Scholarship available in honor of the late Dr. Charles Stacey
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April 8, 2025
This is the third annual year the Donora Public Library has offered the scholarship. By the MVI The Donora Public Library Board of Directors is accepting applications for a scholarship named in honor ...
TOUR OF CCAC AVIATION PROGRAM
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April 8, 2025
Allegheny County Councilman Bob Macey, D-District 9, recently toured the Community College of Allegheny South Aviation and Flight Training Program with chief ground instructor Cheryl Freedman. Macey i...
Baum, Macey honored for lifetime achievement by Mon-Yough Area chamber
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April 8, 2025
The annual Legislative Luncheon was held Friday at the Georgetown Centre in Pleasant Hills. By the MVI The Mon-Yough Area Chamber of Commerce honored two community leaders for their dedication to serv...
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April 8, 2025
A Jefferson Hills man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti announced Monday. Alonzo Henry Griffin Jr., 24, ple...
Westmoreland County voting machine testing gets underway
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By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
April 8, 2025
Westmoreland election officials want assurances that each vote cast during the Republican and Democratic primaries next month is accurately recorded. To that end, Election Bureau staff on Monday start...
CHILLY DAY FOR SOFTBALL
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April 8, 2025
Belle Vernon Area softball players Katie Sokol and Courtney Hamer kept warm under a blanket between innings during Monday’s game against Oakland Catholic. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent
Open house set for modular homes
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 7, 2025
The event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. April 29 and will be followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Westmoreland Community Action will hold an open house April 29 for the recently completed modular...
BVA receives grant for food service equipment
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 7, 2025
The money will be used for a dual pressure steamer at the middle school. Belle Vernon Area School District has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for new food service equip...
Long waits for defendants seeking trials in murder cases
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April 7, 2025
Seventeen people are currently being charged, but none of them are set for an immediate trial. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive There are 17 defendants facing homicide charges in a dozen pending cases in ...
Stockdale hosts Easter egg hunt
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April 7, 2025
Isaac Rowe picks up eggs at Saturday’s Easter egg hunt in Stockdale. The event featured more than 10,000 eggs.
Intense car fire in Monessen
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April 7, 2025
Laura Borne of the Mon Valley Independent’s circulation department took this photo of a car fire early Saturday morning in Monessen’s Park Center Plaza off Grand Boulevard. It’s unclear what caused th...
Looser education rules floated as fix to Pa.’s troubled home care workforce
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April 7, 2025
A bill would require direct care workers to pass a competency exam rather than have a diploma or GED. Advocates argue a more direct solution to the staffing shortfall would be to increase wages. By KA...
McKeesport Area stages ‘Titanic: The Musical’
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April 7, 2025
McKeesport Area High School students brought to life “Titanic: The Musical,” which originally premiered on Broadway in 1997. The cast is shown during a scene over the weekend.
Tenn. firefighters get gift from NBV Fire Department
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 5, 2025
The North Belle Vernon Fire Department donated an air truck that it no longer uses. Bonds formed within fire departments run deep — especially those in the heart of small communities. The brotherhoods...
Shapiro administration stopped tracking why older adults die during abuse, neglect probes
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By ANGELA COULOUMBIS Spotlight PA 
April 5, 2025
The state started tracking deaths as older adults were dying in alarmingly higher numbers. Then a top aging official halted the process. HARRISBURG — The Shapiro administration last year stopped colle...
Aldi shredded cheese recalled due to metal contamination
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By By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive 
April 5, 2025
Pennsylvania is among the four states where it was distributed, and consumers are advised to throw it out. If you’ve purchased shredded cheese from Aldi recently, you might want to double check the br...
White Oak’s Temple B’Nai Israel prepares to close
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 4, 2025
A closing weekend will be held later this month to welcome back former members one last time. After more than 100 years of hosting services and celebrating Jewish heritage in the White Oak area, Templ...
SPHS receives USA Today top workplace award
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April 4, 2025
Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services Inc. (SPHS) was recognized as a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. The award was presented at the USA Today Top Workplaces 2025 National Awards Summit held in La...
Donora employees to learn more about the legalities of recording
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
April 4, 2025
A class is offered through the Washington County District Attorney’s office. Donora police officers and officials will take a class about what to do when someone is recording them. The class will focu...
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By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
April 4, 2025
A judge will hear arguments next month in a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a policy requiring GPS tracking of all Westmoreland County government vehicles. Sheriff James Albert challenged the policy,...