Sunshine and springtime
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April 24, 2025
Lee Carpenter of Pittsburgh brought his 2-year-old rescue dog Sky for a walk at Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver Township on a sunny and warm Wednesday afternoon. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent
Study: Metro region’s air among worst in country
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April 24, 2025
American Lung Association’s “2025 State of the Air” lands the 13-county southwestern Pa. region back in the top 25 worst places to breathe in the U.S. By Staff and Wire reports The Pittsburgh region’s...
Charleroi Area High School prom royalty
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April 24, 2025
Here is the 2025 Charleroi Area High School prom court: Lilli Lee, Emma Skobel, Lariah DiPietrantonio, McKenna Shields, Alexa Pro, Lashay Flower-Babich, Daniel Nusidda, Jace Pager, Landon Barcus, Jose...
Serra Catholic High School to present ‘Peter Pan,’ Broadway’s timeless musical
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 24, 2025
The spring musical will debut 7 p.m. Friday. Anything is possible with a bit of pixie dust. Serra Catholic High School students are ready to prove dreams do come true as they prepare to take the stage...
Candidates set for Allegheny County court, municipal races
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By By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com 
April 24, 2025
Registrants of each major party will go to the polls to choose nominees in closed primaries on May 20. The primary election is less than a month away as voters registered as Democrats and Republicans ...
Rostraver updates recreation, park plan
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 24, 2025
Among the ideas on the new comprehensive plan are a splash pad, indoor sports facility and walking trail expansion. Rostraver’s board of commissioners approved a new Comprehensive Recreation, Park and...
Elizabeth Township discusses employee wellness funds, upcoming projects
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 24, 2025
The commissioners also talked about the proposed 2025 street paving list. Elizabeth Township commissioners are deciding how best to handle municipal benefits service reserves. The township’s Executive...
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26 Walmart stores in Pa. to be remodeled
April 24, 2025
A kindergarten student was injured Tuesday afternoon after being hit by a school bus, McKeesport Area School District officials said. Police and emergency services were dispatched to the corner of Sol...
Politics
Really bad idea #7
April 24, 2025
To the Editor: The Democrats keep betting on the wrong horse. When you see Bernie Sanders and AOC at the top of the Democrat party we conservatives are ecstatic. Those two represent the radical left o...
Give us the money! Harvard fights for us all
Politics
April 24, 2025
Amid the boredom of a non-Christian pope’s death and the media’s obsession with the Signal messaging app, I found myself reading about Pearl Harbor this week. It seems that as hell rained down, Marine...
Politics
April 24, 2025
PENN STATE IS MAKING DECISIONS about which of 12 Commonwealth Campuses the university might close. The decision has been dangled since February. President Neeli Bendapudi announced then that she had a...
Grants presented to local businesses at Mon Valley’s first I2E awards ceremony
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 23, 2025
The grand prize went to Amanda Altamare of 1837 Botanicals in Monongahela. Amanda Altamare’s flower shop along W. Main Street in Monongahela has blossomed during its first year in businesses. Now, tha...
PennDOT provides update on Arnold City project
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
April 23, 2025
Officials hosted an open house Tuesday in Rostraver Township. PennDOT held an open house Tuesday at Rostraver Central fire hall to provide an update on the Arnold City Interchange project, as construc...
Elizabeth Township cemetery chosen as Earth Day project
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April 23, 2025
Dravo Cemetery in Elizabeth Township was the Earth Day Project ’25 for members of the Mon Yough Trail Council and Elizabeth Township Historical Society. Volunteers cleared grounds around the monuments...
Belle Vernon Rotary’s Caring Cards program wraps up for the year
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 23, 2025
Belle Vernon Rotary finds local young people to create holiday greetings that are included with Meals on Wheels deliveries. The Belle Vernon Area Rotary Club is wrapping up its “Caring Cards” program,...
Elizabeth Forward 2025 Prom Court
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April 23, 2025
Here is the Elizabeth Forward High School 2025 prom court, from left, Aiden Grimes, Leilana Speney, Edward Denney, Marlee Young, Blake Hvozdik, Rylee Ludwig, Hannah Evans, Kyle Croyle, Isabelle Hemmin...
Bridge closure disrupts traffic in Elizabeth Borough
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 23, 2025
Officials and residents say they got little advance notice that the bridge would be shut down. Elizabeth officials discussed the closure of a bridge that connects the borough with Forward Township at ...
Police chief defends officer following online accusation
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 23, 2025
Dave Yuhasz said the officer responded correctly after being told that someone was in distress. Monessen police Chief Dave Yuhasz is defending an officer in his department after a social media post ci...
McKeesport kicks off Community Cleanup Contest
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Volunteers are shown during last August’s Community Cleanup Contest in McKeesport. City of McKeesport Mayor’s Office
April 23, 2025
The City of McKeesport kicked off its Community Cleanup Contest in time for yesterday’s 55th annual Earth Day. Empowered by the “Our Power, Our Planet” theme, city officials will tally bags collected ...
Charges upheld against local man in rape case
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By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
April 23, 2025
A Westmoreland County judge on Tuesday rejected a defense bid to dismiss charges against a Rostraver man accused of using a date rape drug to sexually assault an unconscious woman in her home last yea...