The bracelets were no longer just crafts or keepsakes

The bracelets were no longer just crafts or keepsakes. They had become reminders of the woman who started them and the kindness she spent a lifetime showing others. And, that’s how the Be Kind Ministry was born.

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The Mon Valley Independent is published daily (255 times a year) by MID MON VALLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY LLC

May 9, 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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MONDAY

May 9, 2026

Find out what happens over the weekend in Monday’s electronic edition of the MVI.

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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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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...

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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 ...