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September 21, 2019
By Natasha Lindstrom A former Washington County kindergarten teacher has pleaded guilty to a federal narcotics charge for her role in a far-reaching cocaine ring that flooded the Mon Valley and Pittsb...
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September 19, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com Monessen residents dealing with excessive rodent problems have already seen results since the city’s intervention last Friday. Several people who live on ...
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September 19, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com The state House Thursday passed a bill authored by Rep. Justin Walsh, R-Rostraver, that would prohibit the use of public assistance benefits to purchase tobacco...
Car show to benefit hostel, provide bikes for children in McKeesport
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September 19, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The McKeesport Trail Commission is hosting a car show this month to raise money “to spruce up” the McKeesport Hostel and to help provide kids with bicycles. The car sh...
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September 19, 2019
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the identity of a 23-year-old man who died after a vehicle he riding in crashed into a building Sunday in McKeesport. Austin Taylor Fagan of...
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September 19, 2019
By Tom Davidson Douglas Berry confided to other inmates at the Allegheny County Jail that he killed Elizabeth Wiesenfeld and needed to get out of jail so he could dispose of her body using sulfuric ac...
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September 19, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Pittsburgh woman who allegedly led McKeesport, White Oak and North Versailles police on a high-speed chase over the week...
Parents pack Elizabeth Forward board meeting
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September 19, 2019
By JEFF STITT and CHRISTINE HAINES jstitt@yourmvi.com chaines@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward administrators and school board directors faced a standing-room-only crowd Wednesday as parents demanded to ...
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September 19, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A former Monongahela police officer is accused of having unwanted sexual contact with a woman while he was on duty, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Wed...
Elizabeth Township town hall draws crowd
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September 19, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Several Elizabeth Township residents are petitioning their state legislator asking for a forensic audit to be done of the township finances by state Auditor Gen...
Collinsburg tragedy still a vivid memory 67 years later
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September 18, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com Sept. 17, 1952, is a date that’s etched into the memories of Collinsburg residents, even if they weren’t born yet.   That’s the day a Rostraver Township school ...
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September 18, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com PA Coach Lines has once again been ordered by Allegheny County Judge Christine Ward to provide transportation to all students in the Elizabeth Forward School Di...
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September 18, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Alliance has rejected two separate officers to purchase the Coyle Theater. On Tuesday, Mon Valley Alliance CEO Ben Brown said the offers, submitted by...
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September 18, 2019
By Eric Seiverling eseiverling@yourmvi.com The West Jefferson Hills School District is moving forward with its plans to empty, clean out and dismantle the abandoned Thomas Jefferson High School at 310...
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September 18, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The office of state Attorney General Josh Shapiro has issued a warrant for the arrest of a McKeesport man accused of using the credentials of a UPMC McKeesport doctor ...
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September 17, 2019
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO ebennett@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School District has hired a new business manager with a five-year contract that takes effect in November. The board unanimously name...
Family council still making a difference for Kane Center
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September 17, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Kane Family Council commemorated its 10-year anniversary this week during the Kane Foundation Fun Walk 4 Kane. Formed in spring 2009 by cousins Janet Kulis and the...
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September 17, 2019
By Jacob Tierney More than 350 children in Elizabeth Forward School District may not be able to take a bus to school this week as the contract spat between the district and its transportation provider...
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September 17, 2019
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com For the second week in a row, Aimee Schmidt’s daughter had issues regarding her school bus. Last week, the Elizabeth borough fifth-grader was one of two student...