SWEEPING AWAY THE SNOW
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January 13, 2025
Anthony Kirkland, 11, carries a broom while riding an electric-powered bicycle in California Borough on Saturday afternoon. He was riding around the community offering residents his services to sweep ...
Order blocking Nippon Steel, U.S. Steel deal delayed
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January 13, 2025
The delay could potentially give the two companies time to argue their case in court and salvage the deal. BY JACK TROY TribLive The Biden administration has given U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel ...
Regional learning alliance offers school districts opportunities to innovate
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January 13, 2025
California Area is part of the Western Pennsylvania Learning 2025 Alliance. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive California Area School District is 3D printing its way into an elementary orchestra program. The ...
Forward Township firefighters busy with 3 incidents in one day
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 13, 2025
One person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital following a vehicle crash near William Penn Elementary. First responders in Forward Township were busy last week, responding to three calls alone on Thurs...
Fire in McKeesport injures one
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January 13, 2025
One person was sent to the hospital following a residential fire in McKeesport early Sunday morning. Firefighters were called to a home in the 500 block of Sinclair Street after 7 a.m. for reports of ...
2-vehicle crash in Rostraver
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January 13, 2025
First responders were called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Rostraver Road around 12:15 p.m. Sunday. The accident happened at Sara Way near Denny’s restaurant. One person, who was not ident...
Charleroi discusses interest earnings from authority deal
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 13, 2025
Charleroi council sold the borough-owned sewer lines to the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi in 2023. Most leaders in Charleroi are happy with how money used from their 2023 deal with the Authori...
MASD to add more interpretation resources
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 13, 2025
The new service is part of an effort to improve translation services for non-English speaking students and families. In an effort to improve interpretation and translation services, the McKeesport Are...
Elizabeth Twp. code enforcement, fire department have busy end to 2024
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 13, 2025
The Elizabeth Township Commissioners heard updates from Code Enforcement Officer Rob Vitus and fire Chief Adam Janosko. Elizabeth Township commissioners recently discussed how 2024 ended for its code ...
Monessen hears proposal to add autistic support class
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 13, 2025
Monessen School District Special Education Director Dr. Christy DeCarlo said the district could save money on charter tuition. Monessen School District’s special education director proposed the creati...
Legal fight over who’s to blame for mortgage program woes continues
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By By CHARLOTTE KEITH Spotlight PA 
January 13, 2025
In legal filings, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency says its former contractor owes it more than a million dollars for breach of contract. Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonpro...
Politics
January 13, 2025
U.S. SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN is seldom shy about making his feelings known. Whether he is walking the halls of the Russell Senate Office Building in his signature hoodieand- shorts ensemble or dropping a ...
Politics
By By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press 
January 13, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal ...
What tomorrows wait deep in Bidens’ eyes?
Politics
January 13, 2025
Joe Biden was 26 then, fresh out of law school with the Delaware bar exam behind him, and a Michel Legrand song began playing on the radio of his Corvette Stingray roadster. It was called “What Are Yo...
I-70 crash shuts down westbound lanes over the weekend
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January 13, 2025
Fallowfield Township firefighters were called to I-70 near the Centerville exit (Exit 35) early Saturday morning due to a multivehicle accident. The westbound lanes were shut down until the scene coul...
Around The Valley, Latest News
January 13, 2025
Allegheny County Police are investigating after a man was found unresponsive in the middle of the road in McKeesport. It happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of 5th Avenue. The man was ...
Meals on Wheels delivers hot food and so much more
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Local chapters are looking for additional volunteers
January 11, 2025
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com With the new year here, and the holidays in the past, it can be hard for nonprofits and organizations to get volunteers. Mon Valley Meals on Wheels locations are am...
New book details the role the Mon Valley had in early aviation
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
January 11, 2025
“Bettis— Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off” by Brian Butko and Sue Morris was published in 2024 by the Senator John Heinz History Center. Today, any discussion about flying will center around cancele...
Shapiro says this ‘broken process’ could lead to higher electricity costs
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By By KATE HUANGPU Spotlight PA 
January 11, 2025
The governor wants federal regulators to force the state’s power grid to lower prices before a projected cost spike this summer. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians could face higher electricity bills if fede...
Two local entities get agricultural grant money
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 11, 2025
It will aid with programs in the California Area School District and the California Academy of Learning Charter School. Pennsylvania has awarded more than half a million dollars in grant funding to he...