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March 31, 2025

The Big Event at Pennwest California

Hundreds of PennWest California students participated in Saturday’s “Big Event” – an annual day of community service involving student volunteers. Bobbie Boyd Jr. of McKeesport volunteered with the football team and is shown cleaning the “Welcome to California” sign at Rotary Park.

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April 3, 2025

Don’t miss the latest from Donora and the McKeesport Area school board in Friday’s MVI.

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Council hears demands for police reform

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...

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Charleroi council fights over TV

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...

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Transportation officials discuss upcoming projects

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

April 3, 2025

More than $250 million will be spent on road work in the four-county region. PennDOT District 12 officials joined Lillian Gabreski, director of transportation for the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commiss...

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South Allegheny announces student’s death

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...

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Belle Vernon council OKs Mon River Town program

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...

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April 3, 2025

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, April 3, the 93rd day of 2025. There are 272 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 3, 1996, Theodore Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was arreste...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

April 3, 2025

To the Editor: As I daily read about and view Donald Trump’s absurd statements and shenanigans, I am reminded of the following idiom — “(He) Donald Trump is a few fries short of a Happy Meal.” So appr...

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Wisconsin, Booker boost Democrats

By By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer

April 3, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — For a day, at least, Democrats across the country have a sense that their comeback against President Donald Trump may have begun. It wasn’t just about the election results in Wisconsin...

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Why won’t the dated-envelope lawsuits die?

April 3, 2025

PLEASE JUST STOP. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ruled Pennsylvania’s election boards cannot invalidate mail-in ballots because they don’t have dates on their outer envelopes. Ba...

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Who’s defying court orders again?

April 3, 2025

In case you’ve missed the 1 million New York Times headlines announcing a “constitutional crisis,” here are a few typically calm, laid-back notices from that straightdown- the-middle newspaper: Trump ...