Are spotted lanternflies on the decline in Western Pa.?
Around The Valley
By By MEGAN SWIFT TribLive 
September 21, 2024
A Penn State Extension expert says they’ve decreased significantly since last year. Spotted lanternflies are still a pest in Western Pennsylvania, but populations are trending lower in certain regions...
The politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
Politics
By By MORGAN LEE Associated Press 
September 21, 2024
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That’s where Robert Ardovino sees a Border Patrol horse trailer rumbl...
BVA’S DUSI REPEATS AS TENNIS CHAMP
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September 20, 2024
Belle Vernon Area’s Gabby Dusi, right, shakes hands with Hampton’s Grace Stitt after defeating her to win the WPIAL Class 2A Girls Individual Tennis Championship Thursday at Bethel Park High School. I...
Charleroi still feeling effects of Trump’s speech
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 20, 2024
A week later, there’s plenty of national attention on the borough’s Haitian population. Remarks by former President Donald Trump in a campaign speech last week continue to make waves in Charleroi. Tru...
West Mifflin Area extends superintendent’s contract
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
September 20, 2024
The move came despite heated objections from one school board member. The West Mifflin Area school board granted a five-year contract extension during Thursday’s meeting to Superintendent Jeffrey Sole...
Diocese selling former Epiphany of Our Lord property
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 20, 2024
The site hasn’t been used since the church shut down in 2018. The Diocese of Greensburg has begun the process of selling the former church property of the Epiphany of Our Lord Parish in Monessen. Loca...
SA board meets new student representatives
Around The Valley
By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
September 20, 2024
South Allegheny School District Superintendent David McDonald introduced two new young faces to the school board at this week’s meeting. Teagan Noll and Cody Deliman are the new student body represent...
DUI charge filed against Forward Twp. supervisor
Around The Valley
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 20, 2024
Police pulled over David Levdansky Tuesday night in Duquesne. A Forw ard Township supervisor has been charged with DUI after an incident Tuesday in Duquesne. David Levdansky, 69, is also charged with ...
EF honored as Apple Distinguished School District
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 20, 2024
Representatives from the company visited the district to see how their products are being used. Elizabeth Forward is among 17 districts in the country to receive recognition as an Apple Distinguished ...
Charleroi’s immigrant liaison: Haitians feel scared and unwelcome
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 19, 2024
Haitian immigrant Rony Jean Lherisson said he is here legally, pays taxes and feels many like him are being treated unfairly. Getro Bernabe is an immigrant liaison in Charleroi. It’s been a hectic wee...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
September 19, 2024
Donora council voted to create an ordinance dealing with portable storage containers due to recent issues. According to council President Cindy Brice, the containers have become a problem throughout t...
The Wedding Cookie Table Community: A labor of love
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September 19, 2024
Laura Magone is being featured by the MVI as part of the Hero Profiles series in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Media Partnership By JULIANA MORELLO For the Mon Valley Independent As is the case with...
McClellan Elementary students, staff celebrate kindergartner’s cancer victory
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September 19, 2024
The celebration featured music performed by the Thomas Jefferson High School band and included cheering from the high school cheerleading and color guard squads. By JOYCE HANZ TribLive A 5-year-old bo...
Protect PT: Sanitary landfill withdraws air quality permit
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
September 19, 2024
Despite opposition from the community and Protect PT, the DEP previously approved a Landfill Leachate Air Permit for the Rostraver Township-based landfill. Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill (WSL) withdre...
EF to consider forming district safety task force
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 19, 2024
Superintendent Keith Konyk said they are taking a proactive approach to keep students and staff safe. Last week, Elizabeth Forward School District Superintendent Keith Konyk sent a letter out to distr...
Agent 00-Zero
Politics
September 19, 2024
After yet another assassination attempt on Donald Trump — or as The New York Times calls it, “what the FBI is calling an assassination attempt” — it’s time for Trump to hire Blackwater to do his secur...
Politics
September 19, 2024
THE OFT-USED PHRASE is “it takes a village to raise a child.” In updated parlance, it isn’t so much a village as it is a volunteer — or lots of volunteers. It is hard to calculate everything in our li...
Glassport meeting rescheduled to comply with Pa. Sunshine Act
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By JIM BUSCH For the MVI 
September 19, 2024
A clerical error was blamed for not advertising the agenda prior to Tuesday’s meeting. Glassport Borough Council will hold another meeting next week after realizing the agenda for Tuesday’s voting mee...
VISIT FROM A STEELER
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September 18, 2024
Steelers tight end Connor Heyward (middle right in hoodie) posed with members of the Elizabeth Forward High School football team Tuesday at the annual Camp of Champions. See story on B1. To purchase t...
Charleroi baby shower aids Haitian community
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
September 18, 2024
Translators were on hand to make sure those who attended have access to available resources. Nonprofit Beverly’s PGH held a free community baby shower Tuesday in Charleroi for Haitian Creole-speaking ...