Monessen officials tour modular home factory
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
October 18, 2024
They got a first-hand look at the structures that will be placed on Motheral Avenue later this month. Officials from the City of Monessen, Westmoreland Community Action and others toured a factory in ...
Teacher under investigation in McKeesport
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
October 18, 2024
An allegation of sexual misconduct was received this week via ChildLine. Solicitor Gary Matta addressed sexual misconduct allegations against a district teacher at Thursday’s meeting of the McKeesport...
Ribbon-cutting officially opens courts at Highland Meadows Park
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
October 18, 2024
The new Elizabeth Township facility is built for both pickleball and basketball. The new Highland Meadows Park dual basketball/ pickleball courts are open to the public following a ribbon-cutting cere...
Donora adds new retirement option for police department
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
October 18, 2024
Chief Neal Rands is the only member who currently qualifies. Donora Council agreed this month to add a Deferred Retirement Option Program to its police department’s pension plan for the benefit of the...
Old demons, new times
Politics
October 18, 2024
An American leader denounces new immigrants as “generally the most ignorant Stupid Sort of their own Nation,” and warns: “They will soon so out number us ... (and we) will not in My Opinion be able to...
What’s the forecast? Extreme conspiracy theories with heavy lies
Politics
October 18, 2024
Chances are quite good that yet another major hurricane will come ashore in the United States sometime before the 2024 presidential election is decided, and that it will afflict mainly Republican area...
Politics
October 18, 2024
RUMORS CAN BE HILARIOUS. They are what sell supermarket tabloids. They make gossiping with friends entertaining. They are the little whispered snips that make a great story. The problem is that rumors...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
October 18, 2024
A Charleroi man is accused of selling fentanyl-laced heroin to a man who died of an overdose in June. Aaron M. Mitchell, 41, was charged Tuesday with drug delivery resulting in death, manufacture, del...
Frazier fans cheer team to victory
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October 17, 2024
Frazier High School volleyball fans cheered on the Commodores as they rolled past Jefferson Morgan on Wednesday evening. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent
BVA senior earns Eagle Scout rank for project at Rostraver library
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
October 17, 2024
Thomas Breckenridge was recognized Wednesday night by the Rostraver Public Library board. A Belle Vernon Area High School senior received the prestigious Eagle Scout rank for work he completed at the ...
EF residents want district to livestream school board meetings
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
October 17, 2024
One resident started an online petition to get Elizabeth Forward School District officials to start livestreaming meetings. Elizabeth Forward School District residents and board members went into furt...
Glassport moves ahead on several projects, announces upcoming events
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
October 17, 2024
Council entered its third year of a contract with Waste Management Inc., for garbage collection. Glassport council provided updates on several ongoing projects during Tuesday’s meeting. The Pennsylvan...
Ringgold hires new athletic director
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
October 17, 2024
Scott Stephenson previously served as athletic director at West Mifflin Area School District. Ringgold School Board hired Scott Stephenson as the district’s new athletic director during Wednesday’s me...
New Monessen police vehicle
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October 17, 2024
Monessen Mayor Ron Mozer is shown presenting the keys to a new police vehicle to Monessen Police Chief Dave Yuhasz. The purchase of the 2023 Ford Police Interceptor from C Harper was recently approved...
Trick or Treat times in the Mon Valley
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October 17, 2024
Allegheny County • Dravosburg — 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31; costume parade at the borough building parking lot at 5 p.m. Call 412-466-5200 to register your child. • Elizabeth Borough —6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct...
Halloween parades/events around the Mon Valley
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October 17, 2024
Allegheny County • Dravosburg — Costume parade at the borough building parking lot at 5 p.m. Oct. 31. Call 412-466-5200 to register your child. • Elizabeth Borough – 7 p.m. Oct. 28; line up at 6:15 p....
Politics
October 17, 2024
IT USED TO BE COMMON to see “Let’s Make a Deal” contestants leave the TV game show smiling after winning $100 for every coin they could pull out of their purse or pocket. But as America moves ever clo...
Michelle’s column was trite, too
Politics
October 17, 2024
When MSNBC signed off at 3 a.m. the first night of the Republican National Convention, they were still talking about Melania’s speech. For five solid hours, MSNBC had been obsessing over two paragraph...