BVA school board appoints new solicitor; recognizes students
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 18, 2026
Dodaro, Dalfonso, Matta and Cambest was selected for the position in a 5-4 vote. The Belle Vernon Area school board appointed a new solicitor Tuesday after discussing the issue for several weeks. Boar...
Student found with steak knife
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March 18, 2026
The Ringgold School District announced Tuesday that a steak knife was discovered in the backpack of a student at Ringgold Middle School. The incident occurred Tuesday morning during student arrival se...
More fundraisers set up for student killed in crash
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 18, 2026
There are numerous ways to help the family of Ayden Stahl, who died in a dirt bike accident over the weekend. In the days since 16-yearold Ayden Stahl’s death, the California Area community has respon...
From 70 degrees to snowfall: Region gets weather whiplash
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March 18, 2026
This week’s sudden blast of winter may be the last one for the season. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive March madness took on a literal meaning across southwestern Pennsylvania early this week as a sudden b...
Fire extinguished at PennWest California
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March 18, 2026
Firefighters respond to a small fire Tuesday at the Morgan Hall demolition site on the PennWest California campus. According to a university email, the fire was quickly extinguished with no injuries r...
The man without a plan
Opinion, Politics
March 18, 2026
When President Donald Trump ordered an armada of naval vessels, fighter planes, bombers and hightech surveillance drones to the Middle East, he thought he had the answer to decades of tension and terr...
Let the sunshine in: Restore transparency to Pennsylvania government
Opinion, Politics
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March 18, 2026
By WILLIAM M. COTTER President and CEO Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association National Sunshine Week, March 15-21, is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attenti...
Around The Valley
Charleroi Regional
March 18, 2026
• Tion Tyree Bolding Jr., 32, of White Oak was charged with persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control or deliver a controlled substance stemming from an alleged incident Feb. 27, court records...
Pittsburgh-area refugees, advocates prepare for Minnesota-style detentions
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March 18, 2026
Pittsburgh’s Public Source is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign up for our free newsletters at https://www.publicsource. org/ newsletter-signup/ By Venuri Siriwarda...
Good day for bingo at the Monessen Center for Active Adults
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March 17, 2026
Barbara Croushore of Rostraver Township marks numbers on her card Monday during afternoon bingo at the Monessen Center for Active Adults in the Knights of Columbus building. The center hosts bingo for...
Celebration of Donora’s 125th birthday starts Friday
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 17, 2026
A dance party will be the first of many events to mark the historic year. Donora will celebrate its 125th birthday the way any proud hometown should — with music, dancing, community gatherings and a r...
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 17, 2026
Commissioners voted Monday to transfer more than $8.3 million in debt. Commissioners approved two motions Monday to proceed with taking over the Rostraver Township Sewage Authority, following their de...
White Oak receives grant money for blight demolition
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 17, 2026
Four homes are targeted to be brought down. Several projects were discussed during White Oak council’s workshop and regular meeting Monday. The borough received a $35,000 grant from Allegheny County t...
Ethnic intimidation charges are filed after DUI arrest
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 17, 2026
A man from New York has been charged with ethnic intimidation after assaulting a state trooper who arrested him for DUI in South Huntington Township early Monday. Enayet Hossain, 47, of Richmond Hill,...
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 17, 2026
A Monessen man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he broke into an apartment and assaulted a woman during a domestic dispute earlier this month. Giovonie Isbell, 21, is charged with bu...
PennWest campuses to host regional Pa. Science Olympiad tournaments
Around The Valley, Features
March 17, 2026
PennWest University’s California campus will host the tournament on March 27. For the MVI PennWest’s Clarion and California campuses will welcome about 600 middle and high school students this spring ...
McKeesport Area students learn about ‘financial reality’
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March 17, 2026
High school juniors have to create budgets and manage real-life scenarios. By SANDY SABOT For the McKeesport Area School District McKeesport Area High School juniors recently participated in a “Financ...
Our long road to war with Iran
Opinion, Politics
March 17, 2026
Until last year, for some 46 years, Iran enjoyed a North Korea-like reputation in the heart of the Middle East: always unpredictable, reckless, dangerous, inevitably to be nuclear, self-destructive, a...
Charges filed after clash with police during protest
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 17, 2026
Six people were charged following the memorial march to honor a teen fatally struck by a car last year in West Mifflin. Several people are facing charges after a protest Sunday near Kennywood Park in ...
Valley cleans up from severe wind damage
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 16, 2026
Gusts up to 70 mph on Friday knocked out power and kept area first responders scrambling. Communities across the Mon Valley spent the weekend hunkering down and cleaning up after powerful winds tore t...