Escaping the heat at Round Hill spray park
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June 24, 2025
Gunner Thompson, 8, of Ohio carries his cousin Kalani Thompson, 3, as she and her sister Caleesi Thompson, 6, both of Monessen cool off Monday afternoon at Round Hill Spray Park in Elizabeth Township....
Summer events for families at the Greenock Log House
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June 24, 2025
Military Day will be held Saturday at the restored Elizabeth Township log house. For the MVI Summer events are underway at the Greenock Log House in Elizabeth Township and there are more planned for f...
Cooling centers to open for residents without power
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June 24, 2025
The Monessen Civic Center is among the locations being targeted by Westmoreland County. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive Local emergency management coordinators are working to open up cooling centers in the...
State funding benefits housing, community development
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 24, 2025
Numerous local projects were included in the latest round of PHARE funding. Housing and community development projects across the region received support through the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability...
Iran airstrike has supporters, foes among local lawmakers
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 24, 2025
Some applaud President Trump’s action, while others question his constitutional authority. Pennsylvania legislators are divided in their reactions after President Donald Trump authorized a weekend air...
Area hospitals report rise in heat-related illnesses
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June 24, 2025
An extreme heat warning for several local counties remains in effect through 8 p.m. Wednesday. By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive Hospitals throughout Western Pennsylvania are seeing a spike in patients with hea...
BVA Rotary scholarship winners
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June 24, 2025
The Rotary Club of Belle Vernon Area recently awarded $12,500 in scholarships to Belle Vernon area and Frazier graduates during a June 5 meeting at Cedarbrook Clubhouse Grill. Shown, from left, are Fr...
McKeesport High School Class of 1968 celebrates 75th birthday
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June 24, 2025
Members of McKeesport High School’s Class of 1968 gathered Thursday for their fourth annual weenie roast and 75th birthday celebration at Renzie Park in McKeesport. It has been 57 years since the Clas...
Can the Left ever stop its craziness?
Politics
June 24, 2025
California Senator Alex Padilla recently crashed a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. He deliberately wore no identification. He gave no advance warning that he would disrupt...
An example of Iraq
Politics
June 24, 2025
“It’s amazing to see people living the Christian faith -- and especially when they don’t have to.” That’s what Chaldean Paul Thabet Habib Yousif Al Mekko of Alqosh in Iraq told me during an interview ...
Politics
June 24, 2025
FAMILIES DON’T ALWAYS look the same. Sometimes they are small and nuclear. Sometimes they are blended from remarriage. Sometimes they are extended with grandparents or grandchildren. And for many peop...
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Rostraver Twp. cancels work session
June 24, 2025
A Monessen man was arrested Monday in Uniontown by Pennsylvania state police. Tyvaughn Anthony Kershaw, 18, of Monessen, was charged with use/possession of drug paraphernalia, marijuana - small amount...
Juneteenth celebration in McKeesport
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June 23, 2025
McKeesport’s fourth annual “Come Get Wright” Juneteenth Kickball Tournament and Community Day brought games, music, vendors and fireworks to Renziehausen Park on Saturday. Named after co-sponsor Allen...
Rockin’ on the Mon Riverfest kicks off summer of music
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By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
June 23, 2025
Whey Jennings headlined the extended show Saturday at the Aquatorium in Monongahela. After playing a full song for a soundcheck a half hour before his headlining show Saturday at the Monongahela Aquat...
ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
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June 23, 2025
Elizabeth Township Fire Department responded to a motorcycle crash early Saturday morning along Douglas Run Road near Berdar Drive in the Victory section of the township. Firefighters and SouthEast Re...
Charleroi ready for Magic City Saturday
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 23, 2025
The second annual summer celebration will take place this weekend. The second annual Magic City Saturday will take place this weekend. The event started last year as a new summer tradition to replace ...
PennDOT concrete work to restrict traffic on I-70
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June 23, 2025
By JEFF HIMLER TribLive Single-lane restrictions will be in effect beginning today on a stretch of Interstate 70 in Rostraver and South Huntingdon townships and during several weekends on a segment of...
Kuzma eyes back-to-school tax holiday
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 23, 2025
He has introduced a bill to exempt certain items for students from sales tax for a week in August. State Rep. Andrew Kuzma, R-Elizabeth, has introduced a bill to help families purchase school supplies...
Board recognizes All-State Chorus members
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MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
June 23, 2025
Lucas Sotereanos and Michael Pfeffercorn are the first MASD students to achieve that honor in more than three decades. By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area school board members recogniz...
Politics
June 23, 2025
THE NIPPON STEEL-U.S. STEEL DEAL IS DONE. Finally. Really. What was proposed as a sale in December 2023 and talked about frequently as a “deal,” “merger,” “partnership” or “proposal” over the ensuing ...