By JEFF STITT
There’s once again a local newspaper office in McKeesport.
The Mon Valley Independent is just one of the entities that are working together to bring life back to the former Daily News Building.
McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko and state Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, rededicated the “iconic,” “historic” 1930s art-deco-style building at the corner of Walnut Street and Lysle Boulevard as the Tube City Center for Business and Innovation on Monday. They were joined by community and elected leaders from across the state, Allegheny County and the Mon and Turtle Creek valleys.
Through a $1 purchase agreement made between Brewster, Cherepko and Trib Total Media CEO Jennifer Bertetto, the McKeesport Redevelopment Authority purchased The Daily News building from Trib Total Media in December 2017, almost exactly two years after the parent company of the Tribune-Review stopped production of the 131-year-old McKeesport Daily News on Dec. 31, 2015.
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