Light-Up Night rings in the holidays at Penn Highlands
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November 26, 2024
Children opened the hospital’s celebration by flipping a ceremonial switch. For the MVI Penn Highlands Mon Valley hosted its 38th annual Light-Up Night on the hospital’s Carroll Township campus Monday...
EF’s ‘Pass the Turkey’ drive feeds 64 families
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 26, 2024
The program created by Crista Scalfari has been helping area residents for a full decade. The 10th annual “Pass the Turkey” initiative that feeds K-12 families for Thanksgiving took place Monday at El...
Driver injured in North Belle Vernon accident
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November 26, 2024
Photo courtesy of Dave Wadsworth First responders were called to the scene of a vehicle accident with entrapment along Broad Avenue in North Belle Vernon around 5 p.m. Monday. NBV Fire Chief Shelby Fe...
Taxes steady in Monessen’s 2025 budget proposal
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
November 26, 2024
The city hasn’t approved a rate increase since 2020. Monessen introduced its 2025 preliminary budget, which does not include a property tax increase, during Monday’s council meeting. The city’s $4.6 m...
Gate of Heaven church honors veterans at service
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November 26, 2024
The veterans were presented with gifts of gratitude for their service. For the MVI The Gate of Heaven Church of God in Christ, 644 Reed Ave., Monessen, honored its military veterans during a special s...
Willow Collective to open in North Belle Vernon
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 26, 2024
The grand opening is set for Dec. 8 for the business. A new business opening in North Belle Vernon will be the perfect spot to get some relaxation during the holiday season. Willow Collective will hav...
Police: Baby severely beaten
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 26, 2024
A California, Pa., man is accused of beating a baby in his care so severely the child is in critical condition at a Pittsburgh Hospital. Lyndon Gerald Henderson, 24, was charged with aggravated assaul...
Area school districts land CFFC grants
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 26, 2024
Funding requests were approved for 12 projects. The Community Foundation of Fayette County awarded nearly $40,000 in grants to local school districts this fall. The grants, totaling $39,932, were made...
United Way seeking volunteers for tax program
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 26, 2024
There are openings for greeters as well as tax preparers. United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania needs 400 volunteer tax preparers and 50 greeters for its 2024-25 Free Tax Preparation Coalition in Al...
Politics
November 26, 2024
WITH THE THURSDAY CONCESSION of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, Pennsylvania’s 2024 election season effectively comes to a close. Republican businessman Dave McCormick has already gone to Washington for new-sena...
The Trump counterrevolution is a return to sanity
Politics
November 26, 2024
We are witnessing a historic counterrevolution after Trump’s victory, far different from his first election in 2016. The orthodox and the supposed scripted future are now suspect. And they are likely ...
Politics
Everyone will suffer
November 26, 2024
To the Editor: The Monessen War Veterans Trust was established on May 19, 2011, by the Thomas McKee American Legion Post 28 and the Allison Lescanic Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1190 under the direct...
Westmoreland park pavilion rental rates set to rise in January
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November 26, 2024
Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver Township is owned and operated by Westmoreland County. By JEFF HIMLER TribLive Fees for reserving pavilions at Westmoreland County parks are slated for a hefty increase J...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 26, 2024
Two Charleroi teenagers are charged as adults for allegedly robbing a friend at gunpoint after he had given them a ride to Monessen. Caleb Johnston, 15, is charged by Monessen police with robbery of m...
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 26, 2024
An Elizabeth man is charged with aggravated DUI after crashing his vehicle on the way home from a concert Sept. 4, causing severe injuries to a back seat passenger. Jeremiah Williams, 23, was charged ...
Around The Valley
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
November 26, 2024
Final certification of the Nov. 5 results was approved unanimously. The Westmoreland County Election Board on Monday unanimously approved the final certification of the Nov. 5 election results. “It’s ...
North Belle Vernon lights up the night for holiday celebration
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November 25, 2024
Bailee Santo, 2, of North Belle Vernon meets Santa at the annual Light Up the Night celebration at North Belle Vernon’s Community Bank Park on Sunday evening. See more photos from the events on A4 and...
McKeesport hosts annual Salute to Santa parade
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November 25, 2024
The City of McKeesport kicked off the holiday season Saturday with the 59th annual Salute to Santa parade.  The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who are shown in the parade. See more photos from the events on A4 ...
Stockdale ‘sparkles’ at inaugural holiday event
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 25, 2024
Community spirit and holiday cheer was in the air at the successful first event of its kind in the small borough. Growing up in a small town, Stockdale resident Brooke Henderson loved seeing how other...
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By By JOE NAPSHA TribLive 
November 25, 2024
There has been damage from mine subsidence in the Belle Vernon area over the past 50 years When Tom Wilson was growing up in North Belle Vernon some 60 years ago, he and his friends would sometimes sn...