Ackerman upsets Carson to win GOP primary for coroner
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
May 21, 2025
TribLive Former Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner John Ackerman was poised to upset firstterm incumbent Coroner Tim Carson in Tuesday’s Republican primary. With 294 of 306 precincts reporting, Ackerm...
Sopcak wins in Fallowfield
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 21, 2025
Republican incumbent Joe Sopcak secured a win in Tuesday’s primary election and will face newcomer David M. Diess in November in hopes of securing another term as a supervisor in Fallowfield Township....
Trump implores divided Republicans to unify behind his big tax cuts bill
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May 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump implored House Republicans at the Capitol to drop their fights over his big tax cuts bill and get it done, using encouraging words but also the hardened langua...
Comey, Trump and ‘8647’
Politics
May 21, 2025
There has been a certain escalatory logic in the resistance to Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency. In the very beginning, when few took him seriously, they laughed at him. Then they tried to defeat...
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By By TARA COPP Associated Press 
May 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced the concept he wants for his future Golden Dome missile defense program — a multilayered, $175 billion system that for the first time will put U....
Heated races for seats on Valley school boards
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SCHOOL BOARD ROUNDUP
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May 21, 2025
By the MVI The races for open seats on Valley-wide school boards were among the most competitive in Tuesday’s primary election. Here are the unofficial results of several school board races around the...
Politics
May 21, 2025
IS THERE NOTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN in Harrisburg without division? On Tuesday, we wrote about two bills wending their way through the Legislature. In the Senate, Republicans passed a bill banning transg...
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May 21, 2025
The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...
RIBBON CUTTING FOR LOCK 4 RESTAURANT
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May 21, 2025
The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce had the pleasure of celebrating the official ribbon cutting for Lock 4 Restaurant in Lower Speers (119 River Ave., Belle Vernon). Lock 4 is now open and pro...
MCKEESPORT AREA STUDENTS LEARN LIFE-SAVING SKILLS
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May 21, 2025
McKeesport Area High School students in Lacey Siess’ child care class and Amber Richards’ allied health class recently learned life-saving skills. Through the class, the students were able to get CPR ...
Election Day food sale tradition continues at Fells UM Church
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By MATT PETRAS For the MVI 
May 21, 2025
The church hosts the Election Day food and bake sale as a fundraiser and as a way to connect with the community. Continuing an Election Day tradition, Fells United Methodist Church in Rostraver Townsh...
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May 21, 2025
Ethan Kirkwood, 21, of Liberty has a preliminary hearing set for June 23. By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive Authorities Tuesday charged a Mon Valley man with buying beer in April at PNC Park for his 20-year...
McKeesport mural touched up for Good Neighbor Day
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May 20, 2025
Volunteers spent Sunday afternoon refreshing a mural in the former Cox’s parking lot and adding colorful crosswalks to Fifth Avenue in downtown McKeesport in anticipation of the community’s annual Goo...
Charges filed in Rostraver Township murder
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 20, 2025
Dorian Jeri-Greene was arrested last week in Florida in a separate case. Charges have been filed in the April 11 murder of Jennah M. Seibert, who was found shot to death inside her Rostraver Township ...
State officials celebrate PA SITES investment in Mon Valley project
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
May 20, 2025
Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and DEP Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley visited the region Monday afternoon. Former mining land that spans three townships in the Mon Valley is full of potential. With the right...
Progress made on new White Oak veterans memorial
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
May 20, 2025
Bricks will be sold for anyone who wants to honor a veteran. White Oak council took another step toward creating a new veterans memorial at Monday’s meeting. Council members have been discussing the p...
BENTWORTH HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2025
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May 20, 2025
Bentworth High School in Bentleyville will hold commencement 6 p.m. May 29 in the Bentworth High School gymnasium. Here is the Class of 2025, front row, from left, Alexander Rusilko, Samuel Lawrence, ...
West Mifflin Area High School names top graduates
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May 20, 2025
Two hundred thirty-four graduates will receive their diplomas Thursday. For the MVI West Mifflin Area High School will hold its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Tit...
The real first 100 days
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May 20, 2025
Pundits are confused about what to make of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. Supporters talk of “flooding the zone,” believing President Donald Trump is making so many changes so ...
New pope, same message
Politics
May 20, 2025
Once Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the news anchors and reporters and podcasters — and anyone else with an excuse or a budget to go to Rome — have gone home, there will stil...