Hospital president describes scene as Trump was treated
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By By MEGAN SWIFT Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
Butler Memorial Hospital’s president was at a bridal shower when she found out the hospital could be treating former President Donald Trump after he was shot at a campaign rally. Karen Allen, presiden...
Politics
July 16, 2024
VIOLENCE AND DEMOCRACY cannot exist in the same arena. On Saturday, former president and GOP candidate Donald Trump was struck by a bullet as he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters in Butler ...
Our Brezhnev, our Pravda, our Soviet Union…
Politics
July 16, 2024
Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But like most Russian apparatchiks who excessively smoked, drank, and gained weight, he aged prematu...
GOP platform has lost its way
Politics
July 16, 2024
Pro-life people believe abortion to be the human rights issue of our lifetime, one with eternal stakes. With the Republican Party’s changes to its platform regarding abortion, it’s hard to believe the...
Snapchat video leads to child sex abuse charges against local teen
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By By MEGAN TROTTER Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
The video became fodder for gossip as part of an ongoing feud among a group of former friends at Thomas Jefferson High School. An 18-year-old Jefferson Hills woman is facing trial on charges that she ...
Lab to use advanced DNA testing to help with cold cases
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
Westmoreland, along with Bucks, are the only two county district attorney offices in Pennsylvania working with the company to enhance investigations. Westmoreland County investigators will tap into ad...
Officials condemn assassination attempt
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 15, 2024
State Sens. Camera Bartolotta and Jim Brewster were among those to express their reactions to the event on social media. Government officials and Mon Valley residents strongly condemned an assassinati...
New Eagle man dies in water skiing accident on Monongahela River
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 15, 2024
Coroner Tim Warco said Jarred Feschuk collided with a docked boat. A New Eagle man died in a water skiing accident Saturday morning in Washington County, according to county Coroner Tim Warco. Warco s...
Congregation says goodbye to Rev. Kevin Dominik
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 15, 2024
Before leaving for a new assignment, he presided over one last Mass Sunday morning at St. Andrew the Apostle Parish. Hugs were abundant, hundreds of hands were shaken and smiles were shared as the Rev...
Battle of the Barrel opens Fayette County Firefighters Convention
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July 15, 2024
Members of Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department’s Team 2 get soaked during Saturday’s Battle of the Barrel, which kicked off the Fayette County Firefighters Convention, hosted by the Washington To...
Politics
July 15, 2024
PENNSYLVANIA’S HISTORY as a swing state always gets attention during presidential election years. In the last two such elections, it has made all the difference. Suburban voters in Beaver, Butler and ...
Rise of misinformation undermines trust in facts
Politics
July 15, 2024
My sister recently told me that her former supervisor at a small-town library doesn’t believe the moon landings were real. I was stunned to hear that, but I shouldn’t have been. My sister’s former bos...
A look at the history of presidential assassination attempts in America
Politics
July 15, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting U.S. presidents, former presidents and ...
Politics
July 15, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday appealed for the country to “unite as one nation” after the attempted assassination of his predecessor, Donald Trump, and said he was ordering an indepe...
Bartolotta’s mineral rights bill goes to Gov. Shapiro
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 15, 2024
It would allow property owners to take the same depletion rate as businesses on royalties. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, that would provide property owners the ...
Festival celebrates Greek culture
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 13, 2024
Hundreds of people flocked to St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in Monessen to enjoy the food and entertainment. St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church’s Savor the Flavors of Greece festival featured an ...
PUC reduces proposed water rate increase
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 13, 2024
The hike is now less than half of what Pa. American Water Company requested. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has moved to dramatically reduce the revenue increase sought by Pennsylvania Ame...
Fayette County firefighters gather for convention
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 13, 2024
The week-long event begins today with a Battle of the Barrel. The Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co. and Fayette City VFD spent Friday evening preparing for today’s start of the 86th annual Fayett...
Lawsuit: Negligence by hookah bar owners created ‘public nuisance’
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By By JUSTIN VELLUCCI Trib Total Media 
July 13, 2024
It was filed by the parents of a McKeesport woman who was fatally shot June 2. The parents of a 28-yearold woman killed in a shooting at a Penn Hills hookah bar sued the owner of the property Thursday...