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FORWARD TOWNSHIP
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 11, 2025
The supervisor first announced his intention to step down Nov. 19. The carousel never stops turning. That saying remains true when it comes to Forward Township Supervisor Dave Magiske’s continued atte...
Around The Valley
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 11, 2025
The goal is to make it easier for residents to find information. Charleroi wants to make its website more user-friendly. During an agenda meeting last week, Borough Manager Joe Manning and Council Pre...
Truck stuck on I-70 barrier
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February 11, 2025
Firefighters from Fallowfield and Charleroi responded to a vehicle accident on Interstate 70 Monday afternoon near the 43 mile marker. Crews were assisted by the Washington County Department of Public...
Shapiro’s proposed tax rate receives pushback from skill game operators
Around The Valley
By By JEFF HIMLER TribLive 
February 11, 2025
They say the governor’s planned 52% tax would put them out of business. Operators and manufacturers of electronic skill games say they’ve been anticipating Pennsylvania might soon take a tax bite from...
Trial begins in brutal stabbing death
Around The Valley
By By PAULA REED WARD TribLive 
February 11, 2025
Sabr Ellis claims he was defending himself when he killed Anthony Koontz. Nicole Koontz expected her husband to pick her up from work at a Bethel Park bakery on Jan. 21, 2021. But she hadn’t heard fro...
Super Sunday gyro sale at St. Spyridon
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February 10, 2025
Alicia Galis of California and Angel Temoshenka of Rostraver Township prepare food for the annual Big Game Gyro sale Sunday at St. Spyridon Hellenic Center in Monessen. See more photos on A2. Heather ...
4 people hurt in fiery gas station crash
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 10, 2025
An SUV crashed into a gas pump at a station in Perryopolis. Four people were injured when an SUV crossed state Route 51 and crashed through a pump at a Perryopolis gas station before catching on fire ...
Fire chief requests evaluation of department
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ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 10, 2025
Chief Adam Janosko found someone willing to do it for free. Elizabeth Township Fire Chief Adam Janosko offered suggestions on how to improve the township and the department in his report at a recent c...
New Pa. legislation aims to help with egg costs
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 10, 2025
It will expand testing for bird flu and similar diseases. A new law in Pennsylvania will help combat high egg prices and give flexibility to farmers and their employees to test for dangerous transmitt...
Several crews respond to Bentleyville fire
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 10, 2025
Crews were called to a fire at an apartment complex on Main Street in Bentleyville early Saturday morning. According to Bentleyville Fire-Rescue, the call came in around 2:40 as a fire alarm with the ...
Female senators introduce Save Women’s Sports Act
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
February 10, 2025
Camera Bartolotta and Kim Ward are among the sponsors of the bill. A group of female Republican state senators, including Camera Bartolotta and Kim Ward, introduced a bill to ban transgender athletes ...
Mon Valley scrambles as egg prices crack records
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 10, 2025
Some local restaurants have started adding a surcharge to egg dishes. A spike in bird flu has increased the price of eggs throughout the country, including the Mon Valley, forcing local businesses to ...
Rewriting history, in football and as president
Politics
February 10, 2025
One year, he used the traditional presidential Super Bowl interview to say that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was “very bad for our country.” The next year, he used the same forum to say that she was “a ...
Politics
February 10, 2025
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE between an investment and a purchase? Apparently, it could be enough to move President Donald Trump’s sentiments on the relationship between U.S. Steel and would-be buyer Nippon...
Politics
By By JILL COLVIN Associated Press 
February 10, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow. “Yeah it is,” Trump told Fox ...
Full Potential Project launches Rhythm House Youth Academy
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 8, 2025
The program hopes to spark an interest in music among young people and provide them with more career opportunities. Young people in the Mon Valley have a lot of potential, and a new youth education pr...
Mon Valley LSA projects receive approval
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 8, 2025
Washington County commissioners signed off on 67 grant recommendations, including many in our area. The Washington County Board of Commissioners has approved the recommendations of the Local Share Acc...
U.S. Steel, Nippon appear to reach new arrangement
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 8, 2025
President Trump said the Japanese company will now be an investor instead of a purchaser. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that Nippon Steel is no longer trying to buy U.S. Steel and will becom...
Four MASD seniors compete in the Skills USA Competition
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February 8, 2025
The teammates took third place in the District 8 building construction competition. For the MVI Four McKeesport Area High School seniors in Brian DeCecco’s building construction class worked together ...