Mon River Arts to launch its own talent academy
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 20, 2025
Instruction in voice, dance and acting will be offered through April 6. For Mon Valley families who want to strengthen their children’s artistic skills, Mon River Arts might have what they’re looking ...
EF approves changes to academic requirements
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 20, 2025
They will go into effect for the 2025-26 school year. Assistant Superintendent Dr. Mary Carole Perry gave some educational updates and discussed changes in the program of study for the 2025-26 high sc...
King’s dream is quest for unity
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January 20, 2025
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Ask most people to name when those words were spoken, and they may say the Declaration of Independence. They are not wrong. Tho...
NBV creates grants and technology committee
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 20, 2025
Councilwoman Karen Jones was named as its leader. A new committee has been formed on North Belle Vernon council. During the first regular meeting of 2025, President Brett Berish announced committee ap...
Trump pledges Day 1 actions to end ‘four long years of American decline’
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January 20, 2025
Supporters packed Capital One Arena Sunday night for a pre-inauguration rally. WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump used a raucous rally Sunday on the eve of his inauguration to promise swif...
17-year-old giraffe dies at Pittsburgh Zoo
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By By BRIAN C. RITTMEYER TribLive 
January 20, 2025
Sox was euthanized due to chronic degeneration of the bones in her leg. The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium on Sunday announced the death of Sox, a 17-year-old female Masai giraffe. The giraffe had been eut...
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 20, 2025
He’ll serve as the group’s Democratic chair and has been named to four other committees. State Sen. Nick Pisciottano was appointed as the Democratic chair of the state Senate Finance Committee. The co...
SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM ELIZABETH FORWARD
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January 18, 2025
Members of the Elizabeth Forward basketball and soccer teams, along with the basketball coaching staff, traveled to the Convocation Center Wednesday to watch Clarion’s Alyssa Terza, an EF alum, play f...
BV Rotarians honored with prestigious Paul Harris Fellow awards
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January 18, 2025
The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to the Rotary. For the MVI Five Belle Vernon Rotary Club members wer...
Training underway at MV Business Resource Center
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 18, 2025
Mon Valley Alliance is hosting the program in collaboration with Catholic Charities Pittsburgh. The Mon Valley Business Resource Center, which officially opened in November, has launched one of its fi...
2 charged in string of burglaries at local bars
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 18, 2025
Police say the couple was involved in break-ins at 11 establishments. State police charged a Mon Valley man and woman with burglarizing 11 area bars in 2023. David Alan Rice, 33, of Charleroi is charg...
PennDOT teaches BVA students about interchange
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 18, 2025
A lot of advanced math skills are needed to design a diverging diamond interchange project. Belle Vernon Area High School hosted PennDOT officials Friday morning to show students what’s happening behi...
PUC issues warning about extreme cold
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 18, 2025
A watch is already in effect as temperatures are expected to plunge well below zero. The Public Utility Commission has alerted Pennsylvania residents to be prepared for extreme cold that is being fore...
Baldwin student faces disciplinary action for incident with SA coach
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 18, 2025
The student posted a video of himself taunting Tony DiCenzo after Thursday night’s basketball game. A student is facing full disciplinary consequences from Baldwin-Whitehall School District following ...
Politics
A sad day
January 18, 2025
To the Editor: At first glance, the phrase, “the rule of law” appears to be self-explanatory: the law is the rule we live by; and that is true. But a more expanded definition of the rule of law is the...
Hits & Misses
Politics
January 18, 2025
We want to give a big thank you to every public works employee who had to brave frigid temperatures, winds and snowstorms to keep us safe these past few weeks. We’re super grateful to every emergency ...
Around The Valley
January 18, 2025
A man was hospitalized after being attacked by a dog in Charleroi. WTAE reported that the incident happened Thursday around noon in the area of Fallowfield Avenue. The man required surgery for injurie...
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State police,
January 18, 2025
• Dequann Tajzeh Spaddy, 30, of McKeesport was charged with two counts of recklessly endangering another person, two counts of simple assault, strangulation and unlawful restraint after an alleged inc...
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By By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer 
January 18, 2025
After a Florida jury found that CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran who helped rescue endangered Afghans, the network reached a settlement on Friday to avoid a punishing order that it pay punitive damages...