McKeesport Council hears demands for police reform
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MCKEESPORT
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 3, 2025
Residents and activists are outraged over an arrest video that went viral. Residents and activists advocated for police reform before McKeesport council Wednesday following a video that went viral las...
Charleroi council fights over TV
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 3, 2025
It has been moved from council chambers to the police department. There’s always a calm before the storm. Though leaders in Charleroi may not always agree, meetings in council chambers have remained r...
South Allegheny community mourns student’s tragic death
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 3, 2025
A GoFundMe account has been set up to assist the family of 15-year-old Isaiah Katana. Once a Gladiator, always a Gladiator. The South Allegheny School District is mourning the sudden loss of one of it...
Belle Vernon council OKs Mon River Town program
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 3, 2025
The initiative promotes tourism in municipalities along the Mon River. Belle Vernon Council approved a resolution Wednesday to join the Mon River Town program, which provides support for Mon Valley co...
WCCC to offer summer camps for kids and teens
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April 3, 2025
For the MVI Westmoreland County Community College is offering several new and exciting summer camps for kids and teens starting in June. New camps being offered this summer address topics including ro...
Lining up to cheer on the Cougars
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April 2, 2025
Charleroi Area High School fans showed up on a sunny but chilly Tuesday afternoon to support the Cougars at Vets Field. Watching along the fence are Landon Amos, Ethan Hartley, Emma Skobel, Avery Pend...
Mon Valley senators support Pa.’s ICE bill
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 2, 2025
The legislation to notify federal enforcement officials when illegal immigrants are charged with crimes passed the state Senate by a 31-18 margin. The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill Monday requirin...
Zoning changes approved in Carroll Township
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 2, 2025
They were prompted by a construction controversy in the township’s Irey Plan. Zoning changes were made official Tuesday in Carroll Township. Last month, a public hearing was held to gather public comm...
Several school board races on May 20 ballot
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April 2, 2025
Many candidates are crossfiled to represent both political parties. By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor swolford@yourmvi.com The races for open seats on Valley-wide school boards promise to be among the ...
Ferret friends in Monessen classroom
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April 1, 2025
Renee Warfield’s fifth-grade class at Monessen Elementary Center recently got two classroom friends. Dougie and Kami are ferrets that Warfield brings to school each day. Emilia Bolling is holding Kami...
Mayor commends efforts at Mon View Heights
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WEST MIFFLIN
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 1, 2025
Chris Kelly also provided updates on a few other projects in the borough. West Mifflin Mayor Chris Kelly offered thanks to District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.’s office as well as police Chief Gre...
Event to call attention to veteran, law enforcement suicide
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 1, 2025
Operation Vet NOW will host a 5K walk and run Saturday at the Monongahela Aquatorium. A nonprofit will hold its first 5K in nearly five years Saturday in Monongahela to raise awareness for veteran and...
Drivers warned of Elco Hill intersection danger
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 1, 2025
Area officials are trying to get PennDOT to take action on the hazardous intersection. It has taken more than three decades, but new safety measures could soon be in place at the top of Elco Hill in L...
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April 1, 2025
A Charleroi man is wanted on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a woman was found screaming for help from the roof of her home over the weekend. Samuel Boyd Dickerson, 30, of Thi...
Agony of defeat
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March 31, 2025
South Allegheny senior Cameron Epps looks to the floor during the medal ceremony following the PIAA Class 3A basketball championship game at the Giant Center in Hershey. The Gladiators finished as run...
Fallowfield Township updates several zoning districts
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 31, 2025
The supervisors said some of the current zoning designations were not included when rezoning was done years ago. A zoning amendment that will affect a handful of properties has taken effect in Fallowf...
Mon/Yough Trail Council to hold annual Boston half marathon, 5K
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 31, 2025
The Mon/Yough Trail Council will host its 11th annual Boston Trail Half Marathon and 5K along the Great Allegheny Passage on April 12. The Mon/Yough Trail Council has been busy preparing for its 11th ...
PIAA sendoff for South Allegheny Gladiators
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March 29, 2025
South Allegheny High School’s Cam Epps addresses the crowd during a pep assembly Friday morning for the basketball team before it departed for today’s PIAA championship game. See more photos in our on...
Shooting suspect arrested after standoff in Monessen
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 29, 2025
Police say Jay Din Eleam barricaded himself inside a home on Leeds Avenue in Monessen. Gunfire and an hours-long police standoff rocked a quiet Monessen neighborhood Friday morning and led to the arre...