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September 17, 2024
A woman is accused of attacking a pregnant woman in Monessen. A mother called 911 requesting to speak with an officer while her daughter was in Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital following an assault....
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September 17, 2024
A McKeesport Area School District custodian is on unpaid leave after police say he was caught with drugs in his car on school property. Jason Tom, 42, of North Versailles was charged with prohibited a...
A forgettable warped debate
Politics
September 17, 2024
The Sept. 10 presidential debate went down as expected. Summed up, it was Sappy and the Blob pile on Grouchy. The swarmy and evasive Vice President Kamala Harris preened, posed, and proffered empty pl...
Marching for life
Politics
September 17, 2024
The human-rights issue of our lives is abortion. Clearly not everyone sees it that way. It’s buried in euphemisms about women’s health. But unborn children still die. The March for Life happen every J...
Today is National Voter Registration Day
Politics
September 17, 2024
TODAY, WE CELEBRATE National Voter Registration Day — the massive cross-country effort to register voters ahead of the midterm elections. Thousands of national, state and local organizations and volun...
Woman names husband as culprit in her killing
Around The Valley
By By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive 
September 17, 2024
Police were able to talk to Tammy Cox before she died of a gunshot wound. At 5:06 a.m. Saturday, a McKeesport man called 911 and told police someone outside had shot his wife. When police arrived at h...
Around The Valley
September 17, 2024
An Elizabeth Township man is accused of leaving empty stamp bags of suspected heroin and other drug paraphernalia in the presence of a juvenile at his apartment. Brett J. Faychak, 53, of Virginia Aven...
Pecarchik sworn in to lead Register of Wills Office
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
September 17, 2024
Katie Pecarchik says she knows how the Register of Wills Office is supposed to run. Pecarchik worked for two decades as a clerk in the office before she retired last summer. The office records adoptio...
PETS CELEBRATED AT PAWS IN THE PARK
Latest News, Main
September 16, 2024
Demi Edwards holds her dog Fancy at Saturday’s Paws in the Park, held at City Park in Monessen.
BVA responds to controversy over new sign at multiplex
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 16, 2024
It was approved last year as part of a renovation project for the facility. The Belle Vernon Area School District released a statement regarding a renovated sign at the multiplex where it houses schoo...
BVA superintendent releases statement on threats to district
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 16, 2024
Timothy Glasspool assured parents that the safety of students is the top priority. Belle Vernon Area School District Superintendent Timothy Glasspool released a statement Thursday regarding recent thr...
Monessen considers Neighborhood Assistance Program
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
September 16, 2024
A spokesman from Westmoreland Community Action explained the benefits of similar efforts in Jeannette and New Kensington. A representative from Westmoreland Community Action discussed the benefits of ...
Charleroi baby shower to focus on helping Haitian immigrants
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 16, 2024
The free community event will take place Tuesday in Chamber Plaza. A community baby shower will be held Tuesday in Charleroi to help new parents in need. Beverly’s PGH, a nonprofit committed to suppor...
Officials explain policy for collecting leaves & branches
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ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 16, 2024
A leaf pickup map is on the township’s website. Elizabeth Township public works supervisor Tom Methven addressed some changes with leaf and branch collection for fall at a meeting last week. The Mount...
Politics
By By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press 
September 16, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was almost time for the presidential debate, but Kamala Harris’ staff thought there was one more thing she needed to know. So less than an hour before the vice president left her ...
Immigrants prove more boon than burden
Politics
September 16, 2024
J.D. Vance is still drawing fire — appropriately so — for his misogynous comments about “childless cat ladies.” When Taylor Swift announced her endorsement of Kamala Harris on Instagram, she signed it...
RING NIGHT FOR WARRIORS SOFTBALL
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September 14, 2024
Elizabeth Forward softball players Julia Resnik and Julia Johnson show off the rings they received Friday night for winning the WPIAL 4A softball championship. To purchase this photo and more from our...
Trump cites Charleroi in campaign speech
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 14, 2024
He pointed to the borough’s large Haitian population as an example of out-ofcontrol immigration. The national spotlight has found its way to Charleroi after former President Donald Trump brought up th...
Elizabeth Forward begins high school renovations
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 14, 2024
The project to replace areas damaged by the 2023 fire began with Friday’s groundbreaking. The Elizabeth Forward School District’s superintendent, board members and EF High School staff and students ga...