Search continues for suspect in Rostraver Township murder
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April 14, 2025
By JOE NAPSHA TribLive Jennah Seibert was found shot to death Friday afternoon in a home on Lenity School Road. No arrests have been reported as of Sunday afternoon in connection with the fatal shooti...
West Mifflin awaits insurance settlement from fire
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 14, 2025
The high school auditorium was damaged in December when a lift ignited while recharging. The West Mifflin Area School District could get close to $4 million from insurance claims regarding a fire in t...
New nonresident policy for employees considered
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BELLE VERNON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 14, 2025
There may be tuition charges for nonresidents to send their children to BVA schools. During a work session last week, the Belle Vernon Area school board discussed a change to the district’s nonresiden...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 14, 2025
Police haven’t released the name of the victim. A 3-year-old boy was tragically killed Sunday in Elizabeth Township after an accident involving a riding lawnmower. Police have not released the name of...
Hunting for eggs in Monongahela, McKeesport
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April 14, 2025
Brynlee Rydze, 2, of Carroll Township fills up her basket in Monongahela
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April 14, 2025
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT is representative. We pull from our neighbors to find the people who should lead us. But we don’t put those people in place forever. Or at least, we don’t plan on it. Frequently, h...
History lends context to contemporary conflicts
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April 14, 2025
It’s the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by generations of American...
Final whistle at Corelle plant
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A 132-year tradition of glassmaking in Charleroi ended Friday
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 12, 2025
As the blare of the whistle at Corelle Brands sounded for the last time on Friday, quiet cries could be heard. At noon, a sound so familiar signaled the end of a chapter. When that whistle filled the ...
Police investigating local woman’s ‘suspicious’ death
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 12, 2025
Jennah Seibert was reportedly shot in her Rostraver Township home. A woman was found dead Friday afternoon inside a Rostraver Township home. The Westmoreland County Coroner identified the woman as Jen...
Early opening for Kennywood Park
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 12, 2025
Under new ownership, the West Mifflin amusement park is celebrating its “longest season yet.” Today marks the opening of a Greater Pittsburgh staple, Kennywood Park, and visitors will be treated to ma...
Annual BOTSIQ finals kicks off at PennWest California
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April 12, 2025
Hundreds of high school students, including students from the Mon Valley, are visiting PennWest University California this weekend to take part in the 20th Annual BotsIQ Finals Competition. Members of...
Athene Club tea tradition continues in Charleroi
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 12, 2025
The Athene Club holds the event every year for senior girls at Charleroi Area High School. Young women from Charleroi Area’s Class of 2025 were honored by the Athene Club Friday at the annual Senior G...
Hits & Misses
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April 12, 2025
At sundown, the first night of Passover begins. This major Jewish holiday celebrates the most momentous event in Jewish history — the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. But, for th...
Markets to GOP: We won’t save you from Trump’s folly
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April 12, 2025
John Maynard Keynes famously said, “Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” The point being that, even if you’re right about where the stock market is bound to go eventually...
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April 12, 2025
To the Editor: Politics has always been “the art of compromise.” And compromise requires differing parties to debate and discuss openly their positions and be willing to listen to each other in order ...
Enjoying the Donora library
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April 11, 2025
Niko D’Emidio, 9, of Donora, plays a game at the computer after picking up a copy of “The Cryptid Catcher” by Lija Fisher at Donora Public Library Thursday afternoon. The library plans to host a child...
Mission Agape seeking volunteers to help plant orchard in White Oak
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April 11, 2025
Volunteers are needed to provide help with the planting project Saturday morning. By ANNA LISA HAUGHWOUT McKeesport Community Newsroom Mission Agape in White Oak is seeking volunteers to help plant 28...
Public offers input into West Mifflin’s proposed community center
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 11, 2025
Thursday’s meeting was held to find out what community members want to see in the project. West Mifflin Borough held a meeting for the public Thursday to discuss plans for its upcoming community cente...