Lawsuit blames farm property damage on EF project
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August 12, 2026
Richard and Irene Everly claim more than $750,000 in damage was done to their farm. By the MVI An Elizabeth Township couple is suing the Elizabeth Forward School District, its former board president, ...
Results of testing on Monessen school building expected today; board tables Adelphoi vote
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 12, 2026
The findings will determine what needs to be done and whether classes can start Aug. 25 as scheduled. Results are coming today for Monessen City School District regarding “abnormalities” that were dis...
Dunlevy OKs 12-month pause on data centers
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 12, 2026
Approval from Allenport, Elco and Coal Center is still needed for the measure to take effect. Dunlevy became the third Mon Valley community to unanimously approve a resolution Tuesday that could lead ...
Glassport to focus on fixing sewers and streets
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August 12, 2026
By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI Glassport Council focused on collapsed sewers and other infrastructure problems at Tuesday’s workshop meeting. There will be a motion to authorize KHL Engineers to provi...
Four interview for vacant seat on BVA school board
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By MICHAEL VINSICK mvinsick@yourmvi.com 
August 12, 2026
The winning candidate will be announced at next week’s meeting. Belle Vernon Area school board members interviewed four candidates Tuesday night to fill a vacant seat on the board. Andrew King, Carly ...
Countdown is on for McKeesport’s International Village
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August 12, 2026
Set up is underway as the McKeesport International Village is moving to a new location on Long and Schettino Fields as well as the McKeesport Bands Lions Bandshell. Crews are mapping the grounds, buil...
July set U.S. heat records, but was just average locally
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August 12, 2026
The region’s average temperature last month was 74.9 degrees — 5.4 degrees cooler than the hottest July average on record. By QUINCEY CATULLO TribLive July was the hottest month on record for the cont...
Area man charged as getaway driver in double murder
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August 12, 2026
By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive A 20-year-old man has been charged with driving the getaway car after a double murder outside a bar last month in Clairton and then hiding the gun. Temon Jackson claimed he...
Opinion, Politics
August 12, 2026
IT BECAME FASHIONABLE a few years ago for people to blame “misinformation” for others holding views they find wrongheaded. Social media platforms, sometimes jawboned by the federal government, invoked...
Pa. AG takes aim at TikTok over kids’ safety
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By By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive 
August 12, 2026
A lawsuit alleges violations of the state’s Consumer Protection Law. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the social media app TikTok, contending the wildly po...
Opinion, Politics
August 12, 2026
By The Associated Press President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republic...
Pa. League of Women Voters to hold annual ‘1920 Celebrate the Vote’ event
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August 12, 2026
For the MVI Pennsylvania League of Women Voters Executive Director Amy Widestrom will be the keynote speaker at 6 p.m. Aug. 20 at the annual 1920 Celebrate the Vote event. Hosted by the League of Wome...
Coke Works blast ‘should never have happened’
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 11, 2026
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has released its report on the 2025 explosion that killed two workers. One year after an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works killed tw...
Elizabeth church helps students get ready to go back to school
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 11, 2026
Backpacks and other supplies were distributed at First Presbyterian’s fifth annual event. Backpacks, school supplies and more were donated to several hundred students and families who attended a back-...
‘Abnormalities’ discovered at Monessen school
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 11, 2026
Additional details won’t be released until testing is completed today. Air quality testing began Saturday at Monessen City School District’s middle/high school after discoveries of “abnormalities” in ...
Chief addresses one supervisors’ claim of reduced police presence
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By MICHAEL VINSICK mvinsick@yourmvi.com 
August 11, 2026
Only one ticket was issued last month along Routes 51 and 136 in the township. A Forward Township supervisor raised concerns over potential decreases in police presence along Routes 51 and 136 at Mond...