Rostraver commissioners donate to wrestling team
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 8, 2024
The money will cover facility fees and other costs for the youths. The Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners voted Monday to make a donation to the Belle Vernon Youth Wrestling team. The donation ...
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July 8, 2024
To the Editor: Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which determined that the City of Grants Pass’s enforcement of criminal punishments ...
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Monessen
July 8, 2024
• Juan Still, 32, of McKeesport was charged with persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms, carrying a firearm without a license and four traffic violations after an...
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
A man accused of fleeing from a traffic stop over the weekend broke into a Greensburg home in an unsuccessful attempt to escape from police, according to court papers. Authorities reported finding Dre...
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
A Donora man is accused of leading state police on a chase through Rostraver and neighboring communities before being apprehended. Troopers said they seized pills, suspected crack cocaine, paraphernal...
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CHARLEROI REGIONAL POLICE
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 8, 2024
The money will likely be used to help cover the costs of police equipment. Organizers are happy with the results of a Back the Blue fundraiser held last month to benefit Charleroi Regional Police. The...
Under mounting pressures, small private colleges across Pa. close their doors
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By By BILL SCHACKNER Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
Clarks Summit College in Lackawanna County is the latest addition to the list. A wave of small private college closures in Pennsylvania that already upended career plans of students from Pittsburgh to...
Family, friends gather in Monessen to remember Anthony Madison Sr.
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
He was one of 13 members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment who were killed in a 1991 missile attack. Friends and family gathered Saturday at Anthony Eric Madison Sr. Veterans Memorial Park in Mones...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
The Open Markets Act would bring antitrust protection to Pennsylvania for the first time. A bill authored by state Rep. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, that would establish an antitrust law in Penns...
MVAA looking for volunteers, teachers
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 7, 2024
The organization is expanding the programs it offers throughout the Valley. Volunteers and instructors are needed to help as the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts continues to expand its programs. The M...
Rising Latino population drives economic growth in Western Pennsylvania
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By By ANNA MARES Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
Hispanics account for more than half of the state’s population increase over the past 20 years. New Spanish grocery stores are opening, adding a fresh flavor to the city. Amid the usual Pittsburgh tra...
Pitt nursing students to work in BVA schools
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
The clinical placement program will begin when classes resume. The Belle Vernon Area School District reached an agreement in May with the University of Pittsburgh’s Nursing School that will allow the ...
Pa.’s elder abuse investigations moving slowly
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By ANGELA COULOUMBIS Spotlight PA 
July 7, 2024
Spotlight PA conducted a months-long probe into woefully slow investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect involving older adults. In Pennsylvania, county-level agencies investigate allegations ...
New food truck lot holds military appreciation day
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Amy Smaracheck, who started the Belle Vernon enterprise, has a son in the Air Force. Belle Vernon’s new food truck spot, COP-A-SQUAT, held a military appreciation day on Friday for veterans and active...
Monessen fighter pilot lost over Japan
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STORIES BEHIND THE STARS
By By JOHN J. TURANIN For the MVI 
July 5, 2024
This story is part of Mon Valley Sons of World War II, a series about our sons who lost their lives in service to our country during the war. From the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, Monessen...
Police: Man driving 118 mph in fatal crash
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Jacob Posey is charged with homicide by vehicle in the March 16 death of Tori Demo. A Fayette City man is accused of driving 118 mph when he crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 70, resulting in...
New high school principal explains cell phone policy
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MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Students will seal their phones in Yondr pouches throughout the school day. In a letter to parents and community members, Eric Harper introduced himself as the new McKeesport Area High School principa...
California Area foundation awards 19 scholarships
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July 5, 2024
The Frosty Frolic Mon River Romp is a major fundraiser for the California Area School District Foundation. By the MVI Nineteen California Area High School 2024 graduates walked away with 23 scholarshi...
Rostraver Township to hold electronic recycling days
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Rostraver Township will host an event in September to allow residents to bring their electronics to recycle. Items will be accepted on three days in September at the Rostraver Township Road Department...
Street fair celebrates July 4, and Monongahela’s history
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 4, 2024
The railroad-themed event recalls the first train to arrive in the area on Independence Day in 1874. Mon Valley residents flocked from all over Thursday for Monongahela Main Street Program’s sixth ann...