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October 27, 2026
Republican Ben Humble and Democrat Lois Bower-Bjornson will face each other on Election Day. Voters in Pennsylvania’s 50th Legislative District will choose a new representative to represent them next ...
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October 27, 2026
The new law bans student cell phone use in schools from the first bell through dismissal beginning next school year. Capital-Star More than 1.7 million K-12 students in public and private schools in P...
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October 27, 2026
SheyAnne Holmes, a veteran and nurse at the county prison, has a long road to recovery, her family said. A Donora woman’s family is looking for the community’s help after she suffered a medical emerge...
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October 27, 2026
The Mon Valley Independent is published daily (255 times a year) by MID MON VALLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY LLC, 1719 Grand Blvd., Monessen, PA 15062. Home delivery price is $240.00 per year. Single Copy is...
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SPORTS
October 27, 2026
EQT move EQT moved to acquire Range Resources in a $13B stock deal. A3 EF girls advance The No. 7 Warriors are quarterfinal bound after beating visiting Latrobe.. A5
Sports
October 27, 2026
Elizabeth Forward has come a long way from a season-opening loss to Latrobe. “We’re completely different now,” Warriors coach Sotiri Tsourekis said. “We took on four big giants early in the season to ...
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October 27, 2026
The Bridgers’ Aaron Scheib scored all four goals in a 4-3 overtime win. After surrendering a 3-2 lead late in Monday’s WPIAL Class 2A first-round match against Ambridge, No. 4 Elizabeth Forward found ...
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October 27, 2026
The Plum girls soccer program has made a habit of deep runs through the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs over the past decade. That gave Mustangs coach Jamie Stewart confidence that a scoreless first 40 minute...
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SPORTS DIGEST
October 27, 2026
COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. - CBSSN — Delaware at W. Kentucky 8 p.m. - ESPN2 — Sam Houston St. at Missouri St. COLLEGE GOLF 3 p.m. - GOLF — 2026 East Lake Cup: Second Round, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta M...
Obituaries
October 27, 2026
SPEERS HILL Betty M. Galligan, 95, of Speers Hill, passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, in Southmont Skilled Nursing and Rehabilita-tion at Presbyt erian Senior Care in Wa s h ington, Pa. A daughter o...
Obituaries
October 27, 2026
BELLE VERNON Joanne Malak Hoffman, 87, of Belle Vernon, Washington Township, passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, at Addison of Uniont own. Born Jan. 14, 1939, in Pittsburgh, Pa., she was the daughter...