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BVA’s mock prom crash confronts real-life consequences
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BVA’s mock prom crash confronts real-life consequences
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
May 9, 2026
About 400 Belle Vernon Area students attended the annual drill to raise awareness of driving impaired. On Friday, hundreds of Belle Vernon Area High School students stood in silence as they watched fi...
Pa. Senate votes to end auto emission inspections
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Pa. Senate votes to end auto emission inspections
May 9, 2026
The Senate bill faces much stiffer odds in the Democratic-majority state House. By Pennlive.Com The state Senate this week passed a bill that would end Pennsylvania’s emissions inspection program for ...
Family honors mom’s legacy of kindness by continuing her bracelet ministry
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Family honors mom’s legacy of kindness by continuing her bracelet ministry
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 9, 2026
Before her passing last year, Hazel Brock Rone began making bracelets and giving them away to spread kindness and love. At Anthony E. Madison Sr. Veterans Memorial Park in Monessen, Valerie Osborne st...
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McKeesport bar to honor employee killed in 5-car crash
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McKeesport bar to honor employee killed in 5-car crash
May 9, 2026
Danielle (Dani) Jackman worked part-time as a cook at Smitty’s Place. For the MVI The victim in a deadly crash in Pittsburgh was a beloved part-time cook at Smitty’s Place in McKeesport. “I was with D...
I-70 crash snarls traffic
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I-70 crash snarls traffic
May 9, 2026
Fallowfield Township firefighters and state police were called to a multi-vehicle crash on I-70 west at the Lover exit shortly after 4 p.m. Friday. The highway was restricted to one lane while crews c...
Sports
EF earns first-round bye; TJ, Serra get No. 3 seeds
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EF earns first-round bye; TJ, Serra get No. 3 seeds
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 9, 2026
Belle Vernon is the No. 5 seed in 4A, while West Mifflin (7) and Ringgold (11) are on the same side of the bracket. Ten local teams found out their path to a WPIAL championship Friday as the league an...
Yough rolls past Charleroi
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Yough rolls past Charleroi
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 9, 2026
Kylee Fisher powered Yough at the plate and in the circle as the school rolled to an 11-1 nonsection softball victory over Charleroi Friday to officially end the regular season for both teams. Fisher ...
Charleroi’s Corrin named PONY scholarship winner
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Charleroi’s Corrin named PONY scholarship winner
May 9, 2026
The Charleroi senior will be honored at the Washington-Greene Hall of Fame banquet June 7. By the Mon Valley Independent Charleroi senior Jacob Corrin has been named the recipient of the Second Annual...
George among three Pitt players at Steelers’ minicamp
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George among three Pitt players at Steelers’ minicamp
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
May 9, 2026
Linebacker Brandon George and three other former Pitt players are among those taking part in Pittsburgh Steelers rookie minicamp this weekend. The 40-player roster for the three days of work at the UP...
Obituaries
Nancy Borsevich Ivill – Audubon
Obituaries
Nancy Borsevich Ivill – Audubon
May 9, 2026
Nancy B. Ivill, 94, of Audubon, passed away on May 6, 2026. Born Aug. 31, 1931, in Monessen, to Stanley and Kathryn Berthinee Borsevich, she built a life rooted in faith, hard work, and an independent...
John Perozzi – Monessen
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John Perozzi – Monessen
May 9, 2026
John Perozzi, 88, of Monessen, died on May 6, 2026, at Allegheny General Hospital. He was born on June 6, 1937, to the late Luigi and Annita Mignini Perozzi. John was a member of the Epiphany of Our L...