Under mounting pressures, small private colleges across Pa. close their doors
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By By BILL SCHACKNER Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
Clarks Summit College in Lackawanna County is the latest addition to the list. A wave of small private college closures in Pennsylvania that already upended career plans of students from Pittsburgh to...
Family, friends gather in Monessen to remember Anthony Madison Sr.
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
He was one of 13 members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment who were killed in a 1991 missile attack. Friends and family gathered Saturday at Anthony Eric Madison Sr. Veterans Memorial Park in Mones...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
The Open Markets Act would bring antitrust protection to Pennsylvania for the first time. A bill authored by state Rep. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, that would establish an antitrust law in Penns...
MVAA looking for volunteers, teachers
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 7, 2024
The organization is expanding the programs it offers throughout the Valley. Volunteers and instructors are needed to help as the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts continues to expand its programs. The M...
Rising Latino population drives economic growth in Western Pennsylvania
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By By ANNA MARES Trib Total Media 
July 7, 2024
Hispanics account for more than half of the state’s population increase over the past 20 years. New Spanish grocery stores are opening, adding a fresh flavor to the city. Amid the usual Pittsburgh tra...
Pitt nursing students to work in BVA schools
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
The clinical placement program will begin when classes resume. The Belle Vernon Area School District reached an agreement in May with the University of Pittsburgh’s Nursing School that will allow the ...
Pa.’s elder abuse investigations moving slowly
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By ANGELA COULOUMBIS Spotlight PA 
July 7, 2024
Spotlight PA conducted a months-long probe into woefully slow investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect involving older adults. In Pennsylvania, county-level agencies investigate allegations ...
New food truck lot holds military appreciation day
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Amy Smaracheck, who started the Belle Vernon enterprise, has a son in the Air Force. Belle Vernon’s new food truck spot, COP-A-SQUAT, held a military appreciation day on Friday for veterans and active...
Monessen fighter pilot lost over Japan
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STORIES BEHIND THE STARS
By By JOHN J. TURANIN For the MVI 
July 5, 2024
This story is part of Mon Valley Sons of World War II, a series about our sons who lost their lives in service to our country during the war. From the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, Monessen...
Police: Man driving 118 mph in fatal crash
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Jacob Posey is charged with homicide by vehicle in the March 16 death of Tori Demo. A Fayette City man is accused of driving 118 mph when he crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 70, resulting in...
New high school principal explains cell phone policy
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MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Students will seal their phones in Yondr pouches throughout the school day. In a letter to parents and community members, Eric Harper introduced himself as the new McKeesport Area High School principa...
California Area foundation awards 19 scholarships
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July 5, 2024
The Frosty Frolic Mon River Romp is a major fundraiser for the California Area School District Foundation. By the MVI Nineteen California Area High School 2024 graduates walked away with 23 scholarshi...
Rostraver Township to hold electronic recycling days
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Rostraver Township will host an event in September to allow residents to bring their electronics to recycle. Items will be accepted on three days in September at the Rostraver Township Road Department...
Street fair celebrates July 4, and Monongahela’s history
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
July 4, 2024
The railroad-themed event recalls the first train to arrive in the area on Independence Day in 1874. Mon Valley residents flocked from all over Thursday for Monongahela Main Street Program’s sixth ann...
Monessen Eagles to aid family who lost Donora home in fire
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
July 4, 2024
A fundraiser is set for 3 to 7 p.m. July 13 at the Eagles club. The Monessen Fraternal Order of Eagles will host a fundraiser July 13 to benefit the Povrzenich family, who lost their Donora home in a ...
Charleroi councilmen clash over train incident at festival
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CHARLEROI
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
July 4, 2024
A train created a potential hazard by speeding through the borough during a fireworks display. A Charleroi councilman has owned up to a mistake made in planning for Magic City Saturday that led to a d...
The Fabulous Booze Brothers to rock the aquatorium
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By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
July 4, 2024
ROCKIN’ ON THE MON SUMMER CONCERT SERIES PREVIEW Rhyme & Reason will perform on the upper level of the Monongahela Aquatorium. The next show in Monongahela Aquatorium’s Rockin’ on the Mon summer conce...
PINE COVE CANNONBALL
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July 3, 2024
California Area High School senior Tristan Slavick, 17, does a cannonball dive into the pool Tuesday afternoon at the Pine Cove Beach Club in Charleroi. To purchase this photo and more from our online...