Residents speak out against landfill permit
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 21, 2025
More than 50 people showed up for a DEP hearing Thursday night in Rostraver Township. Several Mon Valley residents expressed their frustrations and strongly opposed a permit request by the Westmorelan...
Charleroi announces new sanitation routes
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 21, 2025
The borough recently selected Pro Waste as its new garbage hauler. Charleroi officials are doing their best to help residents navigate changes to their sanitation service. In February, council chose P...
West Mifflin approves controversial I.T. deal
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 21, 2025
The cost of services was negotiated down after last month’s meeting. West Mifflin Area School Board passed a proposal from Ford Office Technologies Thursday evening despite resident backlash. The prop...
Harvest Bounty fundraiser set for Saturday
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CHARLEROI AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 21, 2025
The program provides food for district students in need to take home. Charleroi Area School District’s biggest fundraiser for the Harvest Bounty Program will take over the entire elementary center fro...
Monessen shooting under investigation
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 21, 2025
An early-morning shooting is under investigation in Monessen. Monessen Police and the Westmoreland County Detective Bureau responded to a shooting around 1:30 a.m. Thursday outside a private club on K...
Leapin’ Lizards! ‘Annie Jr.’ takes the stage at Cal Area
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 21, 2025
The show continues at 7 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Saturday. It’s a hard knock life for California Area Theatre students, but don’t worry — it’s all for show. Students debuted their spring musical “Annie J...
Shock after harness driver’s death at The Meadows
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March 21, 2025
Hunter Myers of Ohio died following a crash Wednesday involving six horses. By JOE NAPSHA and HALEY DAUGHERTY TribLive An experienced harness racer was killed this week in a large accident at The Mead...
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March 21, 2025
A Monessen woman was badly burned Thursday in a fire caused by a furnace mishap. Monessen Fire Chief Delmar Hepple said a resident at 409 Reed Ave. was attempting to light a furnace in her home when t...
Politics
March 21, 2025
THE U.S. HAS A LONG HISTORY of political violence, but there is a growing sense that the scope and frequency of political harassment, threats and violence are reaching new levels. That’s what’s happen...
Politics
March 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...
Ronald Reagan would weep
Politics
March 21, 2025
Tom Homan, the White House “border czar,” told Fox News that the Trump administration would defy any federal judge who tries to block the deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members. “We’re not s...
Sunshine Week calls attention to darkening skies over Pa. universities
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March 21, 2025
University employees engaged in sexual misconduct. Administrators misappropriating public funds. Scientists paid by industry groups to obtain desirable research outcomes. Open records laws have helped...
SMILES FOR SPRING
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March 20, 2025
Five-year-old Legend Anderson gives his mom Cassie DeStefano a bear hug while they watched the high school baseball game Wednesday at Veterans Field in Charleroi. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independe...
Paraprofessionals, assistants vote to unionize at Ringgold
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 20, 2025
The Ringgold School Board will discuss the matter before voting on recognizing the union. Ringgold’s paraprofessionals and administrative assistants announced they have decided to form a union with th...
Fire officials issue warnings as brush fire season ramps up
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 20, 2025
Firefighters are warning about the elevated risks of outside fires around this time of year. A combination of windy conditions posed an elevated risk of wildfires Wednesday across the region. Mon Vall...
Charleroi Regional Police officers retire after decades of service
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March 20, 2025
The Charleroi Regional Police Department board honored retired police Lieutenants Mike Polinski and Mark Yates for their years of service. Shown during Wednesday’s board meeting, from left, are Charle...
Changes coming to Social Security
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March 20, 2025
More than 72.5 million people, including retirees and children, receive benefits through Social Security. Staff and Wire reports The Social Security Administration is changing policies to strengthen i...
Marion Elementary’s ‘Young Men of Honor’ recognized
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 20, 2025
The program aims to foster etiquette, respect and self confidence for the sixth-graders in the group. The Belle Vernon Area school board recognized Marion Elementary students who are part of a school ...
EF addresses Pa. cyber charter funding reform
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 20, 2025
Superintendent Keith Konyk said the district is in competition with cyber charter schools. Cyber charter school funding reform was among the topics addressed by Elizabeth Forward Superintendent Keith ...
Politics
March 20, 2025
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW political power is ebbing and flowing in Pennsylvania, take a look at counties comprising Mon Valley communities. Pennsylvania’s politics swing like the clapper of a bell. It c...