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May 14, 2025
By the MVI A permanent Law Enforcement Officers Memorial will be unveiled Thursday in Greensburg as part of an annual service remembering officers killed in the line of duty. The event will be held at...
Politics
May 14, 2025
NATIONAL POLICE WEEK is an annual event dedicated to honoring the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers across the United States. This week-long observance, from May 11–17, in Washington, ...
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May 14, 2025
By PAUL WISEMAN AND LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap ...
‘JD Vance will be the nominee in 2028 — mark my words’
Politics
May 14, 2025
Sen. Jim Banks (RIN) has long been an advocate for Vice President JD Vance. Before the 2024 GOP convention, Banks urged President Donald Trump to pick Vance as his running mate. Now Banks says, “After...
Band of Brothers
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May 13, 2025
The brothers of several players showed up to cheer for Belle Vernon Area’s softball team during Monday’s WPIAL playoff game at Peters Township. They are Stephen Crawford (sister Lily), Logan Beech (Ta...
McKeesport Area superintendent asks for LSA grant help
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WHITE OAK
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 13, 2025
Donald MacFann made his first visit to council since being hired in January. McKeesport Area School District Superintendent Donald MacFann attended Monday’s workshop meeting in White Oak to introduce ...
Quattro challenges Vlasic in judicial race
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Primary Election Preview
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 13, 2025
Both candidates crossfiled and will appear on the GOP and Democratic tickets. First-term Magisterial District Judge Wayne Vlasic is being challenged by Jimi Quattro for the Monessen-based judicial sea...
Four candidates for Forward Township seat
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Primary Election Preview
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 13, 2025
Two Democrats and two Republicans are on the May 20 primary ballot. The ballot is as crowded as it has ever been in the race for a spot on the Forward Township board of supervisors. In the running for...
Vacancy filled on McKeesport Area school board
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
May 13, 2025
Josh Lefcowitz was selected to replace Dan Goughnour, who won a special election to the state House in March. McKeesport Area school board appointed a new member to fill the vacancy left by Dan Goughn...
Car crashes in North Belle Vernon
Around The Valley, Latest News, Main
May 13, 2025
A crash took place shortly after 4 p.m. Monday in the 900 block of Broad Avenue in North Belle Vernon. One vehicle rolled over, and part of a utility pole was sheared off. One male was transported to ...
Pittsburgh unveils NFL Draft countdown clock
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By By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive 
May 13, 2025
It tracks the time remaining until the city hosts the event next year. Football fans wondering how long they have to wait until Pittsburgh hosts the 2026 NFL Draft can now stop by the North Shore for ...
SOUTH ALLEGHENY PROM KING AND QUEEN
Around The Valley, Latest News
May 13, 2025
South Allegheny High School’s 2025 prom king and queen, Ryan Cortes and Ava Chizmar, were crowned Friday night. Submitted
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election
May 13, 2025
20 AWEEK FROM TODAY, Pennsylvanians will vote in the 2025 primary election. While primary elections don’t attract as much attention as who will battle it out for their spot in the Oval Office, many of...
Would the left finally explain the inexplicable?
Politics
May 13, 2025
Somewhere between 10 and 12 million illegal aliens were invited into the United States by the Biden administration. As far as logistics go, former President Joe Biden could not flee Afghanistan withou...
The new pope
Politics
May 13, 2025
My favorite early fact about Pope Bob from Chicago comes from his talkative brother, John. Local reporters found John right away as the world met Pope Leo XIV. Fake news I may have repeated initially ...
Around The Valley
By By KELLEN STEPLER TribLive 
May 13, 2025
Penn State’s trustees will meet Thursday morning, but a decision on branch campus closures will not be made then, according to a university spokesman. The board of trustees tentatively scheduled a pub...
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Cinema in the
May 13, 2025
A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer who sold a $3 million- winning 3s a Charm Scratch-Off at the Exxon on 900 Rostraver Road in Rostraver Township will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning tick...
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By By BRIAN C. RITTMEYER TribLive 
May 13, 2025
The woman and her child who died Sunday afternoon after being thrown from their car in a crash on Interstate 70 in Washington County have been identified. Abdul-Salami Touray, 4, of Columbus, Ohio, wa...
Avenue of Flags raised in West Newton
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May 12, 2025
Richard Delong of West Newton Volunteer Fire Company and Patty Evans of West Newton helped set up the annual Avenue of Flags at West Newton Cemetery. Each flag is given by a family member in honor of ...