Immigrant foundation to host walk to celebrate American independence
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 26, 2024
The Global Immigrant Foundation is working to become part of the community and welcomes everyone to the celebration walk on Saturday. A newly-formed foundation in Charleroi hopes to encourage a better...
Full Moon Fever: Tom Petty tribute band to perform at aquatorium
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June 27, 2024
ROCKIN’ ON THE MON SUMMER CONCERT SERIES PREVIEW The Tom Petty cover band will take the main stage at 7:30 p.m. Day One will perform on the Upper Level at 6 p.m. By MATT PETRAS For the MVI The Mononga...
Bartolotta’s bill allowing year-round motorcycle inspections passes Senate
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 26, 2024
The bill now moves to the House of Representatives for consideration. The Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill sponsored by state Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, that would permit motorcycle ...
Visiting Mon Valley towns through the eyes of ‘tourists’
Around The Valley
IT’S ETCHED IN STONE
June 26, 2024
Editor’s note: For the next few weeks, Ralph Stone will be writing about an imaginary family from Omaha, Neb., touring the Mon Valley on a summer vacation. It had been two years since the Higgins fami...
Tax hike in West Jefferson SD budget
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June 26, 2024
The school board also recognized several retirees on Tuesday. By the MVI The West Jefferson School District school board approved the final 2024-25 budget, which calls for a property tax increase. The...
CRIME BRIEFS
Around The Valley
Valley man accused of stealing from local club
June 26, 2024
A Clarksville man is accused of carjacking and assaulting a woman in front of a high rise in California Borough on Monday. According to court records, James Raymond Sickles, 28, is charged with aggrav...
How Trump will lose the debate
Politics
June 26, 2024
Donald Trump’s recent proposal to give a green card to every immigrant who gets a degree from any college reminded me of his performance at the 2020 debates with Joe Biden. Here’s the 15-second versio...
Politics
Trump, the convicted
June 26, 2024
To the Editor: The Democrats must be very proud of the president that has to have 16 coaches to prepare for the debate with his opponent Donald Trump. He is taking a week off from the people’s busines...
Ex-Valley teacher gets probation, must register as sex offender for school assault
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By By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media 
June 26, 2024
The victim stood at the front of the courtroom, describing the repercussions she’s faced in the last six months since reporting a teacher’s sexual misconduct at Seton LaSalle High School. The girl, no...
Friends, colleagues mourn local firefighter
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
June 25, 2024
Rhys Taylor served as president of the Donora Volunteer Fire Company. Rhys Taylor will be remembered for the love he put out into the world. The 24-year-old first responder and president of the Donora...
Brewster joins call to curtail gun violence
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
The state senator supports a report issued Tuesday by the U.S. surgeon general, but says more needs to be done about the “core causes.” The U.S. surgeon general’s declaration that gun violence is a pu...
GoFundMe campaigns set up for Belle Vernon fire victims
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
The Keith family lost its home and all its possessions in a Sunday morning blaze. Two GoFundMe campaigns have been launched for a Belle Vernon family of five who lost their home in a fire Sunday. The ...
Impact caught on camera as car strikes Port Vue home
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
No serious injuries were reported, but the house was badly damaged. A car crashed into a Port Vue home Tuesday, leaving a large hole and completely damaging the front end of the vehicle. According to ...
Fatal accident sparks discussion of hazardous intersection
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ELIZABETH BOROUGH
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
Sara Hammell called for action after her cousin was killed in a June 1 motorcycle crash. Sara Hammell spoke to Elizabeth Borough council Tuesday about the need for a stop sign at a dangerous intersect...
Big education fight stands in the way of a Pa. budget deal
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By By STEPHEN CARUSO Spotlight PA 
June 26, 2024
With the deadline approaching, lawmakers have found common ground on taxes, permitting and college. But they’re far from a deal on basic education funding. HARRISBURG — How much money to spend on Penn...
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By KRISTIE LINDEN For the MVI 
June 25, 2024
Dale Shawley Jr. was fined $750 and given 30 days to turn in the required paperwork. A member of Donora’s Zoning Hearing Board has been found guilty of failing to comply with the Public Official and E...
What RFK Jr. really means to the Pa. ballot
Politics
June 25, 2024
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. has filed paperwork to appear on the Pennsylvania ballot as a presidential candidate. The fourth Kennedy to run for president and the first to do so as an independent, he maintai...
Politics
By By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press 
June 25, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump’s gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to...
Boebert wins GOP primary after switching districts
Politics
ELECTION ROUNDUP
June 25, 2024
The loyal Trump ally easily defeated four other candidates. DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won Tuesday’s Republican primary in a U.S. House race that she jumped into last year, surviving a sca...