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Glassport
February 5, 2026
• Lashawn Lamont Dean, 19, of Charleroi was charged with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct engaged in fighting stemming from an alleged incident Tuesday, court records state. A prelimi...
Local legislators react to Shapiro’s budget proposal
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
It increases spending by 5.4% and calls for the legalization of recreational marijuana use. Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled his $53.3 billion budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year Tuesday in a joint...
Community members react to federal judge blocking TPS ending for Haitians
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CHARLEROI
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
A federal judge granted a pause to the end of their temporary protected status. Some immigrant community leaders in Charleroi reacted with cautious optimism after a federal judge on Monday blocked Pre...
St. Andrew the Apostle Parish honors food bank volunteers
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 4, 2026
A ceremony was held Tuesday in Charleroi to honor everyone who helps feed the community. Looking around the room at the Food Bank Honors ceremony at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Charleroi, it was ...
Valley man cited for harassment at Fallowfield Township business
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
A Charleroi man was cited for allegedly harassing employees at a Fallowfield Township business in December. Michael Anthony Todora, 36, was cited with harassment based on a course of conduct with no l...
Arrest made after attack at NBV optometrist’s office
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 4, 2026
Police say Darnell Howell was armed with two knives and was completely naked as he ran away. A naked North Belle Vernon man is accused of terrorizing employees at a local optometrist’s office while wi...
Elite Medispa to host Galentine’s Day event
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February 4, 2026
The Charleroi-based medispa offers medically supervised services for both men and women. For the MVI Elite Medispa, which provides medically supervised aesthetic and wellness services for both men and...
Fayette City/Washington Township Lions honor students of the month
Around The Valley, Features
February 4, 2026
The Fayette City Washington Township Lions Club recently recognized five students from the Belle Vernon Area Middle School as students of the month. Students are recognized not only on scholarship, bu...
The runaway horse that is Donald Trump
Opinion, Politics
February 4, 2026
PALM BEACH, Fla. — From his lair at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump sees the sun rising. His sunshine retreat doesn’t allow him to see the sun setting. But it is another of the human senses that may be the m...
Opinion, Politics
By By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press 
February 4, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed late Monday to testify in a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but th...
U.S. shoots down Iranian drone that approached an aircraft carrier
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February 4, 2026
The incident occurred Tuesday in the Arabian Sea. WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea,...
Man charged in multiple cases in Westmoreland, Fayette counties
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By By PATRICK VARINE TribLive 
February 4, 2026
A Herminie man is back in jail after police said he broke into a Mt. Pleasant Borough home Sunday evening and threatened a woman with a knife. Police were called to a home on the first block of Frick ...
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North Belle Vernon
February 4, 2026
• Ashlee Klein, 37, of McKeesport was charged with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance stemming from an alleged incident on Monday, court records state. • Ma...