Politics
August 2, 2025
The dog days of summer are here, but there’s no shortage of fun in the forecast. The Fayette County Fair wraps up today, but it’s followed by the Washington and Westmoreland county fairs. There are pl...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 2, 2025
Nightly ramp closures will start Monday in North Belle Vernon. PennDOT District 12 said the closures are scheduled for Interstate 70 westbound at Exit 42 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night through Thurs...
Food vendors sought for NBV event
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 2, 2025
The celebration of cuisine will take place Aug. 16. North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park just wrapped up an event last weekend, and preparations are already underway for its next celebration. Polka ...
All aboard for fun at Cedar Creek Park playground
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August 1, 2025
Siblings Vinny Tokar, 5, and Viviana Tokar, 2, of Monessen pretend to drive from the conductor’s seat of the train-themed play structure at Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver Township. They visited the pla...
MMVTA forced to remove Gabe’s bus stop
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 1, 2025
The change will take effect Aug. 16 at the insistence of the property owners. A popular bus route in Rostraver Township is about to be discontinued. According to the Mid-Mon Valley Transit Authority, ...
Washington County Agricultural Fair offers preview
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 1, 2025
The weeklong celebration of agriculture in the county gets underway Aug. 9. The annual Washington County Agricultural Fair will kick off next week with the theme “Pennsylvania Fairs Cultivating Future...
Center Avenue bridge reopens
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 1, 2025
It was closed to traffic in April due to “unstable structural conditions.” The Center Avenue bridge that connects Elizabeth to Forward Township has reopened — right on schedule. On April 15, the bridg...
Driver charged with homicide by vehicle in fatal crash
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 1, 2025
The crash took place March 14 in Jefferson Hills. A Jefferson Hills man accused of killing a motorcyclist while driving drunk in the borough earlier this year has been charged with homicide by vehicle...
MVP August sponsor of the month
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August 1, 2025
The Mon Valley Paws August sponsor of the month is the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Monessen. Shown, from left, are Annette Russell, Debi Hornbeck, Rebecca Russell, Pat Jackson and Mary Furio-Earl h...
Health care champion, longtime hospital board chair Heatherington dies at 89
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August 1, 2025
He was a dedicated advocate for communitybased health care. For the MVI The regional health care community is mourning the loss of D. James Heatherington, former chairman of UPMC McKeesport and longti...
Feast Day celebrated
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August 1, 2025
Kathleen King of Greenock and Mary Jo and Chuck McClintock of Port Vue enjoy a catered brunch from the R Place Restaurant of Elizabeth Township during a reception Saturday in Archangel Hall at St. Mic...
Deputy director hired for election bureau
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
August 1, 2025
Hannah Lindley served more than six years in a similar position in Washington County. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive For the first time in five years, Westmoreland County has a deputy director of the el...
Around The Valley
August 1, 2025
Allegheny County Police say they believe a man shot a woman before taking his own life early Thursday morning in McKeesport. County 911 was notified of a shooting in the 2300 block of Grandview Avenue...
Rigger-in-chief
Politics
August 1, 2025
Elections have consequences, and winners set the rules — up to a point. In a healthy democracy, the majority’s power should always be tempered by a decent respect for minority rights. Otherwise, ruthl...
Politics
August 1, 2025
THE WORLD OF FICTION makes it seem like the death penalty is a simple, almost foregone conclusion in a courthouse. It isn’t, at least not in Pennsylvania. The Keystone State has a complicated relation...
Red Sand Project sheds light on human trafficking
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 31, 2025
The Red Sand Project is an art initiative that uses sidewalk cracks as installations to raise awareness of human trafficking. Human trafficking can take place anywhere and to anyone, and that’s why So...
Pennsylvanians may see higher electric bills this summer — and next
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July 31, 2025
Record-setting usage fueled by heat waves, plus the region’s electrical grid, is behind the increases. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and p...
Fallowfield Township to step up security during meetings
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 31, 2025
The supervisors are also working with the township’s refuse hauler to get trash service issues worked out. Fallowfield Township supervisors decided to increase safety measures for monthly meetings. St...
August Fun Fest features music, food and car show
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July 31, 2025
For the MVI The August Fun Fest will take place 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at Cedar Creek Park, Rostraver Township. This event is free to the public and offers free parking. There’s something for the wh...
Local youth having ‘Summer’s Best Two Weeks’ at day camp
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 31, 2025
Summer’s Best Two Weeks is a Christian sports day camp that is hosted by Lebanon Church in West Mifflin. “God first, others second, and I’m third.” That’s the motto for “Summer’s Best Two Weeks”, a sp...