$1 million check given to Mon Valley lottery winner
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 28, 2025
A ceremony was held Thursday at Foster House II, where Brittnee Boot purchased the grand prize scratch-off ticket. A single mom from the Mon Valley hit the jackpot by winning a million dollars in a sc...
Local districts host League of Innovative Schools
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 28, 2025
The group promotes creative use of technology in the classroom. The League of Innovative Schools held its biannual convening this week, making visits to some Mon Valley schools. With 13 member distric...
Paving work approved in Monessen
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 28, 2025
Council authorized projects on Pacific Boulevard, Marion Avenue and Ninth Street, and work will begin soon on Reed Avenue. Monessen council approved the paving of three streets — Pacific Boulevard, Ma...
Westmoreland County eyes surcharge to tax sale, sheriff’s sale buyers
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By By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive 
March 28, 2025
Properties sold at tax auctions and sheriff sales will be assessed an additional $250 surcharge under a plan likely to be approved this week by Westmoreland County commissioners. The proposed ordinanc...
Split verdict for man accused of dousing ex with hot cooking oil
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March 28, 2025
By PAULA REED WARD TribLive Tasha Lomax suffered second- degree burns over 20% of her body after hot cooking oil spilled down her left side. She claimed her ex-boyfriend, Herkley Fields IV, had doused...
DA Walsh presents donation to substance recovery unit at Penn Highlands
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March 28, 2025
Washington County District Attorney Jason M. Walsh announced Thursday that opioid settlement funds were presented to the Penn Highlands Hospital Substance Recovery Unit. Walsh presented the $20,000 ch...
Adoption of red light cameras slow in Pa. even though they save lives
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By By KATE HUANGPU Spotlight PA 
March 28, 2025
Pennsylvania only allows its biggest cities and a handful of other municipalities to use red light cameras. HARRISBURG — All Pennsylvania municipalities would be allowed to install red light cameras a...
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March 28, 2025
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected U.S. airstrikes pummeled sites across Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels early Friday, including neighborhoods in the capital, Sanaa. The extent of the ...
Politics
March 28, 2025
JUST WHEN YOU THINK Pennsylvania has decided to zig, it zags. The November election proved the state’s reputation as swingy as a circus trapeze. Keystone State voters have blown with the political win...
Politics
By By JULIE PACE Executive editor Associated Press 
March 28, 2025
For anyone who thinks the Associated Press’s lawsuit against President Trump’s White House is about the name of a body of water, think bigger. It’s really about whether the government can control what...
Masters or underlings?
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March 28, 2025
“The president of the United States has essentially declared war on the rule of law in America.” Those are the words of J. Michael Luttig, a widely respected former conservative federal judge. His ala...
‘All stars’ celebrated at Auberle banquet
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 27, 2025
Nicholle Frantz used to yell at her kids in outbursts of anger when they misbehaved. “I was the mom who was always yelling, always screaming, always overwhelmed,” Frantz said. But that’s changed since...
West Mifflin Area budget impacted by county real estate tax refunds
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 27, 2025
The West Mifflin Area School District is being impacted by growing real estate tax refunds due to Allegheny County’s outdated property assessments — resulting in over $2.3 million in lost revenue for ...
Powerful interests poured $18M into top Pa. lawmakers’ campaign coffers
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March 27, 2025
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. By STE...
Valley barber offers free haircuts for kids with autism
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 27, 2025
Robert Lorenzo Altobelli, owner of LA Fades in North Belle Vernon, is hosting the event to promote autism awareness among the hair stylist/barber industry. A local barber has been inspired to raise au...
“Fierce and beautiful” theme of new dugout artwork in Washington Township
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March 27, 2025
The latest project by Rostraver Townshipbased artist Chris Galiyas was creating murals for dugout No. 2 at the Washington Township Ballfields, part of the Belle Vernon Area School District. The theme ...
Greased Lightnin’ takes Yough High School stage
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March 27, 2025
Yough Senior High School’s musical “Grease: The School Edition” debuts Friday night. By the MVI The greasers and the pink ladies will take to the Yough Senior High School stage this weekend as the sch...
Charges held for court in Ringgold assault case
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 27, 2025
The 18-year-old was charged with aggravated assault for the classroom fight last month. A Ringgold High School student charged with assault following a classroom fight appeared in court Wednesday. Cha...