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...
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By By JULIA FELTON Trib Total Media 
June 7, 2024
Pam Steimer was working two jobs when she was priced out of her Pittsburgh apartment 18 months ago. She moved into a hotel while she searched for a new place to live. But rent prices were “out of my r...
Paving will be summer priority in Port Vue
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
June 7, 2024
The borough’s Vigilant Hose Company won’t hold its street fair this year. Port Vue council is launching an aggressive paving program this summer to take advantage of available funding. During a voting...
That’s baseball, Suzyn
Politics
June 6, 2024
Iheard this story from former Sen. Jack Danforth many years ago. An ordained minister, he would occasionally conduct evening services at the National Cathedral, which sits atop the highest point in Wa...
Politics
June 6, 2024
THE THREE BRANCHES OF government can each do or not do their jobs independent of each other most of the time. The governor of Pennsylvania never has to ask permission for staying inside the lines of h...
Lock him up
Politics
June 6, 2024
To hear angry MAGA Republicans tell it, former President Donald J. Trump’s conviction for 34 felony counts of falsifying business records is a shock and an outrage. But how could anybody be surprised?...
Charleroi Area Library basement renovated thanks to partnership
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 6, 2024
The project was the result of the Charleroi Neighborhood Partnership Program, Washington County Community Foundation and an anonymous donor. See more photos and more in our online photo gallery at www...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 6, 2024
Commissioner Chairman Jeffrey Johnson said they are trying to make the Route 51 span safer. Rostraver Township’s Board of Commissioners met Wednesday to discuss renovations, recreation and cracking do...
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June 6, 2024
THEY ARE THE HEROES WHO MADE the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today. Many of them are part of the greatest generation — a legacy that is still being written. World War II veterans trav...
Memories of the ‘kiss of death’
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IT’S ETCHED IN STONE
June 6, 2024
By RALPH STONE For the MVI It was one of the several evenings as a preteen when I made the Woodward Funeral Home in Monessen my temporary sleeping quarters as we always found plenty of new adventures ...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 6, 2024
House parties that got out of control prompted a resident to question city council about ordinances regulating unruly houses. McKeesport residents raised concerns about raucous parties at the home in ...