How a family-owned costume shop is keeping tariffs from making Halloween a nightmare
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October 14, 2025

How a family-owned costume shop is keeping tariffs from making Halloween a nightmare

By By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer 

NEW YORK (AP) — With Halloween on the horizon, Chicago Costume is stuffed. Packaged costumes, including superheros and Japanese animation characters in both kid and adult sizes, dangle near colorful wigs and bottles of fake blood. Downstairs, vintage clothes from the 1970s beg for one more boogie night.

Police try to work out timeline in fatal crash
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Police try to work out timeline in fatal crash
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 24, 2026
Yough School District brought in counselors Monday as students returned to class. The grief surrounding Saturday’s crash that killed four Yough High School students continues to ripple across the comm...
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‘Safe at Home’ helps area seniors
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 24, 2026
The initiative from the Rotary Club of Elizabeth works to minimize dangers so they can remain in their homes. The Rotary Club of Elizabeth proposed a new initiative to help seniors in the Elizabeth To...
Legislators push for oversight on pet cremation
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Legislators push for oversight on pet cremation
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 24, 2026
A bill that unanimously passed the House on Monday was inspired by felony fraud charges against Patrick Vereb. At a press conference Monday in Harrisburg, a group of state legislators called for refor...
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March 24, 2026
Don’t miss the latest from Elizabeth Borough in Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent.