Friends, colleagues mourn local firefighter
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 25, 2024
Rhys Taylor served as president of the Donora Volunteer Fire Company. Rhys Taylor will be remembered for the love he put out into the world. The 24-year-old first responder and president of the Donora...
Brewster joins call to curtail gun violence
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
The state senator supports a report issued Tuesday by the U.S. surgeon general, but says more needs to be done about the “core causes.” The U.S. surgeon general’s declaration that gun violence is a pu...
GoFundMe campaigns set up for Belle Vernon fire victims
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
The Keith family lost its home and all its possessions in a Sunday morning blaze. Two GoFundMe campaigns have been launched for a Belle Vernon family of five who lost their home in a fire Sunday. The ...
Impact caught on camera as car strikes Port Vue home
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
No serious injuries were reported, but the house was badly damaged. A car crashed into a Port Vue home Tuesday, leaving a large hole and completely damaging the front end of the vehicle. According to ...
Fatal accident sparks discussion of hazardous intersection
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ELIZABETH BOROUGH
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
Sara Hammell called for action after her cousin was killed in a June 1 motorcycle crash. Sara Hammell spoke to Elizabeth Borough council Tuesday about the need for a stop sign at a dangerous intersect...
Big education fight stands in the way of a Pa. budget deal
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By By STEPHEN CARUSO Spotlight PA 
June 26, 2024
With the deadline approaching, lawmakers have found common ground on taxes, permitting and college. But they’re far from a deal on basic education funding. HARRISBURG — How much money to spend on Penn...
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
June 25, 2024
Dale Shawley Jr. was fined $750 and given 30 days to turn in the required paperwork. A member of Donora’s Zoning Hearing Board has been found guilty of failing to comply with the Public Official and E...
What RFK Jr. really means to the Pa. ballot
Politics
June 25, 2024
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. has filed paperwork to appear on the Pennsylvania ballot as a presidential candidate. The fourth Kennedy to run for president and the first to do so as an independent, he maintai...
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By By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press 
June 25, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump’s gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to...
Boebert wins GOP primary after switching districts
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ELECTION ROUNDUP
June 25, 2024
The loyal Trump ally easily defeated four other candidates. DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won Tuesday’s Republican primary in a U.S. House race that she jumped into last year, surviving a sca...
Trump on the debate
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June 25, 2024
Former President Donald Trump knows he overdid it in his first debate with Joe Biden back in September 2020. In a recent conversation at Mar-a-Lago, I said to Trump, “A lot of people thought in the fi...
SNIPS AND SNEAKERS
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June 25, 2024
Hairstylist Lorenzo Altobelli, owner of LA Fades in Belle Vernon, gives a trim to Kash Ward, 6, of Monessen at the Snips and Sneakers event Monday morning at The Full Potential Project building in Mon...
BVA school board approves 2024-25 budget
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June 25, 2024
Taxes will remain at their current level in the new spending plan. By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area school board gave final approval Monday to a new budget for the 2024-25 s...
Moorer to appear at festival
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 24, 2024
The former boxing champ will be honored Saturday at Monessen Community Day. Michael Moorer’s International Boxing Hall of Fame induction came as a surprise to the southpaw who grew up in Monessen. “I ...
Natural gas impact fee checks smaller this year
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 24, 2024
Lower energy prices and the presence of more wells in the state contributed to the decline. Checks distributed to Mon Valley communities — and hundreds of others across the state — from Marcellus Shal...
Boston Hollow Road to be closed for two months
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 24, 2024
The closure is necessary so crews can replace a block wall in the area. Boston Hollow Road in Elizabeth Township will be closed starting Monday for about two months due to crews from PennDOT and A. Li...
Glassport to hold blood drive in honor of teen recovering from brain tumor
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
June 24, 2024
Jasiah Jones’ family wants to replenish the blood that was used to save his life. “It was like a punch in the gut!” That’s how Casey Jones felt when she was told that her 12-year-old son had cancer. T...
Westmoreland increases capacity at reopened juvenile detention center
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By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media 
June 24, 2024
The Westmoreland County juvenile detention center in Hempfield has hired enough staff to double its capacity three months after a limited reopening in March, officials announced Monday. The detention ...