Residents urge DEP to make power plant meet requirements to get a permit
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February 6, 2026
There were about a dozen speakers at the Department of Environmental Protection hearing on Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners LLC’s application for an air quality permit. By JOE NAPSHA TribLive Environment...
90th birthday milestone for Bob Baum
Around The Valley, Features
February 6, 2026
A surprise 90th birthday celebration was recently held in honor of Bob Baum of Howard Hanna Wilson Baum in McKeesport. Baum is a longtime board member and supporter of the McKeesport Regional History ...
The GOP’s Hispanic headache
Opinion, Politics
February 6, 2026
It was only one state senate race in Texas. Low-turnout, off-cycle elections are seldom good predictors of larger trends. And the Democrats had a better candidate: a working- class aircraft mechanic r...
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February 6, 2026
• Taionna Bradford-Gibert, 20, of Clairton was charged with access device fraud, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct stemming from an alleged incident Jan. 27, court records state. A preliminary ...
Bingo night in North Belle Vernon
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February 5, 2026
Wednesday nights are for bingo at the North Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department Bingo Hall, located at 545 Broad Ave. Shown during last night’s bingo, from left, are North Belle Vernon VFD Presiden...
McKeesport mayor Cherepko retires; Maglicco named new mayor
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Thomas Maglicco was unanimously appointed the city’s new mayor
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
In an emotional McKeesport council meeting on Wednesday, Michael Cherepko announced his retirement as mayor and handed the reins to his city administrator, Thomas Maglicco. Council unanimously accepte...
Magistrate’s office condemned due to extensive damage from water leak
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 5, 2026
The water caused extensive damage inside the Charleroi court office on Fallowfield Avenue. Charleroi borough officials condemned the office of Magisterial District Judge Eric Porter on Wednesday after...
Speers man charged with ethnic intimidation following racist video
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
The new charges were filed a day after state police cited Michael Todora with harassment in another case in Fallowfield Township. Ethnic intimidation charges were filed Wednesday against a Speers man ...
U.S. Steel to restart 2nd battery involved in deadly explosion
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February 5, 2026
By QUINCEY REESE TribLive Almost exactly six months after two workers were killed and 11 injured in a series of explosions at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the nation’s largest coke manufacturing ...
‘Seussical Jr.’ leaps to EF Middle School stage this weekend
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 5, 2026
Students will bring beloved characters from Dr. Seuss to stage with “Seussical Jr.” this weekend with three performances. “Oh, the fun you’ll see — oh, the joy you’ll feel.” Dr. Seuss Horton the Eleph...
Fourth Street Foods sale finalized
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 5, 2026
The asset sale to Wisconsin-based Morski Brands, Inc. closed Jan. 26 in federal receivership court. The sale of Fourth Street Foods was finalized last week, but the most impactful part of the deal was...
Belle Vernon Area Rotary honor students of the month
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February 5, 2026
The Belle Vernon Area Rotary Club met Jan. 12 at the Cedarbrook Clubhouse Grill, Rostraver Township, to honor students of the month from the Belle Vernon Area and Frazier school districts. Belle Verno...
Gushing over Gavin
Opinion, Politics
February 5, 2026
Conservatives have complained about media bias for decades. But there is bias and then there is bias. Lots of major media institutions — the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and many others — are ...
Opinion, Politics
February 5, 2026
By MARY CLARE JALONICK AND JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite rare negotiations between Democrats and President Donald Trump, a bipartisan agreement on new restrictions for fe...
Trump says Washington has waited 200 years for the arch he wants to build. Not quite
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By By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press 
February 5, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says history is on his side. He wants to build a towering arch near the Lincoln Memorial and argues that the nation’s capital first clamored for such a monumen...
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Glassport
February 5, 2026
• Lashawn Lamont Dean, 19, of Charleroi was charged with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct engaged in fighting stemming from an alleged incident Tuesday, court records state. A prelimi...
Local legislators react to Shapiro’s budget proposal
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
It increases spending by 5.4% and calls for the legalization of recreational marijuana use. Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his $53.3 billion budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year Tuesday in a joint...