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November 12, 2025
• Charles Lepley, 50, of Donora, was charged with terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and harassment stemming from an alleged in...
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November 12, 2025
• WQED producer and Mon Valley native David Solomon to present documentary on “Finding Elizabeth’s Soldiers,” Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 136 Sacred Heart Road (near the Mon Valley YM...
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California Class of 1966 to meet for lunch
November 12, 2025
Shortbread City Mercantile will be selling culinary items such as cranberry chicken salad on croissant, heirloom tomato soup with vegetables and sweets and pastries from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at th...
Annual turkey bingo set at Epiphany Church hall
Around The Valley, Features
November 12, 2025
The Epiphany Ladies of Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church in Monessen will host its annual turkey bingo at 1 p.m. Sunday. Doors will open at noon. The bingo will be held in the church hall, 44 Penns...
UK government is caught up in a feud between Trump and the BBC
Politics
By By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press 
November 12, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government was due to weigh in Tuesday on a feud between the BBC and U.S. President Donald Trump, who is threatening to sue the broadcaster over the way it edited a speech he m...
After 14 years of training, local officer killed on his first day of WWII combat
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STORIES BEHIND THE STARS
November 11, 2025
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. By JOHN J. TURANIN For the MVI After 14 years of military ...
Zoning rules approved for solar energy
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FORWARD TOWNSHIP
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 11, 2025
Supervisors are hoping to avoid large-scale development of solar panels in the township. Forward Township supervisors voted unanimously Monday to approve new zoning rules for solar energy systems — al...
Bag Brigade prepares for fifth annual Thanksgiving dinner for BVA families
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 11, 2025
It will take place Nov. 20 at Marion Elementary School. The Bag Brigade is preparing for its annual Thanksgiving dinner, where members and volunteers serve Belle Vernon Area School District students f...
Southwest Medical Center honors local veterans with community display
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November 11, 2025
For the MVI In honor of Veterans Day and as a heartfelt tribute to the men and women who have served our country, Southwest Medical Center has prominently displayed photos of nearly 60 local veterans ...
Veterans Day is a time for gratitude
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November 11, 2025
THE MON VALLEY’S MILITARY ROOTS run deep and our appreciation for those who served has endured for generations. It’s always heartwarming to see so many people come together to cheer for the veterans a...
Teens arrested for shooting pellet guns at pedestrians
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November 11, 2025
A Monessen teen was arrested Sunday after allegedly shooting multiple residents in Donora with a toy Orbeez gun, also known as a splatterball gun. Kaiden Paul Mayernik, 18, was charged by Donora polic...
White Oak Athletic Association reports improvements
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WHITE OAK
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 11, 2025
The organization has more volunteers and more participants in its youth sports program. White Oak Athletic Association members updated the borough during Monday’s meeting about how they have been oper...
New terminal set to open at airport
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November 11, 2025
By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive Pittsburgh International Airport will open its new terminal next week as part of a $1.7 billion modernization project. After four years of construction, the new terminal will...
Swin Cash receives Africana Icon award
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November 11, 2025
The McKeesport native and ex-WNBA star credited her mother with teaching her the real meanings of strength and beauty. By JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROP TribLive Swin Cash read a love letter — to her mother....
Politics
November 11, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with Republican...
Does the Democrats’ chaos strategy work?
Politics
November 11, 2025
We can draw a few conclusions from an off-year election, when iconic races in blue states went, as expected, overwhelmingly Democratic. Nevertheless, there is only a year left before the midterms. So ...
Surrender, but don’t give yourself away
Politics
November 11, 2025
MEXICO CITY -- I surrender. It’s a simple concept, which also means it carries lots of complications. It’s common to think of surrendering in military terms -- something you do when you’ve lost a war....
Around The Valley
November 11, 2025
• Ernest E. Jobes Post 212 American Legion, Donora, meeting, at the post, 513 Meldon Ave., 6 p.m. • Nunny’s Magical Creations (wreaths, body care products and more) Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 11...
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Veterans Day ceremony to be held at Chess Park
November 11, 2025
Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2 will have a dine-in or takeout pizza/pizza burger sale from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at 10 Main St., Belle Vernon. Pizza, pizza burgers, salads, sides, wing dings and s...