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June 2, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A former Monessen resident with an important message for women has no plans to slow down.   Jerrica Brooks, currently of Pittsburgh, started her body-positive journe...
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June 2, 2019
By Tony LaRussa Detectives from the Allegheny County homicide unit responded to request for assistance after a man was discovered shot to death in the 1300 block of Tube Works Alley at around 1:45 p.m...
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June 2, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Over the past two years, Mc-Keesport musician Johnny Cardo has been receiving a lot of opportunities to expand his musical reach in the Pittsburgh area. After graduati...
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May 31, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Write-in vote totals from the primary election in Washington County will be made public Monday, and the races in several municipalities could depend on the results. ...
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May 31, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Children who go to the laundromat with their parents know the boredom that comes with sitting and waiting for the buzz of the washers and dryers, which signals the end...
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May 31, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area life skills students are hard at work in an effort to help their community. For months, students in Tammy Hite’s life skills class have been working t...
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May 31, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County will address homelessness and employment issues as part of the national program, the Pathways Forward Challenge. The county has been chosen as on...
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May 30, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com After 75 years, Jack Bergstein of Monessen closed the doors to his religious home.   A retired attorney, Bergstein, 79, was part of the final service for Temple Beth...
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May 30, 2019
BY JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Police have identified two vehicles that are believed to have traveled from the McKeesport area and may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman. Alleg...
Scholarship presented in honor of late McKeesport teacher
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May 30, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Retired McKeesport Area High School Academic Principal John Bertoty and his wife Sandra visited the school’s campus this week to pay tribute to their late daughter, De...
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May 30, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A West Brownsville man accused of fleeing the scene after striking a man riding a motorcycle on the Charleroi-Monessen Bridge earlier this month will stand trial in ...
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May 30, 2019
BY JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Port Authority of Allegheny County staff on Wednesday presented a $463 million preliminary operating and $58 million preliminary capital budget for fiscal year 2020 to...
McKeesport College Club honors  3 ‘young women of achievement’
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May 30, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “The power of young McKeesport women” was celebrated by the McKeesport College Club on Tuesday as three “young women of achievement” who are graduating from McKeesport...
Monongahela Area Historical  Society buys Longwell House
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May 30, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com About 15 members of the Monongahela Area Historical Society gathered under the cover of the gazebo in Chess Park Wednesday evening for an announcement worth dodgi...
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May 30, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A large Memorial Day house party allegedly involving underage drinking is being investigated by Rostraver Township police. Lt. John Christner said there will be “a l...
New Valley bus route celebrated
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May 30, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Washington County Transportation Authority celebrated its new Mon Valley bus route with a commencement ceremony Wednesday. The daily route, which began running April...
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May 30, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward school directors voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a $44.4 million general fund budget for the 2019-2020 school year. The spending plan, an incr...
Local World War II medic honored
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May 29, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com World War II “giant” Staff Sgt. Felix J. Lisovich received a long overdue honor Tuesday morning. Sitting in the first row of a meeting area inside the American Legio...