Fetterman touts benefits of Restore PA initiative at Legislative Lunch
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April 26, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lt. Gov. John Fetterman sought support for Gov. Tom Wolf’s Restore Pennsylvania initiative at Friday’s Legislative Lunch held by the Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce...
Orthodox churches mark Easter weekend
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April 26, 2019
By Jeff Stitt jstitt@yourmvi.com While many Christians commemorated Easter and Good Friday last week, members of the Orthodox Catholic Church are marking Jesus’ journey to the cross, his death and res...
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April 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Two Monessen residents charged following a November drug bust have been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court.   Dimond S. Jackson, 25,   was held for ...
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April 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Area residents in municipalities dealing with drug problems can do their part to dispose of prescription medication today during the 17th annual National Drug Take B...
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April 26, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Heading into his fifth month as director of operations for the Mon Valley Alliance, Ben Brown will soon begin a new chapter with the organization. The board of direc...
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April 25, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s police department will soon have three new police Interceptor SUVs thanks to the long-awaited funds from a settlement paid by ArcelorMittal over air po...
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April 25, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com After a four-month hiatus, the Our Communities of Elizabeth group met Thursday night at Rock Run Inn to talk about happenings within the communities that comprise the ...
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April 25, 2019
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area students will sing, twirl and dance the night away tonight during the annual Spring Talent Show. The show will begin at 6:15 p.m. with a performance f...
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April 25, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists who frequently travel along state Route 148 in McKeesport near the city’s border with Versailles borough will soon see a new traffic light go up. Under the d...
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April 25, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lawsuit settlement talks between the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and McKeesport Area School District’s special counsel are looking bleak, according ...
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April 25, 2019
By Matt Petras For the MV Independent Roscoe American Legion Post 801 will host a 100th anniversary celebration Saturday, featuring a parade filled with veterans.   “I think it’s impressive that the L...
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April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District police are investigating after a bullet was found by a group of young students at a school playground. Ringgold Elementary School North Princi...
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April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com An Elizabeth borough man accused of illegally possessing two guns and several concoctions of drugs was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh. He is ch...
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April 24, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Mon Valley students will once again enter the arena as California University of Pennsylvania hosts the 14th annual BotsIQ Robotics Competition.   A gladiator-style r...
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April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Auberle of McKeesport has been selected as Comcast and NBC Universal’s 2019 Comcast Cares Day honoree. Local Comcast and NBC Universal employees and their families, fr...
McKeesport school officials address suit
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April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School District administrators claimed during a press conference Tuesday that they didn’t stand in the way of creating a black student union on the hig...
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April 24, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Plum Street in Elizabeth Borough will officially become a temporary town square this summer.   Borough council members voted unanimously Tuesday to close the roadway...
McKeesport to remember its namesake Merchant Marine ship
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April 24, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “The Merchant Marines aboard that ship brought aid to millions of people during World War II and thereafter.” That’s what U.S. Army veteran Frank Tarli of Glassport ha...
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April 23, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Lincoln Borough Police Department took delivery last week on an all-terrain side-by-side vehicle. The 2019 Polaris Ranger XP 1000 will be used as a patrol and resc...
Bricks fall at Monessen apartments
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April 22, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Residents of an apartment building at 400 Donner Ave. in Monessen were evacuated just after 7 p.m. Monday after a portion of the brick facade along the top of the...