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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 13, 2024
Progress is being made in White Oak with the Heritage Hill Park Walking Trail, which will circle around the park for guests to explore nature. Borough Engineer Robert Roach provided updates to council...
Around The Valley
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 13, 2024
A Rostraver Township man is accused of sexually assaulting a child. William Tonini, 31, of Gibson Street was charged by Rostraver Township police with engaging in involuntary deviate sexual intercours...
A pair of Trump officials have defended family separation and ramped-up deportations
Politics
By By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press 
November 13, 2024
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Trump’s first picks for immigration policy jobs spent the last four years angling for this moment. Stephen Miller and Thomas Homan had critical roles in the first Trump adminis...
Refurbished tank memorial rededicated in Monessen
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
November 12, 2024
More than $16,000 was raised for the project through private donations. Ron Chromulak beamed from ear-to-ear Monday, a sign that the veteran had finally accomplished his mission. Following the monthsl...
EF Middle School students pay tribute to veterans
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
November 12, 2024
About 50 of them were on hand Monday for the school’s annual Veterans Day celebration. Veterans were celebrated at the 22nd annual Elizabeth Forward Middle School Veterans Assembly that took place Mon...
CHARLEROI AMERICAN LEGION MARKS VETERANS DAY
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November 12, 2024
American Legion Post 22 in Charleroi held Veterans Day services Monday in Speers, Fallowfield Township, North Charleroi/Lock 4, Charleroi and Dunlevy. Shown at the Fallowfield Township service, above,...
Forward Township supervisors clash over budget process
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 12, 2024
Tom DeRosa and Dave Magiske accused Dave Levdansky of not being involved enough in running the township. It doesn’t take much for supervisors in Forward Township to get riled up, particularly with eac...
McCormick will attend Senate orientation over Schumer objections
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By By RYAN DETO TribLive 
November 12, 2024
The Senate majority leader doesn’t want him there because Bob Casey hasn’t conceded. Republican Dave McCormick said Monday he is off to Washington, D.C. for freshman orientation at the U.S. Senate, ev...
White Oak police ask council for firearms upgrade
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 12, 2024
They’re advocating for a high-tech version of the Glock that would reduce liability for the borough. White Oak Police Officers Jerry Athans and Steve Bell joined Chief Mark Sargent in a presentation t...
Politics
November 12, 2024
LAW ENFORCEMENT officers have been in the spotlight often in recent years for being on the wrong side of the handcuffs. Sheriffs, deputies, police chiefs, officers, state troopers and more have been a...
That’s the power of love
Politics
November 12, 2024
As we faced a presidential election, Pope Francis asked us to have a heart. Writing about the Sacred Heart of Jesus, he used it as a reminder to all of us: We are loved. So many of us don’t believe it...
Harrris was always doomed
Politics
November 12, 2024
The presidential race was not unpredictable, as the now once again discredited polls swore to us. The Republicans had made massive gains in voter registrations since 2020, when Donald Trump had lost t...
Around The Valley
By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
November 12, 2024
Donations for Joseph “Teddy” Olinsky are being accepted on GoFundMe. One member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club who was convicted in the 2019 assault of a former club member in Charleroi is asking suppo...
Around The Valley
By By RYAN DETO TribLive 
November 12, 2024
John Fournier warned County Council that not approving the proposal could be “catastrophic.” Allegheny County’s manager is warning County Council that failure to approve a property tax hike near the l...
Round 2 in the Trump-vs-Mexico matchup looks ominous for Mexico
Politics
November 12, 2024
By MARK STEVENSON AND MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is facing a second Donald Trump presidency, and few countries can match its experience as a target of Trump’s rhetoric: The...
CHARLEROI HOSTS VETERANS DAY PARADE
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November 11, 2024
Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi, a Marine Corps veteran, walked with the Mon Valley Leathernecks in Saturday’s Veterans Day parade in Charleroi.
Annual ball for Mon Valley Leathernecks
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November 11, 2024
Retired Brig. Gen. David Papak uses a sword to cut the cake alongside Wally Fronzaglio at Saturday’s Mon Valley Leathernecks Marine Corps Ball at the Donora Social Hall.
How Trump’s second term could impact Pa. residents
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November 11, 2024
The president-elect is expected to be active in numerous areas when he returns to office in January. By JULIA BURDELSKI and RYAN DETO TribLive President-elect Donald Trump made many promises on the ca...