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 ...
Monongahela Farmers Market mixes fun with fresh food
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 8, 2024
The popular Monongahela attraction opened for the season Friday afternoon. Tables abounded with freshly made goods, and kids imitated pirates as their balloon swords clashed, while the aroma of funnel...
Donora Community Garden on display at open house
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
June 8, 2024
Free plots are available for any Donora residents who want to try their hands at planting. At the corner of Second Street and McKean Avenue in Donora is a little oasis you might miss if you blink whil...
Local filmmaker excited about his latest project
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By By PEG LUKETIC McKeesport Community Newsroom 
June 8, 2024
Mark Cantu expects to release “Grind” in 2025. In the late 1980s, a young Mark Cantu and his brother received a VHS camcorder for Christmas. The brothers took turns strapping the bulky device on their...
McKeesport prepares for 60th Good Neighbor Day
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By NYA O'NEAL noneal@yourmvi.com 
June 8, 2024
The celebration will be held Wednesday, with a rain date of Thursday. McKeesport will once again celebrate what it means to be a “good neighbor.” For decades, the city has held its Good Neighbor Day c...
Girl Scouts give back to community with project
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ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 8, 2024
They renovated a campfire area at the community center. Mom, interior designer and volunteer Lisa Fenwick, 41, of Elizabeth Township never expected to co-lead a Girl Scout troop, but she always wanted...
McKeesport resident marks 100th birthday
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By NYA O'NEAL noneal@yourmvi.com 
June 8, 2024
Betty Cummings says having good friends is the secret to a long life. A resident at the Community Life Center in McKeesport was celebrated this week for becoming a centenarian. Elizabeth “Betty” Cummi...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 8, 2024
Sessions will be held June 27 and July 25 at City Park in Monessen. If your child is interested in ponies and agriculture, Penn State Extension and Monessen Councilwoman Karen Cosner will be hosting a...
Lawmakers introduce bills to advance higher education overhaul
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By By BILL SCHACKNER Trib Total Media 
June 8, 2024
Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to create a new State Board of Higher Education. Two Democratic lawmakers, one in the House and one in the Senate, are introducing legislation to advance Gov. Josh Shapiro’s pr...
Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy for monthslong holdup to weapons
World News
June 7, 2024
PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukraine for a monthslong congressional holdup in American military assistance that let Russia make gains on the bat...
Could the guilty verdict cost Donald Trump the election? Sure it could
Politics
June 7, 2024
How much will Donald Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case matter come November? The obvious answer is that nobody knows. Still, I suspect the verdict will matter, just not in ways that a...
Politics
June 7, 2024
By MARK SHERMAN AND LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson collected nearly $900,000 last year for her upcoming memoir, one of four Supreme Court justices ...
Friends, family work to keep Glenn Porter’s memory alive
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 7, 2024
A golf tournament will be held later this month to help fund a foundation set up in his honor. Dedicated, determined, down to earth and fun loving are just a few of the ways Glenn Porter’s family and ...
Lower Belle Vernon lot becomes food truck site
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 7, 2024
They gather there every Monday, providing a variety of culinary choices. Amy Smaracheck didn’t expect the empty lot along Lower Belle Vernon’s Main Street that belonged to her husband, Ron, to turn in...
Donora feeling effects of severe police shortage
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
June 7, 2024
Council explored potential solutions at a heated meeting Thursday night. Donora’s problem with attracting and retaining police officers is nearing a critical point. The discussion got heated quickly T...
U.S. Steel closes portion of Clairton Coke Works as part of settlement
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By By JACK TROY Trib Total Media 
June 7, 2024
The company stated that no jobs will be affected by the closure. U.S. Steel has permanently shut down one of the most prolific batteries at its Clairton Coke Works, part of a settlement reached with e...
McKeesport Area to vote on summer paving project
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 7, 2024
ABM Industries will recoat the football stadium before offseason practice begins. The McKeesport Area School Board discussed upgrades to the high school football stadium and parking lots on district c...