15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete
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April 21, 2025

15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 million gallons (507.2 million liters) of crude gushing into the ocean, the effects of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill are still being felt.

25 years later, educators & students face challenge of connecting with 9/11
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States have different requirements about teaching the historic events of that day. By staff and wire reports For three days this summer, teachers converged at the Flight 93 National Memorial in remote...
25 years of honoring the heroes of Flight 93
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25 years of honoring the heroes of Flight 93
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Editor’s Note: Mon Valley Independent Managing Editor Stacy Wolford was a reporter for The Valley Independent when she covered the Flight 93 crash from Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001. She has returned ...
Donora advances ordinances regulating livestock
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Donora advances ordinances regulating livestock
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They would address a longrunning issue in the borough if they’re approved next month. Donora is one step closer to taking another crack at regulating backyard chickens, ducks and goats. Three years af...
Sept. 11 ranks among the most historic events in many Americans’ lifetimes
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Sept. 11 ranks among the most historic events in many Americans’ lifetimes
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A new poll finds that the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are still among the most significant historical events in many Americans’ lives. By the AP Twenty-five years later, the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are...
Train hits car in Lower Speers
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Train hits car in Lower Speers
September 11, 2026
Charleroi firefighters responded to the State Street crossing in Lower Speers around 9:05 p.m. Thursday for a vehicle struck by a train. No injuries were reported, but several crossings in Speers and ...
Bus company is no show at West Mifflin meeting
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Bus company is no show at West Mifflin meeting
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 11, 2026
The school district will try to get someone from Krise Transportation to address the public next week. Krise Transportation was a no show Thursday during West Mifflin Area school board’s work session ...