McKeesport hosts Pop Up and Play event
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July 8, 2025
McKeesport firefighter Forrest Kovacevic watches 5-year-old Cruz Pritchet take a turn behind the wheel of the fire truck during Monday evening’s Pop Up and Play event at Riverview Playground. Children...
Monongahela celebrates new street lights
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 8, 2025
They were financed through a $147,000 DCED grant. Monongahela officials gathered Monday to celebrate the installation of new city street lights, made possible by a grant from the Pennsylvania Departme...
New Elizabeth Township officer sworn in
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 8, 2025
James Halyama is an Army veteran who recently graduated from the police academy. A new patrolman for the Elizabeth Township Police Department was hired during Monday’s meeting. James Halyama was surro...
Final phase of Locks and Dam No. 3 demolition begins today
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 8, 2025
Roughly 33 explosions are scheduled to take place in the next few months. The final phase of controlled demolition of the walls of Locks and Dam No. 3 in Elizabeth will start today. Last year, almost ...
St. Sebastian students of the month honored
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July 8, 2025
The Fayette City Washington Township Lions Club recently announced the students of the month awards for St. Sebastian Regional Catholic School in North Belle Vernon. Criteria for the awards are based ...
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By By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press 
July 8, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Just over three months ago, President Donald Trump unveiled his most sweeping volley of tariffs yet — holding up large charts from the White House Rose Garden to outline new import tax...
A mild protest in Manhattan
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July 8, 2025
It was a somewhat sad, quaint scene; I got out of an Uber and noticed eyes on me immediately. I had arrived at Planned Parenthood’s flagship Manhattan center. It’s supposed to close and be sold, but f...
Politics
July 8, 2025
ARE GROCERY STORES THE KEY TO FIGHTING back against the high cost of prescription drugs? In recent years, drugstores have been caught between a rock and a hard place. The rock is Medicare and Medicaid...
Kayak partners on the Yough
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July 7, 2025
Leann Espinosa of Greensburg paddles the final stretch with her 11-month-old West Highland terrier, Sullivan, during a Sunday kayak trip from Smithton to Cedar Creek Park on the Youghiogheny River. Je...
Work continues to move Carroll Township houses
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 7, 2025
The original project was halted after failing to meet the township’s setback requirements. Work on two homes in Carroll Township has continued without any new hiccups. Construction of the two homes by...
Inglis’ bill provides for taxation of digital ads
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2025
The West Mifflin lawmaker is one of 28 co-sponsors of the House legislation. Amid negotiations for the 2025-26 state budget, Rep. John Inglis, D-West Mifflin, and other state House colleagues introduc...
Car crashes into Charleroi home
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2025
Nobody was injured in the Sunday afternoon accident, but part of the house was severely damaged. A car crashed into a house in the area of Eighth Street and Prospect Avenue in Charleroi around 2 p.m. ...
Expressway project work scheduled for July
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2025
Construction for the Mon/ Fayette Expressway’s Section 53A1 and Section 53A2 is continuing along this month, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The standard work shift is 6 a.m. to 4:3...
Flight 93 Memorial organization seeks up to $500K for 25th observance
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July 7, 2025
Plans include replacing some of the site’s 40 memorial trees that had to be removed. By JOE NAPSHA TribLive Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial has plans for several projects and a fundraising camp...
Michigan’s on the move
Politics
July 7, 2025
PETOSKEY, Mich. — The sun is out, the lake is glistening, the strawberries are bright red and summer-sweet. Golfers and anglers are busy, cyclists are on the move, brats are on the barbecue. This is M...
Politics
July 7, 2025
FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR, Pennsylvania’s elected officials fail to meet constitutional budget deadline. For most Pennsylvanians, the lack of a budget will have few immediate noticeable effects. Bu...