Prom Promise Expo for BVA
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May 10, 2025
Belle Vernon Area High School student Lucas Judy, wearing goggles to simulate the effects of impaired driving, veers off course and hits traffic cones while navigating a course Friday with Rostraver T...
Mother seeks answers 10 years after son’s murder
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
May 10, 2025
The 2015 killing of Drew Molinari at Minniti Motorsports in Rostraver Township remains unsolved. Not a day goes by that Dawn Dutchko-Dunlop doesn’t think of her son, Drew Molinari. Each Mother’s Day, ...
U.S. Steel seeking exemption from Biden-era emissions regulations
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By JACK TROY TribLive 
May 10, 2025
Numerous companies are appealing to President Trump regarding provisions of the Clean Air Act. U.S. Steel is among the industrial polluters seeking exemptions to Biden-era requirements to reduce emiss...
White Oak church marks 125 years
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 10, 2025
Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian began as a mission Sunday school before becoming officially organized in 1900. Loving their neighbors since 1900, Sampson’s Mills Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 12...
Vintage items available at Whistle Stop Antique Mall
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By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
May 10, 2025
The New Eagle business has been booming since it opened in February. In the 1970s, Larry Kumpf bought property in New Eagle. For about 40 years, a large building at 205 Main St., housed a hearing aid ...
BRING YOUR KID TO WORK DAY
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May 10, 2025
Charleroi Elementary Center students Anna Guappone and Chloe Fleming, both third-graders, sit with sophomore Finlee Lenhart in a shaded area during Thursday’s Bring Your Kid to Work Day at Charleroi A...
Right ends, wrong means
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May 10, 2025
President Donald Trump has identified real problems, but he’s abusing his power in trying to correct them. Perhaps the most frustrating thing about being a conservative critic of Trumpism is that you ...
Celebrating extraordinary women this Mother’s Day
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May 10, 2025
By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com As we celebrate Mother’s Day tomorrow, we honor the women who shaped us, nurtured us, taught us and showed us what life and love are about. As each year flies by,...
Hits & Misses
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May 10, 2025
Tomorrow, we acknowledge birth mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers, surrogate mothers, single mothers, working moms, military moms and many other varieties. Thank you for all you do and here’s to a d...
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May 10, 2025
Free Indeed Ministry, 401 Second St., Monongahela, will host a Mother’s Day celebration service at 11 a.m. Sunday. The purpose of the celebration is to give gratitude and appreciation to God for the l...
Monstrous creations at South Allegheny
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May 9, 2025
High school senior Makayah Bova poses with 3-year-old Natalya Lockhart during Thursday morning’s “Monsters to Life” event at South Allegheny Elementary School. Natalya holds the hand-sewn stuffed anim...
Kennywood announces return of Steel Curtain
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By By JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROP TribLive 
May 9, 2025
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place May 24. The Steel Curtain roller coaster is almost done with its rehab and is set to return to action. After more than a year’s closure, Kennywood officials a...
New Donora pavilion to honor Towler
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
May 9, 2025
He was an NFL star with the Rams in the 1950s after being a standout at Donora High School. Donora council approved several motions Thursday regarding a new pavilion that will be built at the Donora P...
Pedestrian safety highlighted in Monongahela
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 9, 2025
PennDOT called attention to the statewide effort with help from city police, MMVTA and the Highway Safety Network. Safety on the roadways, streets and crosswalks takes collaboration. On Thursday, Penn...
First pope from U.S. takes the name Leo XIV
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May 9, 2025
Robert Prevost is a member of the Augustinian order and spent most of his career in Peru. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making C...
School board explores ways to trim ’25-’26 budget deficit
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WEST MIFFLIN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 9, 2025
Directors will consider a potential hiring freeze, the elimination of some programs and other options. Strategies to erase a deficit in the West Mifflin Area School District’s proposed budget were deb...
BVA Rotary recognizes BVA, Frazier students of the month
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May 9, 2025
The Belle Vernon Area Rotary Club recognized its March, April and May students of the month from Frazier and Belle Vernon Area high schools at a dinner meeting May 1 at the Cedarbook Clubhouse Grille ...
South Allegheny prom royalty
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May 9, 2025
South Allegheny High School will crown the 2025 prom court king and queen during promenade at 4:45 p.m. today at the high school. This year’s prom, with the theme of “Tropical Escape,” will be held at...
Washington Co. tourism agency launches grant program to Celebrate America 250
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May 9, 2025
For the MVI In celebration of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America in 2026, the Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency (WCTPA), a partner of the Washingto...
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Unhappy and mad
May 9, 2025
To the Editor: Studying the “Official Municipal Primary Democratic Mail-In Ballot, Monessen 4th Ward, 3rd Precinct,” I concluded that the Monessen voting public must not care much who runs for mayor o...