West Mifflin awards contract for middle school roof repairs
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 21, 2025
The district is still renovating the auditorium after it was damaged by a fire nearly a year ago. West Mifflin School Board awarded contracts for repairs to the middle school roof and the high school ...
Monongahela community members come together to save beloved Christmas lights
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 21, 2025
Monongahela Historical Society President Laura Magone led the effort to raise money and recruit volunteers to fix the snowflakes. The Christmas snowflakes that line Main Street in Monongahela are shin...
60th annual Salute to Santa Parade set for Saturday in McKeesport
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November 21, 2025
The parade will begin at 11 a.m. along Fifth Avenue. By the MVI The City of McKeesport’s 60th annual Salute to Santa parade kicks off at 11 a.m. Saturday along Fifth Avenue. Parade units will begin li...
City couple charged in 2-year-old’s overdose
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November 21, 2025
By the MVI A couple is facing felony charges after a 2-year-old overdosed from cocaine and fentanyl in Monessen. Sable Ford, 36, and Travis Lee Holmes, 33, of Linden Avenue, were both charged with end...
Layoffs possible as commissioners seek to reduce $30M deficit from 2026 budget
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
November 21, 2025
By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County commissioners said additional spending cuts and layoffs could be implemented to trim a nearly $30 million deficit from the proposed 2026 budget. Commis...
News, Politics
November 21, 2025
NO ONE LIKES IT WHEN A SCHOOL is closed. It’s disruptive for students and sometimes for entire communities. Yet sometimes, closing a school is unavoidable and, in the long run, can be the right thing ...
A very big deal
Politics
November 21, 2025
If there was an award for courage and honor in politics, it should go to a stalwart band of Republicans in the Indiana state Senate who have resisted enormous pressure from President Trump and rejecte...
Politics
Letter to the Editor
November 21, 2025
To the Editor: As an Elizabeth Forward taxpayer, I feel like I’m watching our community write its own obituary — not for buildings, but for its financial future. In three years, approximately 80–85% o...
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Elizabeth
November 21, 2025
• Heather Hissom, 42, unknown address, was charged with intentional possession of a controlled substance by a person not registered and use/possession of drug paraphernalia on Sunday, court records st...
EF residents pack meeting over possible school closures
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ELIZABETH FORWARD SCHOOL DISTRICT
Public concerns
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 20, 2025
While the Elizabeth Forward School Board did not vote to close elementary schools, it did take action on several contracts related to Phase 2 of construction at the high school. It sounded more like a...
South Allegheny aims to make ‘pawsitive’ impact with new therapy dog Gladdy
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 20, 2025
Gladdy, a Cavapoo, had her first official day “on the job” at South Allegheny Middle School on Wednesday. Swarms of students surrounded South Allegheny’s new therapy dog Gladdy on Wednesday during the...
Monessen veterans burn more than 1K flags in retirement ceremony
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November 20, 2025
Monessen American Legion Post 28 held the annual ceremony on Wednesday. By RENATTA SIGNORINI TribLive Old Glory went up in flames hundreds of times over Wednesday during a flag retirement ceremony in ...
Rudolph to soar from screen to stage in Mon River Arts musical
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 20, 2025
The holiday classic soars off the screen in this musical adaptation of the beloved television special. Mon River Arts is getting ready to bring some holiday cheer to the Mon Valley with its production...
Perryopolis-based treatment center to host free turkey giveaway Friday
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November 20, 2025
Staff at MedMark Treatment Center also want the community-outreach event to help educate the public about the stigmas of opioid addiction and treatment. By MATT PETRAS For the MVI MedMark Treatment Ce...
Holidays to kick off this weekend in NBV
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November 20, 2025
By the MVI The holidays have grown in North Belle Vernon, and the holiday kickoff weekend will bring three days of festivities Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The schedule will run as follows: • Friday –...
Glassport fills vacant council seat
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November 20, 2025
Jennifer Stockett’s family has a history of public service. By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI Glassport Borough has a new council member — and she has a distinct pedigree. Council unanimously voted to ap...
Pa. GOP seeks probe into how terror suspect got Real ID, license
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 20, 2025
Pennsylvania Republicans are calling for a sweeping investigation into the state’s licensing, REAL ID and automatic voter registration systems after federal officials said a man who entered the United...
Politics
$ 1M stolen, no jail time is a betrayal of justice — and police officers
November 20, 2025
SOMETIMES WHEN POLICE officers are accused of misconduct, it can be difficult to break through the wall of support — or at the very least, the wall of silence — that surrounds them. To a degree, that’...
Jeffrey Epstein files cover-up in disarray
Politics
November 20, 2025
This week, President Trump’s uncanny political instincts resulted in a near-unanimous congressional resolution forcing his administration, against its collective will, to release the Epstein files. Th...
Politics
By By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press 
November 20, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a potentially far-reaching deve...