Monessen couple charged with abuse of animals
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 1, 2025
Police said a neighbor videotaped more than 50 violent acts involving dogs. A Monessen couple is behind bars after allegedly abusing their dogs so badly that two of the animals died. Mackinzie Orndoff...
Pennsylvania Democrats object to ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 1, 2025
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and some state Senate leaders issued statements Monday opposing the federal legislation. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and Senate Democrats don’t think there’s much to lo...
SA board authorizes sale of field
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By By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI 
July 1, 2025
The Glassport Athletic Field is located along Ohio Street. In a nine-minute special meeting Monday, the South Allegheny school board voted to approve the sale of land that was formerly the site of bas...
EF Warriors help others
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July 1, 2025
Members of the Elizabeth Forward High School football team recently helped with drop-off flea market donations for the upcoming Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish Festival, which will be held Aug...
Controller cites ‘unsustainable’ financial challenges
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY
By By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive 
July 1, 2025
Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Corey O’Connor warns that the county is spending a lot more money than it takes in. Allegheny County’s financial position is unsustainable, according to Controller Corey O...
Giant Eagle will use GetGo sale funds for store upgrades
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July 1, 2025
The company’s CEO said updates are being planned for about 25 stores. By JACK TROY TribLive Giant Eagle will use the $1.6 billion sale of GetGo to remodel grocery stores, add new ones, reduce prices a...
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July 1, 2025
INDEPENDENCE DAY and the extended weekend off for many is a great time to celebrate, but no American holiday results in more horror stories. Thousands of people are treated in emergency rooms for fire...
Politics
July 1, 2025
To the Editor: Well, well, well, Donnie finally got the crowd size he always wanted and desired. It’s called protest rallies, which every state had. “Tremendous” amounts of angry anti-Trump folks were...
In the end, everyone hated the Iranian theocracy
Politics
July 1, 2025
It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar — the last Par...
To be free, we must be together
Politics
July 1, 2025
“Avery widespread ailment of our time is the fatigue of living: reality seems to us to be too complex, burdensome, difficult to face.” Maybe it’s because we have a pope now who was born in the United ...
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July 1, 2025
By the MVI The Winnett Methodist Church in Smithton is still collecting gently-used shoes to continue its year-long community outreach. Under the direction of Pastor Vann Walchock, parishioners are ba...
BUSINESS NOTEBOOK
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July 1, 2025
A recent internal promotion at local packaging manufacturer RETAL PA is highlighting the sense of teamwork and opportunity for career growth at the Donora plant, according to a company news release. L...
MAKING THE GRADE
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Local students graduate from Bucknell University
July 1, 2025
Quinn A. Bradburn of Rostraver Township was named to the dean’s list at Penn State University, main campus. She is a sophomore majoring in human development and family studies. She is the daughter of ...
ST. SEBASTIAN POSTER CONTEST WINNERS
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July 1, 2025
The Fayette City Washington Township Lions Club recently recognized three students from Saint Sebastian Regional Catholic School in North Belle Vernon for their efforts in the Drug and Alcohol poster ...
Politics
By By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press 
July 1, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday threw out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices’ recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain med...
Magic City Saturday celebrates summer
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June 30, 2025
Sally Mai, 13, Zhixuan Mai, 8, and Rosalee Dobosh, 5, of Charleroi cool off with snow cones at the borough’s Magic City Saturday celebration. Heather Hart / For the MVI
PennWest receives grant for deaf education program
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 30, 2025
A new 30-credit certificate will be offered this fall. PennWest University has received a grant to expand its deaf education apprenticeship program. PennWest was awarded a $398,923 Supporting Certifie...
Family loses home in Roscoe fire
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 30, 2025
Donations are being collected by American Legion Post 801. First responders from across the Mon Valley battled a house fire in extreme heat Saturday. With temperatures at their peak in the high 80s, f...
Mon Valley hit by heavy rain, strong winds
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 30, 2025
Another round of storms is in the forecast for this afternoon. Rostraver Township Fire Department responded to 20 calls for assistance as severe storms rolled through the area early Saturday afternoon...