Ligonier Valley taps McKeesport Area administrator as new superintendent
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October 3, 2025
Matthew Mols called it “bittersweet” to leave the school district. By JEFF HIMLER TribLive Matthew Mols, assistant superintendent at McKeesport Area School District, is set to take on the role of supe...
Man who fell at PNC Park charged with prowling at ex’s house
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By By JACK BURDELSKI TribLive 
October 3, 2025
Kavan Markwood said the allegations aren’t true, but he refused to explain what happened. The man who recently made a triumphant return to PNC Park after suffering serious injuries from a 21-foot fall...
Politics
October 3, 2025
THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET impasse isn’t the gift that keeps on giving. It’s the thief that keeps on taking. The three-month-long delay in a state spending plan is a dammed-up financial river that has ri...
Nearly $8B in clean energy projects cut in states that supported Harris
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October 3, 2025
The Energy Department announced the termination of 223 projects nationwide. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy proj...
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By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
October 3, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and sugg...
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October 3, 2025
He examined the concept of “pro-life” by balancing abortion with the death penalty. ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church b...
Soccer fans support their team
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October 2, 2025
Bentworth High School soccer fans Joey Spina, Calen Antanovich, Noah Ayres and Andrew Humbertson line the fence to watch the Lady Bearcats take on Brownsville High School on Wednesday evening. Jenn Co...
Valley leaders react to federal government shutdown
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
October 2, 2025
The federal government began to shut down at 12 a.m. Wednesday as lawmakers failed to resolve a dispute over spending, leading to the first lapse in funding in nearly seven years. The federal governme...
Resolution could add members to Charleroi water authority board
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
October 2, 2025
Communities that also use the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi’s services want a say. In Charleroi, few things resurface in borough politics as often— or as bitterly— as the future of the Authori...
Three Rivers Behavioral Health to open in West Mifflin
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
October 2, 2025
An open house was held at the facility Wednesday to allow the public to meet staff and learn what the facility is all about. A new psychiatric facility offering inpatient and outpatient treatment will...
McKeesport gets update on viaduct bridge replacement
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
October 2, 2025
Eight properties could be affected by the project. During a public meeting Wednesday hosted by the City of McKeesport, PennDOT, and the Federal Highway Administration, preliminary plans for the replac...
Fall Fleatique crafters, food vendors to set up at aquatorium due to Chess Park work
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CITY OF MONONGAHELA
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
October 2, 2025
The annual street sale is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in downtown Monongahela. Monongahela’s annual Fall Fleatique on the Mon is set for Saturday, but there will be some changes due to construct...
Trial testimony: City man accused of shooting his mother had violent past
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October 2, 2025
By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive Prosecutors on Wednesday set out to show John Malcolm Smith V had a history of violence before he allegedly shot his mother. On the second day of the trial, Danita Jones and ...
Both parties blame each other on 1st day of government shutdown
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October 2, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats spent the first day of the federal government shutdown blaming each other for the dysfunction, as iconic sites representing the nation’s core identity — fro...
Media and Trump agree: Epstein files not interesting
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October 2, 2025
In a recent installment of the media’s daily “DISAPPOINTED TRUMP VOTERS” piece, The Washington Post suggests that the MAGA base is mainly upset about tariffs. At least that’s what I gleaned from an ar...
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October 2, 2025
By LINLEY SANDERS AND AMELIA THOMSON- DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place ...
Highmark Wholecare’s Farm-to-Family program distributes free produce
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October 1, 2025
Highmark Wholecare’s Farm-to-Family program distributed 7,500 pounds of fresh produce Tuesday at Dee’s Event Center in Charleroi. The organization has already provided more than 110,000 pounds of food...
Republicans proposing loan interest forgiveness
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
October 1, 2025
The legislation would apply to counties and Head Start providers who sign up for a new state loan program due to the budget impasse. Several Republican state legislators announced their intention to i...
Changes sought in Pa.’s public notice laws
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
October 1, 2025
Critics of the current regulations call them outdated and say the information should be posted on a digital platform. Should the public’s right to know be printed on paper or posted online? That quest...