West Mifflin to crack down on illegal dumping, clean up vacant properties
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By By TOM LETURGEY For the MVI 
April 17, 2026
Council is targeting the location of the former CarSalas bar as an area of concern in the borough. West Mifflin council is on a mission to clean up borough neighborhoods. The former CarSalas bar at 56...
Main Street Program prepares for first-ever arts festival
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MONONGAHELA
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 17, 2026
Art vendors are being sought for the Aug. 1 event. The Monongahela Main Street Program is preparing for its first-ever arts festival and is calling for all artists in the region to apply and participa...
West Mifflin Area budget may include tax increase
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 17, 2026
A preliminary spending plan presented Thursday has a projected deficit of more than $2.8 million. West Mifflin Area School District may have to consider a tax hike to balance its 202627 budget. Discus...
Politics
April 17, 2026
By MIKE CATALINI AND JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year’s top Senate contests, a potential sign of voter enthusiasm in wha...
Morality still matters
Opinion, Politics
April 17, 2026
Vice President JD Vance, a recent convert to Catholicism, berated Pope Leo XIV about his doctrinal duties. The Supreme Pontiff, Vance lectured, should “stick to matters of morality” and avoid politics...
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April 17, 2026
PennDOT District 12 announced scheduled single-lane restrictions in both directions of Interstate 70 between Exit 39 (Speers) and Exit 40 (Route 88 Charleroi/ Allenport) in Speers Borough, Washington ...
Spring is blooming at California Area
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April 16, 2026
Isabella Ehrin (left) and Eli Medve work in the greenhouse at California Area Elementary School on Wednesday morning, preparing plants for the school’s upcoming Mother’s Day hanging basket sale on May...
EF board approves new English arts program despite teacher concerns
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 16, 2026
The school board did not unanimously approve the new English language arts program for middle school students. Several Elizabeth Forward teachers abruptly left Wednesday’s school board meeting after d...
Fundraiser set up after car crashes into Fallowfield Township garage
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 16, 2026
Frank Rauchfuss’s Garage sustained extensive damage from the March 26 crash. The hole in the back wall of Frank Rauchfuss’s Garage is still covered by tarps, but the longtime Fallowfield Township busi...
Pa. House advances Shapiro’s $53.3B budget
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 16, 2026
Last year’s budget impasse dragged on for 135 days, stopping billions of dollars in state funding from flowing to schools, counties and nonprofits across Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania House passed it...
Fire damages McKeesport apartment building
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April 16, 2026
Smoke billowed from an apartment building in McKeesport Wednesday evening as firefighters worked to contain flames that broke out inside. Massive flames and large amounts of white smoke were seen comi...
Local students featured in PennWest California’s production ‘Into the Woods’
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April 16, 2026
The production debuts 7 p.m. Friday in Steele Hall’s Blaney Theatre. For the MVI Audiences at PennWest California will soon have the opportunity to experience a magical and thought-provoking theatrica...
Washington Co. tourism report shows economic impact, visitor growth
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 16, 2026
The report shows the county recorded more than 1.6 million trips in 2025, including 964,000 overnight trips. Tourism pumped nearly $765 million into Washington County last year while helping support m...
Washington County DA presents $10K to Carroll Township police
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April 16, 2026
Washington County District Attorney Jason M. Walsh announced Wednesday that forfeited assets obtained during the investigation and prosecution of individuals trafficking illegal narcotics in Washingto...
Crime news
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Man accused of assaulting police during arrest
April 16, 2026
Area man charged with statutory sexual assault A Penn Hills man was charged with statutory sexual assault of an underage girl in McKeesport. Michael Wilson, 19, of Penn Hills was charged with statutor...
POLICE LOG
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Rostraver Twp.
April 16, 2026
POLICE LOG Monongahela • Nathanael Ferree, 43, of McKeesport was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude officer stemming from an alleged incident on March 22, court records state. Rostraver Twp. ...
POLICE LOG
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West Mifflin
April 16, 2026
McKeesport • Kiawanna Crumity, 35, of McKeesport was charged with six counts of sale or transfer of firearms and five counts of prohibited acts stemming from an alleged incident on Tuesday, court reco...
JD Vance’s hard road to 2028
Opinion, Politics
April 16, 2026
Vice President JD Vance faced an impossible task trying to negotiate an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. That Vance failed is no surprise, given Iran’s so-far implacable resistance to the dem...
Politics
April 16, 2026
By BILL BARROW AND EMILIE MEGNIEN Associated Press ATHENS, Georgia (AP) — Fresh from a marathon trip to Pakistan that failed to reach a deal for ending the war with Iran, Vice President JD Vance jette...