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Michael Cherepko has resigned as the mayor of the city of McKeesport.\u00a0McKeesport City Council appointed Thomas Maglicco to replace Cherepko as mayor.<\/p>\n
City of McKeesport – Mayor’s Office<\/p>\n
Cherepko said the opportunity to serve as mayor was the greatest honor of his life and that he is grateful for everyone in the city who had faith in him over the years.<\/p>\n
One year after McKeesport Police officer Sean Sluganski was shot and killed in the line of duty, Cherepko said it had been the most diffcult year of his life.<\/a><\/p>\n During his tenure as mayor of McKeesport, the evidence room at the city’s police department became the center of an investigative audit.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The audit came weeks after former McKeesport Police Detective Joseph Osinski\u00a0was charged with stealing $1 million<\/a>\u00a0from his fraternal order of police lodge. Osinski was later sentenced<\/a> to jail time, probation, and restitution.\u00a0<\/p>\n Former McKeesport Police captain Christopher Halaszynski was sentenced to 16 years probation<\/a> after pleading guilty to stealing more than $250,000<\/a> from his department’s evidence room over a four year period.<\/p>\n Cherepko was never accused of wrongdoing in either theft case.<\/p>\n Thomas Maglicco appointed as new mayor of McKeesport<\/p>\n Thomas Maglicco has been appointed to replace Cherepko and was sworn into office at a Wednesday evening<\/a> council meeting.<\/p>\n “And I am deeply honored by the trust placed in me by City Council to serve as Mayor of the City of McKeesport,” Maglicco said in a statement.”<\/a><\/p>\n Thomas Maglicco has been appointed as the new mayor of the city of McKeesport after Michael Cherepko resigned.\u00a0Cherepko had been mayor of McKeesport for 14 years.<\/p>\n City of McKeesport – Mayor’s Office<\/p>\n Maglicco said that being raised in McKeesport is where his family built a life and where his values were shaped.<\/p>\n “This city taught me hard work, community, and resilience,” Maglicco said. “I don’t see my new commitment to the City of McKeesport as a position \u2014 I see it as a responsibility.”<\/p>\n Kevin Kovach appointed as McKeesport’s new fire chief<\/p>\n In addition to appointing Maglicco as McKeesport’s new mayor, city council also appointed Kevin Kovach to become the new McKeesport Fire Chief.<\/a><\/p>\n Kovach has been a member of the McKeesport Fire Department for 24 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kevin Kovach has been appointed as the new fire chief for the city of McKeesport.Kovach has been with the McKeesport Fire Department for 24 years and replaces Jeffrey Tomovcsik, who retired late last year.<\/p>\n City of McKeesport – Mayor’s Office<\/p>\n In 2008, Kovach was recognized with a special commendation for his work during a fire where 40 people were rescued<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kovach’s appointment as the city’s new fire chief<\/a> comes following the retirement of former chief Jeffrey Tomovcsik, who served as a McKeesport firefighter for more than 20 years and retired late last year.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"627859328-1320331480132232-4697887189498130324-n.jpg](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/627859328-1320331480132232-4697887189498130324-n.jpg#.jpeg\")
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