Donora to get bids for license plate recognition service
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
January 7, 2025
A camera will be attached to one of the borough’s patrol cars to help officers spot suspicious or stolen vehicles. Donora will solicit quotes to buy and install a NeoPatrol Camera for an automatic lic...
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ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 7, 2025
An update was also provided on the township’s pump stations. With the new year here, Elizabeth Township commissioners filled various board and township positions at Monday’s meeting. The board appoint...
Around The Valley
January 7, 2025
For the MVI Penn Highlands Mon Valley is reopening the Blood Draw Center in Monongahela, located in the Mon View Medical Building at 447 W. Main St. Skilled phlebotomists will be on site from 6:30 to ...
Politics
January 7, 2025
PITTSBURGH IS A STEEL TOWN. Pennsylvania is forged from coal and coke and iron. Maps are peppered with the words “furnace” and “mills.” The history of metal production in the Keystone State began in t...
Germany’s new Morgenthau plan
Politics
January 7, 2025
Less than a year before the end of World War II, then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan to punish postwar Germany. After the serial 18701871 Franco-Prussian Wa...
The legacy of Jimmy Carter
Politics
January 7, 2025
“We care about young women. We care about young children. And we want to make it possible to choose life.” Perhaps the mere fact that Sen. J.D. Vance — now the vice president-elect — felt the need to ...
CHEERING FOR THE GREYHOUNDS
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January 6, 2025
Monessen High School senior cheerleaders Rayne Hall and Jadyn Bradley pose for a photo during halftime of Friday’s boys basketball game against Serra Catholic. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent...
Mon Valley prepared as major snowfall expected
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 6, 2025
The National Weather Service says up to 8 inches could fall in some areas. Across the Mon Valley, communities are expected to experience heavy snowfall from Sunday night to this evening. The National ...
Expressway construction slated for this week
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 6, 2025
Work on the project will keep going despite a wintry forecast. Construction on the Mon/Fayette Expressway is chugging along for this upcoming week, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. W...
Uncertainty for U.S. Steel workers after sale blocked
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January 6, 2025
Some don’t believe any other buyer will provide the same guarantees that Nippon Steel was offering. WASHINGTON (AP) — By blocking a Japanese company’s takeover of U.S. Steel, President Joe Biden said ...
RWNES offering classes for prospective EMTs
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
January 6, 2025
They’re being conducted in cooperation with Penn State Fayette. needs more EMTs. They are not alone, as many first responder agencies are in need of help. RWNES, in conjunction with Penn State Fayette...
Pittsburghers reflect on region’s industrial arc in wake of blocked U.S. Steel deal
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By By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive 
January 6, 2025
President Joe Biden’s decision to thwart a Japanese firm from buying U.S. Steel doesn’t pen an obituary for the Pittsburgh- based industrial titan whose decades-long fall from grace has been inextrica...
Carter’s funeral begins by tracing path from rural Georgia to the world stage
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January 6, 2025
ATLANTA(AP) — Jimmy Carter ‘s extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farmin...
Around The Valley
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
January 6, 2025
The district has several options, depending on how much snow falls. Winter weather has arrived in the Mon Valley, which means Belle Vernon Area families have to navigate how to get their children to s...
Western Pa. residents react to call for cancer warnings on alcohol
Around The Valley
By By JOANNE KLIMOVICH HARROP TribLive 
January 6, 2025
The U.S. surgeon general made that recommendation Friday. On Friday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that because alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, warning labels should be on all alcoholic...
Devastation, relief expressed as Biden blocks U.S. Steel sale
Main
January 4, 2025
Area residents hold differing views on the impact the move will have on the local economy. By JACK TROY and QUINCEY REESE TribLive It takes a mixture of alcohol, dish soap and standard cleaner to remo...
Young actors to present ‘Finding Nemo Jr.’
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MCKEESPORT LITTLE THEATER
By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
January 4, 2025
It’s a music-filled stage version of the popular Pixar film. The McKeesport Little Theater is preparing to take audiences on an underwater journey with some familiar Pixar characters in Disney’s “Find...
PETA offers reward for info on abandoned puppies
Main
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
January 4, 2025
They were discovered last week outside Giant Eagle in White Oak. A national organization is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information related to two young adult female miniature pinschers foun...