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March 29, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Tensions rose as a debate over racism and free speech became the focus of a Monessen council meeting Thursday.   Councilman Dave Feehan invited Monessen resident Cal...
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March 29, 2019
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 26-year-old homeless man is accused of attacking a man on Meldon Avenue in Donora Monday and assaulting a police officer who tried to restrain him. Antwane Cunn...
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March 29, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Get ready to make friends with a magic genie, take a magic carpet ride and hear about the excitement stirred up on Arabian nights at Mary of Nazareth Catholic School’s...
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March 29, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport-based Democratic state Rep. Austin Davis was appointed to the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s board of directors Thursday by state House Democratic Lea...
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March 29, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com With several national HIV and AIDS awareness days right around the corner, the City of McKeesport and Allegheny County are providing opportunities to learn about and g...
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March 27, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A raffle ticket led police to the Donora man accused of stabbing three people at a North Belle Vernon bar.   Eric Demont Cook, 43, of Market Street was arrested Wedn...
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March 27, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport woman was charged Tuesday with criminal homicide after a 72-year-old man she allegedly struck with a vehicle in July died March 15 as a result of injuries...
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March 27, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport Area School Board approved a resolution Wednesday supporting   two bills that would require families to pay out-of-pocket tuition for their child to attend ...
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March 27, 2019
By Tom Davidson A McKeesport man responsible for watching a young boy who was found wandering the streets of Duquesne is in Allegeheny County Jail on charges of child endangerment, drug possession and...
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March 27, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A McKeesport man has been charged with carrying a firearm while allegedly knowing that his concealed carry permit was revoked. Jared Abraham Ogrosky, 21, of Bowman Ave...
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March 27, 2019
By TAYLOR Brown tbrown@yourmv.com The Mid Mon Valley Council of Governments is one meeting closer to being officially up and running.   The Mon Valley Alliance announced it would be revitalizing the M...
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March 27, 2019
By TAYLOR Brown tbrown@yourmv.com The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new look this week.   The chamber revealed its new logo and website at a rebrand launch party Tuesday at Off th...
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March 27, 2019
For the MV Independent Protect Elizabeth Township, a community organization focused on advocating for the protection of resident rights while striving to help build a better community, is collaboratin...
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March 27, 2019
By TAYLOR Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Charleroi Area Elementary Center’s parent-teacher association will be receiving help from Google to provide a digital education workshop for area families.   Last wee...
Hat makers send gifts of love to area hospitals
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March 26, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com A group of 11 “Angels” who have created their own community at The Oaks Retirement Residence in White Oak say making hats for babies and cancer and dialysis patients a...
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March 26, 2019
By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A shuttered Mon Valley steel mill site may soon serve a new purpose.   Thanks to a $4 million state grant, Allenport’s former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. site is...
Sombo new police chief in Elizabeth
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March 26, 2019
By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Residents packed the meeting room at Elizabeth Learning Center Tuesday night to welcome the new leader of the Elizabeth Borough Police Department. Council voted 6-0 ...
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March 26, 2019
By Rich Cholodofsky A Westmoreland County car dealership claims a local competitor conspired with a group of employees to steal part of its business. According to a 15-count lawsuit, North Huntingdon-...
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March 26, 2019
By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com Sara Foster has two goals: allowing her 9-year-old daughter Olivia “to be a kid first” and finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Olivia was diagnosed March 14, 2016, wh...
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March 26, 2019
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Two men and a teenage girl were arrested Monday after allegedly robbing a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint in McKeesport. Randy Lamont Johnson, 24, of Pleasant Road, ...