 250,000 people attended the funeral Mass and another 150,000 lined the motorcade route. VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell t...
Politics
April 28, 2025
IF THERE’S ONE THING investors have learned in recent days, it’s that there’s no way to guess what America will do next. With its onagain, off-again tariffs, the administration has demonstrated a will...
Politics
April 28, 2025
TORONTO (AP) — Donald Trump might as well be on the ballot when Canadians vote for a new government. The U.S. president’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st state have infuriated Canadians ...
In Trump’s first 100 days, familiar themes emerge
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April 28, 2025
As we approach the landmark 100 days of the second Trump ascendancy, the nature of his rule has become clear. It is, to be sure, chaotic, like his first term. But this Trump presidency differs in fund...
Rostraver Rite Aid announces closure
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 26, 2025
The drug store chain has shut down several locations since filing for bankruptcy last fall. The Rite Aid location in Rostraver Township will close next month after the company filed for Chapter 11 ban...
Ringgold students inspired at Monongahela Women’s Club Senior Girls Luncheon
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 26, 2025
Former Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan was this year’s guest speaker. Ringgold senior girls, like so many other soon-to-be graduates across the Mon Valley preparing to start a new, e...
Family accused of theft through power of attorney
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 26, 2025
A Belle Vernon man, his wife and his son are accused of taking thousands of dollars since 2019 from the man’s mother after assuming power of attorney. Todd Reppert, 56, was charged by the Pennsylvania...
Students create shirts for Mental Health Awareness
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 26, 2025
The iSH Company at Elizabeth Forward High School is working with March Fourth. The iSH Company, an Elizabeth Forward T-shirt and sign printing student business, has partnered with March Fourth to crea...
Ringgold High School holds Boys Senior Social
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April 26, 2025
Ringgold High School held its Boys Senior Social at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital on Friday. Nicole Porter, a PNC branch manager, spoke with Jimmy Nash, Ryland Wasak, Chaz Kelly, Finn Mansmann an...
Elected offices up for grabs in Fayette County
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Primary Election 2025
By By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com 
April 26, 2025
The candidate lists for the 2025 primary municipal election for Fayette County have been announced. Primary election day is May 20. The last day to register to vote in the primary is May 5. The last d...
Young artists display skills in competition
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 26, 2025
The annual event was hosted by the Women’s Club of Elizabeth. Pizza, cupcakes, drinks, art and companionship came together this week in Elizabeth. The Women’s Club of Elizabeth held its annual art con...
Rally held against Penn State campus closures
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By By KELLEN STEPLER TribLive 
April 26, 2025
The message at the New Kensington branch is the decisions are “too fast, too final.” Meredith Carter, a senior at Penn State New Kensington, strongly believes there’s a disconnect between Penn State d...
CHEMISTRY COMES TO LIFE AT MASD
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April 26, 2025
The Applied Chemistry Science Fair held recently in Lynne Lennon’s ninth grade science classes at McKeesport Area High School made science come to life in a real way for her students. Lennon’s classes...
Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a criminal? Great question
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April 26, 2025
Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia a good person? I don’t know. In 2021 his wife petitioned for, and received, an order of protection against him after she alleged domestic violence; she said last week that thei...