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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 11, 2024
By the MVI First responders were called to the Stan Musial Bridge early Friday morning for a report that someone jumped into the Monongahela River, according to emergency scanner reports.   Crews resp...
2 hurt as out-of-control bus crashes into Charleroi building
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Two people were injured when a Freedom Transit bus crashed into a storage building early Thursday morning in Charleroi.   Fire Chief Robert Whiten Jr...
Monessen, engineers resolve dispute
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com After city officials aired their concerns about engineering costs for work completed in Phase 4 on the sewer rehabilitation project last month, Monessen and WEC...
Social media bill passes House, but roadblocks await
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com A bill that regulates how social media companies treat minors on their platforms was approved by the state House of Representatives this week.   Its provisions are ...
Local students ran in Pittsburgh Kids Marathon
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Students from across the Mon Valley took to the streets of downtown Pittsburgh last weekend to participate in a youth marathon with their teachers, f...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 10, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Mon Valley Initiative and Allegheny Health Network’s Front Door Initiative have partnered with other local service providers to help connect memb...
Charleroi hires 2 full-time street crew employees
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 9, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi’s street crew will soon have more help. Last week, borough council discussed filling two full-time positions. Not all members of council we...
Monongahela promotes police officer to full time
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 9, 2024
By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Monongahela council promoted one of its part-time police officers to full-time at Wednesday’s council meeting. Monongahela council approved the hiring of Spence...
Mon River Arts to stage ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
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By Stacy Wolford 
May 9, 2024
By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Director Art DeConciliis works mostly with semi-professional and community theater productions, and that’s how he likes it. “It’s where I’m happiest and most comfortable,” h...
Charleroi Area HS celebrates Bring Your Kid to Work Day
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2024
By Sarah Pellis   spellis@yourmvi.com Charleroi Area High School students welcomed their younger peers to campus Tuesday for the district’s annual Bring Your Kid to Work Day.   First brought to the di...
Chamber unveils Pop Up Post in Charleroi
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The newest “post” for local businesses to pop up opened Tuesday in Charleroi. The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce recently remodeled its conc...
Carroll Township hiring 3 new police officers
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Carroll Township’s police department will soon have new officers on patrol. During a meeting Tuesday morning, supervisors unanimously approved hiri...
Volunteers needed to raise flags in memory of West Newton veterans
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2024
By JEFF HIMLER Trib Total Media Volunteers are needed Saturday morning in West Newton to help raise nearly 400 flags in honor of local deceased veterans. Now in its 30th year, the West Newton Avenue o...
Charleroi cheering section
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
Charleroi Area High School students Avery Pendo, Riley Jones and Sofia Celaschi cheered on the Cougars’ baseball team as they played Chartiers-Houston at Veterans Field Monday afternoon. To purchase t...
2 presidential candidates recommended for PennWest University
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media PennWest University trustees Monday forwarded the names of two presidential hopefuls – one from Utah and the other from Tennessee – to the State System of Higher Edu...
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley residents who fell victim to heavy rains and flooding last month could receive help in the form of a low-interest loan through the U.S. Sm...
Elizabeth Twp. says goodbye to junior commissioner
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township recognized its 2023-24 junior commissioner, Elizabeth Forward High School senior Giovanna Ferraro at her final meeting Monday. Commissioners pres...