BVA’s Valentine’s Dance brings LifeSkills students together
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
February 14, 2025
Students from several area schools take part in the event each year. BVA LifeSkills’ annual Valentine’s Dance was full of fun and laughter Thursday morning, with more than 180 students from LifeSkills...
Closing of Corelle plant delayed again
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 14, 2025
The Charleroi facility will continue to operate through at least the middle of May. Many employees of the Corelle Plant in Charleroi were expecting to work their last shift today as glass production c...
Sewer project’s Phase 3 may end in October
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MONESSEN
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
February 14, 2025
Council moved toward extending interim financing on its second USDA loan. Phase 3 of the Monessen sewer rehabilitation project, which involves a bulk of the pipe repair in the yearslong undertaking, i...
2 car starters donated to North Belle Vernon police
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 14, 2025
The devices were a gift from GBU Life. North Belle Vernon police officers will have two new devices to help residents in case of vehicle emergencies. Councilman Harry Jones, who chairs public safety, ...
Donora OKs rise in compensation for tax collector
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
February 14, 2025
The percentages haven’t changed in the borough for more than three decades. After more than 30 years, the tax collector in Donora will see an increase in compensation. Tax collectors receive a percent...
Mon View Heights owner from New York charged in $580K theft surrenders
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI TribLive 
February 14, 2025
The lawyer for Jonathan Liani claims he was “an outside vendor who had signatory powers only.” One of three men from New York accused of stealing $580,000 related to the Mon View Heights housing compl...
Allegheny County property tax bills lack new payment deadlines
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY
By By ALEXIS PAPALIA TribLive 
February 14, 2025
County council voted Tuesday to extend all the deadlines by one month. Allegheny County residents will begin receiving 2025 real estate tax bills this week, but deadline information in the enclosed bu...
McKeesport Area hires new special education supervisor
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MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 14, 2025
The district is making changes with help from the state Department of Education. McKeesport Area school board made an addition to its special education program at Thursday’s meeting. The board unanimo...
Politics
February 14, 2025
A WESTMORELAND COUNTY SCHOOL board took action to censure one of its elected members. While the Norwin School District is not part of the Mon Valley, it’s a good example and a conversation for all sch...
This is worse than Jan. 6
Politics
February 14, 2025
President Trump’s current assault on the basic structure of democracy represents a far more serious threat than the occupation of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Four years ago, an angry mob, egged ...
Whistle to sound for final time at Corelle plant
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The last day of production at the Charleroi glassmaking plant is Friday
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
February 13, 2025
More than a century of glassmaking in Charleroi will come to a sad end Friday. At noon Friday, the whistle at the Corelle plant will sound for the final time – commemorating a sound thousands of resid...
Donora presented $250K for public works facility
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
February 13, 2025
Washington County and local elected officials toured the current garage and the site of the new one. Washington County Commissioners presented a $250,000 check from the Washington County Local Share A...
West Mifflin selects Olasz to fill vacant seat
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 13, 2025
Anthony Olasz was sworn into his council seat by his father, District Judge Richard Olasz. West Mifflin Borough Council voted on a new member to fill the vacancy left by newly-elected state Rep. John ...
Crash on Route 51
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February 13, 2025
Rostraver Township police and Rostraver Central firefighters were called to this vehicle crash on Route 51 at Snyder Lane. Crews had to use extrication tools to free an occupant. Rostraver West Newton...
Family seeks answers as killer is sent to prison
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By By PAULA REED WARD TribLive 
February 13, 2025
Sabr Ellis decided to change his not guilty plea a day after his trial started in the stabbing death of Anthony Koontz in Clairton. A day after the start of trial for a Clairton man accused of killing...
Politics
February 13, 2025
TO WHOM SHOULD PENNSYLVANIA’S consumer advocate be answerable? The consumer advocate is a position created in 1976. The goal is to represent the people in state and federal proceedings involving utili...
If it please the court, who the heck asked you?
Politics
February 13, 2025
Democrats, those stalwart champions of democracy who tried to keep Donald Trump off the ballot, have an endlessly malleable understanding of whose view prevails whenever disputes arise between any com...
Politics
The end of democracy
February 13, 2025
To the Editor: I have a question you or one of your readers may answer for me. I have watched this battle between Ukraine and Russia. It would seem that this Russian leader was more in need of taking ...
Around The Valley
February 13, 2025
Fabric and crafts retailer Joann will close at least 30 stores in Pennsylvania, including most in the region. The embattled retailer, which declared bankruptcy in March 2024 and then again in January,...