Elizabeth VFD gearing up for annual Riverfest
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 24, 2025
The event promises food, music, family fun, fireworks and, lots more. Two days full of riverfront fun for the whole family is taking place in downtown Elizabeth Borough this weekend. The annual Elizab...
Attention Swifties! Almost Taylor tribute coming to aquatorium
Features, Latest News
July 24, 2025
Almost Taylor and opener Mallory Bozovich will perform Saturday as part of the Rockin’ on the Mon Summer Concert series. By MATT PETRAS For the MVI In the spirit of reaching a younger audience, the Mo...
Legal cannabis would be sold by private dispensaries under key GOP proposal
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July 24, 2025
The long-awaited GOP proposal moves Harrisburg’s marijuana talks forward, but the issue still divides the Pa. Senate. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing inve...
Games teach life skills at 1790 log house
Around The Valley, Features
July 24, 2025
For the MVI Games to teach necessary life skills to 18th century children will offer fun experiences for families at the Greenock Log House in Elizabeth Township from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Bean bag...
Politics
July 24, 2025
THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL leadership did the right thing Monday in suspending a corrections officer. Brian Davis has worked at the jail for five years. He most recently worked in the facility’s intake...
Politics
July 24, 2025
To the Editor: What do you think about Trump’s cute little bawdy letter that he sent to his good buddy, Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday, the one that The Wall Street Journal revealed? House Spea...
Make America great again has never been so spot on
Politics
July 24, 2025
Oh look, another American’s been beheaded by a Mexican. This week’s beheader is Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, an illegal alien who, according to the Department of Homeland Security, decapitated 37-year-...
Fishing fun on a hot summer day
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July 23, 2025
August Bergman, of Jupiter, Fla., fishes in the Youghiogheny River at Cedar Creek Park on Tuesday afternoon. Bergman is visiting his grandmother, Linda Bergman, of Washington, Pa. Jeff Helsel / Mon Va...
Lawyers ask Pa. Supreme Court to tighten DA’s use of the death penalty
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July 23, 2025
The court filing argues that since Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh took office in 2021, he’s sought the death sentence in 11 out of 18 homicides. By PAULA REED WARD TribLive A team of ...
Dangerous sinkhole shuts down section of Monessen roadway
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July 23, 2025
DEP officials confirmed the void is the result of mine subsidence, and the resulting sinkhole is at least 12 to 15 feet deep. By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com Monessen Mayor Ron Mozer declared a ...
B&D Fireworks set for Saturday in Monessen
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 23, 2025
The free community event is set for Saturday at the Herman Mihalich Memorial River Launch and Park. The annual Monessen B&D fireworks show is set for this weekend, and owner Buzzy Byron guarantees a l...
St. Andrew parish partners with Greater Pittsburgh food bank to offer more outreach
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 23, 2025
The distributions through the Greater Pittsburgh food bank will be offered at the St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Charleroi from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month. If there’s a need, St...
Scenes from the Renzie Market in McKeesport
Around The Valley, Features
July 23, 2025
The Renzie Market was held Thursday at the McKeesport Fire Department Station No. 2 rear parking lot, Tulip Drive at Eden Park Blvd., McKeesport. The next Renzie Market is scheduled for Aug. 7. Admiss...
Elizabeth council gets updates on projects, applies for grants
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 23, 2025
Council is hoping to secure more funding for the new riverwalk pedestrian walkway. Several summer projects are moving along in Elizabeth Borough. At Tuesday’s regular meeting, council amended the agen...
Around The Valley
July 23, 2025
An 18-year-old teen died in a head-on collision Tuesday morning in Washington County, authorities say. The Washington County coroner was called around 5:30 a.m. to Route 40, near the road’s intersecti...
Politics
July 23, 2025
THE TOTAL POPULATION of senior citizens is 55.8 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Of that, 1.3 million are in nursing homes. That’s about 2.3%. Maybe that doesn’t seem like a lot, but the ...
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By By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press 
July 23, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits through 2034, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday, a slight increase in the proje...
Politics
July 23, 2025
To the Editor: The pied piper of D.C. — aka Donald J. Trump. An appropriate title for a perfect example of an individual who is responsible for a deteriorating government — a decline in the America th...