BVA school board receives 2024-25 audit report
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 11, 2026
Cook Farm asked for the district’s assistance with an upcoming 250th anniversary celebration. The Belle Vernon Area school board received a generally positive audit report Tuesday as an accounting fir...
Porter’s court back in session at new location in Charleroi
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 11, 2026
The magisterial judge is in a temporary location while his office is being repaired. Court operations for Magisterial District Judge Eric Porter have officially resumed at a temporary location in Char...
Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine
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February 11, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology, the company announced Tuesday...
Why a $193M injection for rural health care in Pa. isn’t easing closure worries
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By By MARLEY PARISH Spotlight PA State College 
February 11, 2026
The five-year Rural Health Transformation Program is meant to expand and strengthen access to care, but state officials and experts warn the money isn’t enough to fix every problem. BELLEFONTE — The o...
Fighting two wars
Opinion, Politics
February 11, 2026
His grandparents and mother were born in Selma, Alabama, the site of the violence of the 1965 civil rights march that led to the Voting Rights Act. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where within 30 yards ...
Opinion, Politics
February 11, 2026
By JOEYCAPPELLETTI, STEVE PEOPLES AND STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Governors Association will no longer hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when the group...
Retail sales unchanged in December, closing out year on a lackluster tone
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By By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer 
February 11, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers unexpectedly paused their spending in December from November, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on a lackluster tone. The report, issued by the Commerce Dep...
Business
By By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer 
February 11, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are flirting with records on Wall Street Tuesday following a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies, as Hasbro soars but Coca-Cola slips. Hopes are also building th...
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Donora
February 11, 2026
• Jason J. Nogy, 47, of North Belle Vernon was charged with unsworn falsification to authorities. Driving with a suspended or revoked license and with no vehicle insurance on Jan. 16, court records st...
Bingo night at Washington Township VFC fire hall
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February 10, 2026
Bob Berish of Belle Vernon gets ready for Monday night bingo at the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co. fire hall. Doors open at 5 p.m. for the weekly event, which features multiple bingo games, ca...
Summer concert series canceled at Monongahela Aquatorium
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 10, 2026
Organizers decided hosting shows would be too difficult in the midst of construction work. Event organizers for the Monongahela Aquatorium announced Saturday that the popular summer concert series wil...
Forward Township OKs police deal despite objections
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 10, 2026
It extends the agreement with Elizabeth Township through the end of 2029. A contentious Forward Township meeting ended Monday with supervisors approving — but not unanimously — a revised police agreem...
White Oak readopts ’26 budget with no changes
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 10, 2026
The borough is also experiencing a shortage of rock salt to treat roads. White Oak council held a special meeting before Monday’s workshop session to pass the 2026 fiscal budget. The budget was reopen...
Davis stumps in Pittsburgh for boosting 211 help line budget
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February 10, 2026
A $250,000 hike has been proposed as the need spikes for human services. By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive About a decade ago, Erica Evans was a single mother who had just lost her job as an at-home caregiv...
Church Arcade opens in Duquesne
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February 10, 2026
The setting features 38 pinball machines and a large collection of classic video games. By JENNIFER MCCALLA McKeesport Community Newsroom For nearly a century, hymns and prayers echoed within the vaul...
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By By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press 
February 10, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidant of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that...
Opinion, Politics
February 10, 2026
SINCE 1957, PENNSYLVANIA has codified a responsibility to make public meetings accessible to the people. The state law also evolved, eventually becoming what is now known as the Sunshine Act. The earl...
Midterm palpitations
Opinion, Politics
February 10, 2026
Recent regional special elections have seen Democratic candidates win a number of special election races. Now energized left-wing politicos remind the nation daily that every incumbent president, exce...