Car crash in Rostraver Township
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August 20, 2025
Rostraver Township police and firefighters were called to a vehicle crash Tuesday morning on the 1400 block of Rostraver Road. One person was transported by Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services to...
New Long John Silver’s gets OK for drive-thru window
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WEST MIFFLIN
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 20, 2025
The company filed a conditional use request for the new restaurant, which is expected to open next spring. West Mifflin held a public hearing Tuesday to discuss a conditional use request regarding a n...
NEW COMMUNITY MURAL IN MCKEESPORT
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August 20, 2025
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Nittany Lion recently stopped by the Mon Valley LaunchBox in downtown McKeesport to meet artist Janel Young (shown at far left with the Nittany Lion) as she worked on ...
Intense house fire in Donora
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August 19, 2025
Around 11 p.m. Sunday, Donora and Carroll Township firefighters responded to reports of smoke coming from a residence at 25 McKean Ave. Chief Patsy Vince confirmed a working fire and requested crews f...
BVA Rotary Club gears up for 5th annual regatta
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August 19, 2025
The fundraising event will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the boat launch area of Cedar Creek Park. For the MVI The Belle Vernon Area Rotary Club is ready for its annual Regatta on the Yough...
WCCC receives $500K from Miner family foundation
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August 19, 2025
The donation will be used to provide scholarships for students pursuing careers in health, technology and industrial arts. For the MVI The Robert Miner Family Foundation recently presented the Westmor...
Allegheny County Health Department confirms year’s first human West Nile case
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August 19, 2025
The county has been spraying a low-risk pesticide in problem areas. By TOM DAVIDSON TribLive A Plum resident’s fever, malaise and digestive trouble since mid-July was confirmed to be the first human c...
Rostraver stream project could lead to new park
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
August 19, 2025
The Elks Place property has been an area of flooding over the years. Rostraver Township commissioners unanimously voted Monday to advertise the Elks Place Stream Restoration Project, which could open ...
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August 19, 2025
A man was killed Saturday after a Jeep Wrangler he was driving overturned in Cook Township, according to information released Monday by state police and the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office. Jason...
Clairton Coke Works, site of deadly explosions, stirs both pride and pain
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August 18, 2025
The employees are very aware of the dangers that come with working at the U.S. Steel plant. By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive Brian Doyle remembers the explosion that hurled him to the coke plant’s floor — ...
Local girls express artistic talents with rocks
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 18, 2025
Their paintings provide a pleasant surprise for the people who find them. Fun and colorful paintings are turning up on several neighborhood rocks in Elizabeth. Eliza Vickers, who is going into seventh...
Trolley Museum presents restored ‘Terrible Trolley’
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August 16, 2025
The Steelers-themed streetcar celebrated the team’s four Super Bowl titles in the 1970s. For the MVI The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum celebrated the restoration of “The Terrible Trolley,” PAT PCC 1713,...
Concerns arise over lawyer representing Washington County DA in death penalty feud
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August 16, 2025
Jason Walsh said the hiring decision was made by county commissioners. By PAULA REED WARD TribLive Two Pittsburgh lawyers involved in efforts before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to curb the Washingt...
Soccer apparel store opens at Riverside Village Shoppes
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August 16, 2025
Owner Jace Kepich is heavily involved with the Mon Valley soccer community. By MATT PETRAS For the MVI The Riverside Village Shoppes along the Monongahela River in Lower Speers recently added a new sh...
Crews respond to vehicle fire in Webster
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August 16, 2025
Firefighters responded to a vehicle fire Friday evening on Route 906 at Wall Street in Webster. Crews extinguished the fire minutes after arrival, and no injuries were reported. Rostraver Township VFD...
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August 16, 2025
The Route 1059 (Sugar Run Road) Bridge, which connects Peters Township and Nottingham Township, is officially open to traffic again. The bridge, which crosses Peters Creek, has been fully rehabilitate...
West Mifflin Area school board approves financial move
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 15, 2025
Money will be transferred from three accounts into the district’s capital projects fund. The West Mifflin Area school board voted unanimously Thursday to remove money from three district bank accounts...
Man sues bar, driver over brother’s death in DUI crash
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August 15, 2025
John Wobrak was killed in a March 14 accident in Jefferson Hills. By PAULA REED WARD TribLive The brother of a motorcyclist killed in Jefferson Hills in March by an allegedly drunken driver is suing t...
West Mifflin considers tax relief for firefighters
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By By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI 
August 15, 2025
Details of the proposal are still being worked out with area departments. West Mifflin officials are considering a tax credit for volunteer firefighters who own property in the borough. The borough ha...
SCENES FROM INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE IN MCKEESPORT
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August 15, 2025
Hunter Holtzman, 14 months, of McKeesport held on tightly to her balloon as International Village wrapped up Thursday at Renziehausen Park. Hunter Holtzman, 14 months, of McKeesport held on tightly to...