Gaming expo expands to 3 days
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By By PATRICK VARINE TribLive 
September 25, 2024
This year’s event will take place Oct. 4-6 at the convention center in Monroeville. Six months ago, Brian Wissner and organizers of the annual Pittsburgh Gaming Expo were scrambling after discovering ...
Trump talks to area farmers in campaign stop near Smithton
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September 24, 2024
The former president vowed to stop China from purchasing any more U.S. farmland. By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com Surrounded by cornfields and the rolling hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, form...
Donations sought to help Brownsville fire victims
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 24, 2024
All the residents in apartments above Pickers Pub and Grub were able to escape safely. On Sunday, a commercial building fire broke out where Pickers Pub and Grub in Brownsville is located, leaving the...
BVA sets date for town hall on future projects
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 24, 2024
It will be held Oct. 29 in the high school auditorium. The Belle Vernon Area school district announced Monday that it will hold a town hall in late October. The town hall will be for discussion of fut...
Long dispute over 911 radio systems ends with Motorola contract
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 24, 2024
The new $24.4 million deal was approved Monday in a 2-1 vote. Motorola is the new service provider for Washington County 911 radio systems, bringing an end to a yearslong back and forth among commissi...
New sounds spice up Apple Fest and Greenock Log House Days
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September 24, 2024
The annual celebration of local history will take place Saturday. For the MVI Fife players and drummers will add new sounds to the crafters and homecooked food that are the staples of the Apple Fest a...
Elizabeth Forward High School to welcome new members into hall of fame
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 24, 2024
An induction banquet will be held Saturday morning at the Georgetown Center in Pleasant Hills. Elizabeth Forward High School will hold its 27th annual Hall of Fame events this weekend. Five alumni wil...
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September 24, 2024
GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR A LOT OF THINGS people need. Roads. Courts. Schools. These are things that make a community function. They also pay for things people don’t exactly require but that make society be...
Can Harris’s cynical, run-outthe clock campaign succeed?
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September 24, 2024
Cynically running out the clock has been the overarching principle of the entire abbreviated 105-day presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris — ever since President Joe Biden, at the 11th...
PENN HIGHLANDS HOSTS ‘ALL-STAR EVENING’ CELEBRATION
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September 23, 2024
Dr. Walter Cox of Monongahela, center, was honored as Physician Most Valuable Player at an “All-Star Evening” Saturday at the PennWest California Convocation Center. With him are Penn Highlands Health...
MVAA receives President’s Crystal Award from WCCF
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 23, 2024
The organization will use a $10,000 prize to support its new program to teach music to young people. The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts is the recipient of a prestigious award from the Washington Cou...
Man hurt in fall from tree stand
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 23, 2024
A man was injured when he fell nearly 15 feet from a tree stand in Long Branch on Sunday evening. Roscoe Volunteer Fire Company Chief Larry Pollock said they received a call around 5:15 p.m. for a man...
Pa. Senate contest will have national implications
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September 23, 2024
Incumbent Democrat Bob Casey is trying to fend off a challenge from Republican Dave McCormick. By KATIE MEYER Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — Voters in Pennsylvania will help determine the balance of power ...
BVA to vote on PAES program
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 23, 2024
It enables students in the district to learn valuable work skills. The Belle Vernon Area school board is expected to vote on extending its Practical Assessment Exploration System program contract at t...
White Oak to seek grant for next phase of walking trail
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 23, 2024
Council also discussed a recent violation notice from the DEP. White Oak Engineer Robert Roach provided updates to council last week about filing for grants for the Heritage Hills Walking Trail projec...
Republicans hate it when citizens are able to vote
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September 23, 2024
There are so many egregious falsehoods spinning through the right-wing mediascape that it’s difficult to keep up with them — much less try debunking any of them. Some are so ridiculous — “they’re eati...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 23, 2024
A Donora man was killed in a head-on crash late Saturday in Jefferson Township. Quinte Lamar Brown, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene. State police said they were called to the 800 block of Brownsv...
State Senate votes to take Pa. out of RGGI
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
September 23, 2024
It’s currently part of the environmental agreement along with 10 other states. Pennsylvania’s Senate has voted to repeal a regulation that would impose taxes on power plants emitting pollution. On Tue...
Homecoming night for Monessen
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September 21, 2024
Monessen homecoming queen Deborah Garry and king Tim Kershaw were honored before Friday’s game.  Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent
Homecoming night for South Allegheny
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September 21, 2024
Gina Connors and Camden Lewis are this year’s homecoming queen and king at South Allegheny. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent