Canceling the Trump show
Politics
September 6, 2024
More than it’s anything else, an American presidential election is a TV series. And all the available evidence appears to show that the nation is ready to change the channel. To put it bluntly, The Tr...
NEW ‘KIDS’ ON CAMPUS AT CALIFORNIA AREA
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September 5, 2024
California Area School District sixth graders Reno Zanardelli, 11, and Jace Sines, 11, of Jamey Wolfe’s class are shown feeding carrots to a pair of goats named “Buddy” and “Acorn” in an outdoor pen a...
U.S. Steel rallies for sale to Nippon Steel
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September 5, 2024
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that President Joe Biden plans to stop the deal from going forward. By JACK TROY TribLive Standing before a sea of workers in orange jackets and hard hats, U.S. ...
Employees: Charleroi glass factory to close
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About 300 jobs at Corelle Brands will be affected
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 5, 2024
A glass factory that has been part of the fabric of the Mon Valley — and the Magic City — for nearly a century is expected to close by the end of the year. It’s a devastating blow to the hundreds of e...
McKeesport mayor says city police are committed to battling crime and violence
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
September 5, 2024
Mayor Michael Cherepko wants residents to know that crime is not taken lightly in the city. Mayor Michael Cherepko told the small crowd in attendance at Wednesday’s council meeting that the city is do...
Housing authority plans for new senior apartments in Rostraver
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September 5, 2024
The new complex will be built on six acres of land near Willowbrook Plaza on Route 51. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County Housing Authority officials confirmed Wednesday that a property ...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 5, 2024
Rostraver Township com - missioners approved a con - tract for new pickleball courts during their regular voting meeting Wednesday. Commissioners Jeffrey Johnson, Devin DeRienzo, Gary Beck and Justin ...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 5, 2024
Four people were charged with assaulting a man at a Belle Vernon residence Saturday night as well as stealing $500 after an argument over allegedly buying illegal drugs. State police in Belle Vernon c...
So long… for awhile
Around The Valley
IT’S ETCHED IN STONE
September 5, 2024
Last week’s column, which had the fictitious Higgins family of Omaha, Neb., bidding a fond farewell to our Mid-Mon Valley was also a time for, yours truly, to bid you a sort of farewell. I’m going to ...
Crash in Elizabeth Borough
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September 5, 2024
Two people were taken to area hospitals following a one-vehicle car crash into a utility pole early Wednesday morning. Elizabeth Borough fire Chief Chad Rager, who was on the scene, said the crash occ...
Another lie: Biden is deporting more illegals than Trump
Politics
September 5, 2024
The mainstream media has always engaged in mass lying about immigration, but they’re really going the extra mile this election cycle. Lie No. 1 is the toughness of the “bipartisan” border bill, covere...
Politics
September 5, 2024
SO DONALD TRUMP HAS HAD HIS FUN with those AI-generated images of crowds of Taylor Swift fans in “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts, which reportedly sparked a backlash among actual Swifties. And who didn’...
2-year-old opens fall decoration stand at Rostraver Township farm
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 4, 2024
Carson Gillock is on her way to becoming a fifth-generation farmer at Gillock Farms. At just the age of 2, Carson Gillock has officially opened up her own fall decoration stand called “Carson’s Harves...
Fire breaks out on Jefferson Hospital roof
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 4, 2024
The blaze was accidentally sparked by construction workers, and some smoke got inside the facility. Emergency crews responded to a construction-related fire on the roof at AHN Jefferson Hospital Tuesd...
Fire tears through abandoned house in Charleroi
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September 4, 2024
Photo by Bentleyville Fire-Rescue Firefighters were called to a structure fire at an abandoned home near the intersection of 10th Street and Oakland Avenue in Charleroi around 3 a.m. Tuesday. When the...
Health issues force Rapp to resign as supervisor
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CARROLL TOWNSHIP
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 4, 2024
He has a long legacy of service in the township after first being elected in 1985. After more than three decades as a supervisor in Carroll Township, Tom Rapp has decided to step down from the positio...
Monessen school board hears report on recommended facility upgrades
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
September 4, 2024
ABM Industries, which inspected the district’s buildings, will compile cost estimates. ABM Industries conducted a presentation before the Monessen school board Tuesday regarding potential facility upg...
Pa. observing National Blood Donation Day
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 4, 2024
It was declared in response to a nationwide shortage of blood. Gov. Josh Shapiro has declared today National Blood Donation Day, according to the American Red Cross, which invites Pennsylvanians to co...