Speers man charged with ethnic intimidation following racist video
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
The new charges were filed a day after state police cited Michael Todora with harassment in another case in Fallowfield Township. Ethnic intimidation charges were filed Wednesday against a Speers man ...
U.S. Steel to restart 2nd battery involved in deadly explosion
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February 5, 2026
By QUINCEY REESE TribLive Almost exactly six months after two workers were killed and 11 injured in a series of explosions at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the nation’s largest coke manufacturing ...
‘Seussical Jr.’ leaps to EF Middle School stage this weekend
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
Students will bring beloved characters from Dr. Seuss to stage with “Seussical Jr.” this weekend with three performances. “Oh, the fun you’ll see — oh, the joy you’ll feel.” Dr. Seuss Horton the Eleph...
Fourth Street Foods sale finalized
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 5, 2026
The asset sale to Wisconsin-based Morski Brands, Inc. closed Jan. 26 in federal receivership court. The sale of Fourth Street Foods was finalized last week, but the most impactful part of the deal was...
Belle Vernon Area Rotary honor students of the month
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February 5, 2026
The Belle Vernon Area Rotary Club met Jan. 12 at the Cedarbrook Clubhouse Grill, Rostraver Township, to honor students of the month from the Belle Vernon Area and Frazier school districts. Belle Verno...
Gushing over Gavin
Opinion, Politics
February 5, 2026
Conservatives have complained about media bias for decades. But there is bias and then there is bias. Lots of major media institutions — the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and many others — are ...
Opinion, Politics
February 5, 2026
By MARY CLARE JALONICK AND JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite rare negotiations between Democrats and President Donald Trump, a bipartisan agreement on new restrictions for fe...
Trump says Washington has waited 200 years for the arch he wants to build. Not quite
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By By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press 
February 5, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says history is on his side. He wants to build a towering arch near the Lincoln Memorial and argues that the nation’s capital first clamored for such a monumen...
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Glassport
February 5, 2026
• Lashawn Lamont Dean, 19, of Charleroi was charged with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct engaged in fighting stemming from an alleged incident Tuesday, court records state. A prelimi...
Local legislators react to Shapiro’s budget proposal
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
It increases spending by 5.4% and calls for the legalization of recreational marijuana use. Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his $53.3 billion budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year Tuesday in a joint...
Community members react to federal judge blocking TPS ending for Haitians
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CHARLEROI
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
A federal judge granted a pause to the end of their temporary protected status. Some immigrant community leaders in Charleroi reacted with cautious optimism after a federal judge on Monday blocked Pre...
St. Andrew the Apostle Parish honors food bank volunteers
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 4, 2026
A ceremony was held Tuesday in Charleroi to honor everyone who helps feed the community. Looking around the room at the Food Bank Honors ceremony at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Charleroi, it was ...
Valley man cited for harassment at Fallowfield Township business
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
A Charleroi man was cited for allegedly harassing employees at a Fallowfield Township business in December. Michael Anthony Todora, 36, was cited with harassment based on a course of conduct with no l...
Arrest made after attack at NBV optometrist’s office
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
Police say Darnell Howell was armed with two knives and was completely naked as he ran away. A naked North Belle Vernon man is accused of terrorizing employees at a local optometrist’s office while wi...
Elite Medispa to host Galentine’s Day event
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February 4, 2026
The Charleroi-based medispa offers medically supervised services for both men and women. For the MVI Elite Medispa, which provides medically supervised aesthetic and wellness services for both men and...
The runaway horse that is Donald Trump
Opinion, Politics
February 4, 2026
PALM BEACH, Fla. — From his lair at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump sees the sun rising. His sunshine retreat doesn’t allow him to see the sun setting. But it is another of the human senses that may be the m...