Mon Yough Chorale looking for singers
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 4, 2025
A local choir is looking for new members who love to sing for its upcoming performance season. The Mon Yough Chorale, a highly regarded community ensemble, is a non-sectarian group of singers. They pe...
Powerball jackpot tops $1.3 billion
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September 3, 2025
Kristy Jackson, store manager at Duritza’s in North Belle Vernon, rings up lottery tickets Tuesday afternoon. The Powerball jackpot has climbed to more than $1.3 billion for tonight’s drawing, making ...
School board explores virtual reality curriculum
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 3, 2025
If approved, the new program would begin at the middle school. A presentation was made to Monessen school board members during Tuesday’s meeting regarding a potential new virtual reality curriculum fo...
Bartolotta takes part in roundtable with local small business owners
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 3, 2025
The state senator talked about the challenges they face while providing optimism for the future. The Mon Valley Alliance Foundation Business Resource Center recently hosted a legislative roundtable wi...
Pennie users warned about ‘sticker shock’
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September 3, 2025
Those who get insurance through the exchange could see monthly premiums rise by 300%. By JACK TROY TribLive The Health Insurance Marketplace is set to get more expensive for most Pennsylvanians who re...
Fundraisers aid victims of U.S. Steel Clairton Works tragedy
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 3, 2025
A Salvation Army campaign will continue through Sept. 30, and there are many other ways to help. In the weeks since a deadly explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the Mon Valley has mobilized...
Driver injured after hitting tree in Lincoln Borough crash
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 3, 2025
A serious crash shut down Lovedale Road in Lincoln Borough for nearly five hours Tuesday afternoon after a truck pulling a dump trailer veered off the roadway and struck a tree. The incident happened ...
Fun, food and music at Renzie Rib Fest
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September 2, 2025
Renzie Rib Fest, an annual Labor Day Weekend tradition in McKeesport, returned to Renziehausen Park Friday and wrapped up Monday night with fireworks.  Dave Coleman of Elrama cooks at the Big Girl’s B...
Progress being made through Jefferson Hills on Mon-Fayette Expressway
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 2, 2025
Jefferson Boulevard and Route 51 has a new traffic pattern implemented until the northbound off ramp is reopened. Progress is moving forward with construction of the Mon/ Fayette Expressway, according...
North Belle Vernon mine subsidence prevention project to begin
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September 2, 2025
The project is free to the residents and is funded by the 2021 Investment in Infrastructure and Jobs Act. By JOE NAPSHA TribLive The state will pump almost $12 million into an abandoned mine subsidenc...
Monessen gets clean audit report for ’24
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 2, 2025
Across all funds, city revenues doubled to nearly $15 million in 2024 — but expenditures jumped just as high, also topping $15 million. Monessen’s auditors delivered good news to city officials Wednes...
Enrollment steady at Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh schools
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September 2, 2025
Among the diocese schools in the Mon Valley are Madonna Catholic Regional School in Monongahela, Mary of Nazareth Catholic School in White Oak and Serra Catholic High School McKeesport. By TOM DAVIDSO...
Showing off their Leopard spirit
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September 2, 2025
Belle Vernon Area seventh graders, from left, Avery Short, Victoria Tyburski, Lena Pireaux, Madelynn Sasko and Milani Scaramucci sat together during a recent Belle Vernon Area volleyball match against...
Davanzo introduces loan bill for Pre-K child care centers
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 2, 2025
The bill aims to help child care centers amid the state budget impasse. State Rep. Eric Davanzo, R-Smithton, announced last week he introduced a bill that would help Pre-K Counts child care centers du...
Officials: No permits obtained for work at site where trench collapsed
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 30, 2025
Officials are now turning their attention to accountability, oversight and possible safety violations. While the dramatic rescue overnight in Charleroi brought relief, questions remain about how a tre...
Officials detail harrowing rescue of man buried in collapsed trench
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 30, 2025
Charleroi Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr. said the collapse and rescue was unlike anything he has encountered in his nearly five decades as a volunteer firefighter. Buried chest-deep in cold clay and deb...
California Area High School receives hoax shooting threat
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 30, 2025
The threat to the school was not believed to be credible, officials said in a statement on their social platforms. California Area School District was placed on lockdown Friday morning after a threate...
City to crack down on dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
August 30, 2025
Monessen Councilwoman Karen Cosner said they’re fed up with pet owners not cleaning up after their animals at city-owned parks. At Thursday’s Monessen City Council meeting, Councilwoman Karen Cosner h...
Overdose Awareness Day event brings hope, help and free resources
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
August 30, 2025
The event was held Friday at the Herman Mihalich Memorial Boat Launch pavilion in Monessen. Awareness, compassion and action. In recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day, which is Aug. 31, ...