10 homes have collapsed into the Carolina surf. Their destruction was decades in the making

By By BEN FINLEY Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing out in the coastal North Carolina village of Rodanthe, where 10 houses have fallen into the Atlantic since 2020. Three have been lost since Friday.

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4 Yough students killed in car crash

March 23, 2026

Online fundraisers have been set up to aid the victims’ families. By JAMES ENGEL AND BRIAN C. RITTMEYER TribLive Mourners gathered Sunday at an impromptu creekside memorial in Sewickley Township to ho...

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Missing man’s body discovered near Mon River

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

March 23, 2026

Shelby Rhodes hadn’t been seen since the early morning hours of Feb. 6. The body of a Monongahela man missing since Feb. 6 was found Saturday near the Monongahela River in Forward Township. The Allegh...

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BRUSH FIRES IN ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP

March 23, 2026

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State offering free help with taxes

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

March 23, 2026

Department of Revenue officials will visit senior centers Wednesday in Clairton and Thursday in McKeesport. Some Mon Valley residents will soon have an opportunity to get free, in-person help filing s...

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TUESDAY

March 23, 2026

Catch up with the latest news from around the region in Tuesday’s Mon Valley Independent.

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Welcome to allergy season — Here’s how to protect yourself

March 23, 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans when trees, grass, and other pollens cause runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing and sneezing. Where you live, what you’re ...