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May 9, 2026
Find out what happens over the weekend in Monday’s electronic edition of the MVI.
Family honors mom’s legacy of kindness by continuing her bracelet ministry
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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...
BVA’s mock prom crash confronts real-life consequences
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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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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 ...
The bracelets were no longer just crafts or keepsakes
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May 9, 2026
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 Ministr...