MCKEESPORT AREA SHARED MINISTRY UMC HOSTS ANNUAL PROM EVENT AND HIGH TEA
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April 2, 2025
The McKeesport Area Shared Ministry UMC recently hosted its annual Project Prom day. Through the church, school district, and other supporters, 28 high schoolers gathered to peruse new prom dresses an...
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
April 2, 2025
Westmoreland County commissioners on Monday named Amanda Bernard as the county’s new director of human resources, starting April 28. It’s a return engagement for Bernard. She served in the position fo...
Ferret friends in Monessen classroom
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April 1, 2025
Renee Warfield’s fifth-grade class at Monessen Elementary Center recently got two classroom friends. Dougie and Kami are ferrets that Warfield brings to school each day. Emilia Bolling is holding Kami...
Mayor commends efforts at Mon View Heights
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WEST MIFFLIN
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 1, 2025
Chris Kelly also provided updates on a few other projects in the borough. West Mifflin Mayor Chris Kelly offered thanks to District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.’s office as well as police Chief Gre...
Event to call attention to veteran, law enforcement suicide
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 1, 2025
Operation Vet NOW will host a 5K walk and run Saturday at the Monongahela Aquatorium. A nonprofit will hold its first 5K in nearly five years Saturday in Monongahela to raise awareness for veteran and...
Drivers warned of Elco Hill intersection danger
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 1, 2025
Area officials are trying to get PennDOT to take action on the hazardous intersection. It has taken more than three decades, but new safety measures could soon be in place at the top of Elco Hill in L...
EF to stage Tony award-winning ‘Hadestown: Teen Edition’
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 1, 2025
A whirlwind of myth and melody, Elizabeth Forward High School students will bring Greek mythology to life with their spring musical. Greek mythology and two intertwining love stories will take the spo...
I-70 projects planned all week
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 1, 2025
Single-lane restrictions will begin today on parts of Interstate 70 and Route 51 in Rostraver Township. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today crews from Geronimo Painting will complete containment work on the M...
From profanity-chic to terrorist-porn
Politics
April 1, 2025
The Democratic Party is polling about 27 percent approval — and sinking. In 2024, it lost the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and both the popular vote and the Electoral College...
The pope in the evening
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April 1, 2025
Pope Francis in an empty St. Peter’s Square in the dark and rain — for many, it was one of the most memorable images of the early COVID-19 shutdown. That was five years ago now. The footage of the Pop...
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April 1, 2025
A Charleroi man is wanted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a woman was found screaming for help from the roof of her home over the weekend. Samuel Boyd Dickerson, 30, of Thi...
Democratic base’s anger puts some party leaders on shaky ground
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By By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press 
April 1, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — The Democratic base is angry. Not just at President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the “Make America Great Again” movement. Rank-and-file Democrats are mad at their own leaders and increas...
Agony of defeat
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March 31, 2025
South Allegheny senior Cameron Epps looks to the floor during the medal ceremony following the PIAA Class 3A basketball championship game at the Giant Center in Hershey. The Gladiators finished as run...
Fallowfield Township updates several zoning districts
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 31, 2025
The supervisors said some of the current zoning designations were not included when rezoning was done years ago. A zoning amendment that will affect a handful of properties has taken effect in Fallowf...
Mon/Yough Trail Council to hold annual Boston half marathon, 5K
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 31, 2025
The Mon/Yough Trail Council will host its 11th annual Boston Trail Half Marathon and 5K along the Great Allegheny Passage on April 12. The Mon/Yough Trail Council has been busy preparing for its 11th ...
Elizabeth Township discussing updates to comprehensive plan
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 31, 2025
Junior Commissioner Tyler Duerstein is giving the board a younger perspective about the township. Elizabeth Township’s Junior Commissioner Tyler Duerstein gave a presentation at a recent workshop meet...
Pisciottano to partner with VFW and American Legion to offer veterans services
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 31, 2025
Veterans will be able to receive assistance at Sen. Nick Pisciottano’s office in McKeesport. State Sen. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, has partnered the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Le...
The Big Event at Pennwest California
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March 31, 2025
Hundreds of PennWest California students participated in Saturday’s “Big Event” – an annual day of community service involving student volunteers.  Bobbie Boyd Jr. of McKeesport volunteered with the f...