Jay-Z enters one of Pa.’s messiest political fights
Politics
June 11, 2024
His Roc Nation company is funding informational events regarding private school vouchers. By STEPHEN CARUSO and KATIE MEYER Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — A series of events intended to get Philadelphians ...
Traffic complaints aired in White Oak
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 11, 2024
Dangers were identified at the corner of Lincoln Way and Auld Street, along with Oak Park Mall. Traffic issues were the focus of discussion at Monday’s White Oak Council meeting. Ron Kendal, a borough...
Village teacher to present at Fred Rogers conference
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June 11, 2024
By NYA O'NEAL noneal@yourmvi.com Kate Snyder has found puppets to be an effective way of getting through to young students. A teacher at The Village in California, Pa., is using a unique skill to help...
Payroll questions lead to dispute in Forward Township
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FORWARD TOWNSHIP
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 11, 2024
Supervisor Dave Levdansky asked why payroll has increased every month this year. Monday night’s meeting was brief in Forward Township, but a few arguments still broke out among supervisors. While ther...
Secret opioid cash meetings criticized by Pa. lawmaker
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June 11, 2024
Members of the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust are reviewing county spending reports in private groups. By ED MAHON Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — A member of the board overseeing ...
Landslide concerns raised in Monongahela
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 11, 2024
A potentially dangerous situation was cited along Hillman and James streets. EADS group engineer Frank Novotny informed Monongahela council Monday morning about potential landslides developing on Hill...
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Elizabeth Township
June 10, 2024
• Ronald James Griffey, 44, of Charleroi was charged with public drunkenness and similar misconduct, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after an alleged incident Sunday, court records state. A pr...
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media 
June 10, 2024
The effort began in 2022 as a way to safeguard against hackers. Westmoreland County has a new address. While the county courthouse remains at the same location in downtown Greensburg where it has stoo...
Politics
June 10, 2024
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION is important. It has become part of a growing conversation, as the reality and sustainability of university education are debated because of its cost. The requirement of...
The balm of care
Politics
June 10, 2024
“Oh my G*d!” It was the fall 2020, and I had just been taken by ambulance to a New York City hospital. Without a doubt, the paramedics thought I was wasting their time and was merely having a panic at...
The myth that Biden had nothing to do with the prosecutions of Trump
Politics
June 10, 2024
The five criminal and civil prosecutions of former President Donald Trump all prompt heated denials from Democrats that President Joe Biden and Democrat operatives had a role in any of them. But Biden...
Former McKeesport funeral home up for sale
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By By JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROP Trib Total Media 
June 10, 2024
Built in 1920, the Victorian-style residence hasn’t been used for funerals since 2002. When Marlene Fait-Schmalz bought her childhood home in 2011, she reclaimed a piece of McKeesport history. The uni...
Senate OKs veterans tax relief bill
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 10, 2024
The legislation, which was sponsored by Sen. Camera Bartolotta, passed unanimously. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, that would allow more veterans with disabiliti...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 10, 2024
State Sen. Jim Brewster said the site is a potential “gold mine” due to its proximity to the Mon-Fayette Expressway. State Rep. Nick Pisciottano and Shawl Pryor, chief operating officer of Moonbeam Ca...
Local education leaders seek solutions to statewide teacher shortage crisis
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By By QUINCEY REESE Trib Total Media 
June 10, 2024
Pennsylvania reported more than 2,000 open teaching positions in October. Thousands of teaching positions in Pennsylvania were vacant or filled by someone on an emergency certificate in the past year,...
U.N. food agency pauses its aid work at U.S. pier in Gaza
World News
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 10, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned ...
Rural pharmacy owners say it’s getting harder to stay open
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By By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer 
June 10, 2024
Financial pressures are putting them in an increasingly tough position. Basin Pharmacy fills more than prescriptions in rural northern Wyoming. It’s also the key health care access point for the town ...