White Oak vehicle break-in suspect sought
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March 22, 2025
By the MVI Allegheny County Police are looking for one of two men suspected of committing multiple vehicle break-ins in the area. Police said multiple victims reported missing items, includ ing wallet...
Gov. Shapiro touts AI program for state employees during Carnegie Mellon visit
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March 22, 2025
By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled the results of the first-ever generative artificial intelligence pilot program for state employees during a visit Friday to Carnegie Mellon Univers...
Monessen home destroyed by fire
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 21, 2025
A GoFundMe account has been set up to aid the family who lived there. A family of four in Monessen was displaced by a fire that destroyed their home early Thursday morning. Monessen Municipal Fire Chi...
Residents speak out against landfill permit
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 21, 2025
More than 50 people showed up for a DEP hearing Thursday night in Rostraver Township. Several Mon Valley residents expressed their frustrations and strongly opposed a permit request by the Westmorelan...
Charleroi announces new sanitation routes
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 21, 2025
The borough recently selected Pro Waste as its new garbage hauler. Charleroi officials are doing their best to help residents navigate changes to their sanitation service. In February, council chose P...
West Mifflin approves controversial I.T. deal
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 21, 2025
The cost of services was negotiated down after last month’s meeting. West Mifflin Area School Board passed a proposal from Ford Office Technologies Thursday evening despite resident backlash. The prop...
Harvest Bounty fundraiser set for Saturday
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CHARLEROI AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 21, 2025
The program provides food for district students in need to take home. Charleroi Area School District’s biggest fundraiser for the Harvest Bounty Program will take over the entire elementary center fro...
Monessen shooting under investigation
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 21, 2025
An early-morning shooting is under investigation in Monessen. Monessen Police and the Westmoreland County Detective Bureau responded to a shooting around 1:30 a.m. Thursday outside a private club on K...
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March 21, 2025
A Monessen woman was badly burned Thursday in a fire caused by a furnace mishap. Monessen Fire Chief Delmar Hepple said a resident at 409 Reed Ave. was attempting to light a furnace in her home when t...
SMILES FOR SPRING
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March 20, 2025
Five-year-old Legend Anderson gives his mom Cassie DeStefano a bear hug while they watched the high school baseball game Wednesday at Veterans Field in Charleroi. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independe...
Paraprofessionals, assistants vote to unionize at Ringgold
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 20, 2025
The Ringgold School Board will discuss the matter before voting on recognizing the union. Ringgold’s paraprofessionals and administrative assistants announced they have decided to form a union with th...
Fire officials issue warnings as brush fire season ramps up
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 20, 2025
Firefighters are warning about the elevated risks of outside fires around this time of year. A combination of windy conditions posed an elevated risk of wildfires Wednesday across the region. Mon Vall...
Charleroi Regional Police officers retire after decades of service
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March 20, 2025
The Charleroi Regional Police Department board honored retired police Lieutenants Mike Polinski and Mark Yates for their years of service. Shown during Wednesday’s board meeting, from left, are Charle...
Changes coming to Social Security
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March 20, 2025
More than 72.5 million people, including retirees and children, receive benefits through Social Security. Staff and Wire reports The Social Security Administration is changing policies to strengthen i...
CHEERING FOR DAD ON OPENING DAY
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March 19, 2025
California Area High School assistant baseball coach Ben Carson’s wife, Sarah, and their 2-year old son, Banks, of Charleroi attended the opening-day game against Jefferson-Morgan Tuesday afternoon. S...
WCHA says federal budget cuts unlikely to impact local services
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March 19, 2025
The housing authority receives $24 million per year from the federal government. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County Housing Authority officials said Tuesday they expect cuts in federal f...
Blaine Hill firefighters ready to try out new attack truck
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 19, 2025
They have been training on the state-of-the-art vehicle, which was paid for by Olympus Energy. Elizabeth Township and Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Department have a new attack truck to fight fires and h...
BVA approves summer projects
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 19, 2025
They include restoration of the middle school roof and replacing Weir Stadium turf. The Belle Vernon Area school board approved several renovations for district facilities throughout the summer and ex...
TRUCK FIRE ON INTERSTATE 70
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March 19, 2025
Rostraver Central firefighters were called Tuesday morning to Interstate 70 west near Exit 46A to extinguish a fire in the cab of an unloaded freight vehicle. No injuries were reported. I-70 was restr...