Officials: Health issue resolved at Charleroi Area High School
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 14, 2025
A student who was recently treated for tuberculosis has been cleared to return to school. A Charleroi Area High School student was isolated and sent home from school Monday as a precautionary measure ...
Cleveland-Cliffs still interested in U.S. Steel
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By JACK TROY TribLive 
January 14, 2025
The company’s CEO plans to make another offer if the Nippon Steel sale doesn’t get approval. Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday his company is ready to make another offer for U.S. Ste...
Prioritize your health this year
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ACHIEVING WELLNESS WITH DR. EMILIO GALIS, DPT
January 14, 2025
I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas season with family and loved ones. That was a fast 2024. On to 2025. Every new year, we all seem to have a fresh start in mind. A way to set goals for the year,...
White Oak may create advisory committee for recreation issues
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 14, 2025
The change could be made at council’s Feb. 10 session. White Oak Solicitor Ashley Puchalski started discussions at Monday’s council workshop meeting for a possible recreation advisory committee. The b...
City Park amphitheater may become concert site
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 14, 2025
Mayor Ron Mozer would like to bring in Billy Price as the first performer. Monessen is considering holding concerts at the amphitheater in City Park. During Thursday’s work session, Mayor Ron Mozer me...
$20M Amazon upgrade to displace 432 workers
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By By JOE NAPSHA TribLive 
January 14, 2025
Some of them may wind up at the company’s New Stanton warehouse. Online retailer Amazon said Monday it will displace 432 of 500 workers at its Findlay sorting center in March as the company makes more...
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January 14, 2025
Decreased funding and increased food prices led Southwestern Pa. Area Agency on Aging, Inc. to implement a waiting system for new requests. For the MVI Starting Wednesday, Southwestern PA Area Agency ...
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By By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer 
January 14, 2025
If you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something. Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores. A new code of...
America and Europe can hang together – or hang separately
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January 14, 2025
Consider these European and American binaries. On December 20, 2024, a terrorist, Taleb Al-Abdul Mohsen, rammed his SUV into a Christmas crowd in Magdeburg, Germany. He killed six pedestrians and inju...
Imagine something different
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January 14, 2025
“We poured everything” into that house. Fran from Altadena was standing outside the remains of her home, destroyed by the most recent California fires, speaking to a reporter. “I don’t even know what ...
SWEEPING AWAY THE SNOW
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January 13, 2025
Anthony Kirkland, 11, carries a broom while riding an electric-powered bicycle in California Borough on Saturday afternoon. He was riding around the community offering residents his services to sweep ...
Order blocking Nippon Steel, U.S. Steel deal delayed
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January 13, 2025
The delay could potentially give the two companies time to argue their case in court and salvage the deal. BY JACK TROY TribLive The Biden administration has given U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel ...
Regional learning alliance offers school districts opportunities to innovate
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January 13, 2025
California Area is part of the Western Pennsylvania Learning 2025 Alliance. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive California Area School District is 3D printing its way into an elementary orchestra program. The ...
Forward Township firefighters busy with 3 incidents in one day
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 13, 2025
One person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital following a vehicle crash near William Penn Elementary. First responders in Forward Township were busy last week, responding to three calls alone on Thurs...
Fire in McKeesport injures one
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January 13, 2025
One person was sent to the hospital following a residential fire in McKeesport early Sunday morning. Firefighters were called to a home in the 500 block of Sinclair Street after 7 a.m. for reports of ...
2-vehicle crash in Rostraver
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January 13, 2025
First responders were called to the scene of a two-vehicle accident on Rostraver Road around 12:15 p.m. Sunday. The accident happened at Sara Way near Denny’s restaurant. One person, who was not ident...
Charleroi discusses interest earnings from authority deal
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 13, 2025
Charleroi council sold the borough-owned sewer lines to the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi in 2023. Most leaders in Charleroi are happy with how money used from their 2023 deal with the Authori...
MASD to add more interpretation resources
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 13, 2025
The new service is part of an effort to improve translation services for non-English speaking students and families. In an effort to improve interpretation and translation services, the McKeesport Are...
Elizabeth Twp. code enforcement, fire department have busy end to 2024
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 13, 2025
The Elizabeth Township Commissioners heard updates from Code Enforcement Officer Rob Vitus and fire Chief Adam Janosko. Elizabeth Township commissioners recently discussed how 2024 ended for its code ...
Monessen hears proposal to add autistic support class
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 13, 2025
Monessen School District Special Education Director Dr. Christy DeCarlo said the district could save money on charter tuition. Monessen School District’s special education director proposed the creati...