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June 8, 2024
By NYA O'NEAL noneal@yourmvi.com
Betty Cummings says having good friends is the secret to a long life.
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Former McKeesport funeral home up for sale
By By JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROP Trib Total Media 
June 10, 2024
Built in 1920, the Victorian-style residence hasn’t been used for funerals since 2002. When Marlene Fait-Schmalz bought her childhood home in 2011, she reclaimed a piece of McKeesport history. The uni...
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Senate OKs veterans tax relief bill
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 10, 2024
The legislation, which was sponsored by Sen. Camera Bartolotta, passed unanimously. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, that would allow more veterans with disabiliti...
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By SARAH PELLIS 
June 10, 2024
State Sen. Jim Brewster said the site is a potential “gold mine” due to its proximity to the Mon-Fayette Expressway. State Rep. Nick Pisciottano and Shawl Pryor, chief operating officer of Moonbeam Ca...
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Local education leaders seek solutions to statewide teacher shortage crisis
By By QUINCEY REESE Trib Total Media 
June 10, 2024
Pennsylvania reported more than 2,000 open teaching positions in October. Thousands of teaching positions in Pennsylvania were vacant or filled by someone on an emergency certificate in the past year,...
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U.N. food agency pauses its aid work at U.S. pier in Gaza
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 10, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned ...
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Rural pharmacy owners say it’s getting harder to stay open
By By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer 
June 10, 2024
Financial pressures are putting them in an increasingly tough position. Basin Pharmacy fills more than prescriptions in rural northern Wyoming. It’s also the key health care access point for the town ...
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