Seeking tips, police release video in fatal McKeesport shooting
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July 3, 2025
By the MVI Allegheny County Police released surveillance video and new details about a June 2024 fatal shooting in McKeesport in hopes of getting tips about the identities of two people and the driver...
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival expected to draw 90K over weekend
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July 3, 2025
By KAITLYN HUGHES TribLive Stained glass artist Amy Primmer already is a big fan of the Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, and she’s only been there once. “I don’t think I’ve seen (a vendor show...
Monongahela pedestrian accident under investigation
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 3, 2025
Emma Lou Ferrari, 85, of Monessen, died at UPMC Mercy Hospital 13 days after she was struck by a vehicle in Monongahela. A pedestrian accident in Monongahela last month that resulted in the death of a...
Immobilize the Mamifada
Politics
July 3, 2025
In New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor last week, Andrew Cuomo, the former governor, son of a former governor, once married to a Kennedy (that’s admirable in Democrat circles), lost to the pr...
Around The Valley
July 3, 2025
The Great Allegheny Passage has been named one of the best sunset spots in the United States. Running from Cumberland, Md. to Pittsburgh in the Appalachian Mountains and through the Laurel Highlands, ...
State official delivers $1.5M gift during Club Serenity visit
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 2, 2025
The Charleroi enterprise is among 12 recipients in a $20M grant program to create drop-in centers. Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Secretary Dr. Latika Davis-Jones visited a Charl...
Neighbor complains of snakes, high grass
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CARROLL TOWNSHIP
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 2, 2025
A resident appealed to township supervisors for help with a home that’s awaiting a sheriff’s sale. While some property owners don’t comply with township code in a timely manner, one home in Carroll To...
Communities to light up the skies to celebrate Independence Day
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July 2, 2025
By the MVI Pull up a lawn chair, it’s time for fireworks! Many community celebrations are planned around the Mon Valley to not only celebrate the Fourth of July, but to also bring neighbors together f...
Pa. lawmakers react as Senate approves Trump budget bill
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 2, 2025
There were passionate opinions on both sides of the aisle after Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie. President Donald Trump’s domestic policy package passed the Senate by the slimmest of margins...
House approves Goughnour bill to aid historic preservation
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 2, 2025
The proposal triples the size of tax credits available for projects. On Monday, the state House approved legislation sponsored by Rep. Dan Goughnour, D-McKeesport, to make it easier to rehabilitate an...
Semper Fidelis club awards three scholarships to MASD graduates
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July 2, 2025
The annual “Salute to the Graduates” program was held at the Healthy Village Learning Institute on Freemont Street. By NYA O'NEAL McKeesport Community Newsroom McKeesport’s Semper Fidelis club continu...
Fireworks stores see big business ahead of holiday
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July 2, 2025
Many customers buy in bulk as pyrotechnic prices remain low. By NATHAN FERRARO and HALEY DAUGHERTY TribLive Fourth of July is like Christmas to William Olbeter. “Ever since I was a little kid, I fell ...
MCKEESPORT COMMUNITY GARDEN THRIVING
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July 2, 2025
The McKeesport Community Garden provides a space for residents of the area to grow their own vegetables and build community at the same time. A program of Tube City Renaissance, join the volunteers at...
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July 2, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel has agreed on terms for a 60day ceasefire in Gaza and warned Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. Trump announced the de...
Elon Musk goes off again
Politics
July 2, 2025
Has it really been less than a month since Elon Musk flew off the handle, trashed his benefactor, the president, pledged to kill the administration’s top legislative priority, and, on top of all that,...
Politics
July 2, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA IS TRYING to whisper sweet nothing in the ears of New York businesses. New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, a progressive Democrat, presumptively won his party’s nomination for mayor of Ne...
Rostraver Lions lend a hand to Bag Brigade
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 1, 2025
The organizations worked together to prepare 6,000 meal bags for local families. Rostraver Lions Club members came together on Monday to help the Bag Brigade prepare some meals. More than 30 club memb...
McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge project to begin this fall
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 1, 2025
PennDOT expects work to take about three years to complete. Construction is set to start on the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge this fall and end in 2028. A public meeting was held recently. The bridge, al...