Reports: Kennywood parent company exploring sale of U.S. holdings

By By JOE NAPSHA Trib Total Media

Western Pennsylvania’s landmark amusement and water parks — Kennywood in West Mifflin, Sandcastle Water Park in West Homestead and Idlewild & Soak Zone in Ligonier Township — may be up for sale as part of their Spanish corporate owner’s move to seek the value of all of its U.S. assets, according to an amusement park trade publication and Reuters.

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Fire sparks at site of former Allenport plant

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

November 16, 2024

One firefighter was taken to the hospital after a 20-foot fall into the building’s basement. The Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire Friday in a building on the former Wheeling- Pi...

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In Bloom House of Beauty Salon now open in McKeesport

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI

November 16, 2024

Owner Julianne Gray said they are focused on delivering intimate, personalized care for their clients. For Julianne Gray, the In Bloom House of Beauty is not just a business venture, it is the realiza...

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BEARCATS SETTLE FOR SECOND PLACE

November 16, 2024

From left, Bentworth’s Andrew Vipperman, Adam Moessner, DJ Hays and Aiden McMurray look on solemnly as they wait to shake hands with players from Lancaster Mennonite following their 1-0 loss in the PI...

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Business Resource Center open in Monongahela

By SARAH PELLIS

November 16, 2024

A ribbon-cutting was held Friday for the Mon Valley Alliance Foundation venture. The Mon Valley Alliance Foundation held a ribbon cutting Friday for its new Business Resource Center at 235 West Main S...

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Anonymous donation gives new life to McKeesport Community Newsroom

By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com

November 16, 2024

The program is now operating out of Carnegie Library of McKeesport. Three months after Point Park University cut funding for the McKeesport Community Newsroom, an anonymous donor stepped up to allow t...

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Bearcats settle for state runner-up finish

By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com

November 16, 2024

Lancaster Mennonite’s Msafiri Amisi scored on a free kick from 20 yards out 10 minutes into extra time. Msafiri Amisi has been the main attraction for Lancaster Mennonite’s boys soccer team this year,...