BVA ponders options for renovations
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 11, 2026
Further discussion will take place at a March 24 Operations Committee meeting, and a town hall is planned for later. The Belle Vernon Area school board held further discussion Tuesday on the idea of r...
Collapsing building threatens Glassport
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March 11, 2026
Part of Monongahela Avenue is blocked off as borough officials search for a quick solution. By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI Glassport officials are concerned that a property on its main thoroughfare wi...
Official says deal for new airline within reach at Palmer airport
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March 11, 2026
Interest jumped after Spirit Airlines pulled its popular service to Orlando. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Negotiations have progressed significantly with one or more commercial airlines to fly from Ar...
McKeesport area students get visit by state police trooper
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March 11, 2026
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Allan Bernard recently visited students in the Protective Service class at McKeesport Area Technology Center. He talked about what life in the academy was like and th...
Total war emerges from the fog
Opinion, Politics
March 11, 2026
is the moment This when total war meets the fog of war. Not in tiny steps but in one great leap, the United States has triggered, and itself soon will experience, a frightful period of total war that ...
Opinion, Politics
March 11, 2026
To the Editor: On Jan. 20, meinfuhrer Trump and his fascist cabinet and corrupt appointees took control of our government. They immediately, upon taking power, spit on our constitution and bill of rig...
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March 11, 2026
Authorities took a man into custody Monday morning after he crashed his car into another vehicle during a “domestic incident” in Clairton, then began assaulting the other driver, according to Alleghen...
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Donora
March 11, 2026
• Robert Lawrence, 38, of Monessen was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude police, driving without a license, driving with a suspended/revoked license, disorderly conduct and evading arrest on...
Valley enjoys early taste of spring
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March 10, 2026
Jordan Sadler, 9, of Charleroi was enjoying the sunny and warm temperatures Monday evening as he rode his bike at the Charleroi Area School District campus. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent
State lawmakers call for action as gas prices soar
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 10, 2026
Members of both parties are calling on Attorney General Dave Sunday to investigate the rapid rise. The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have led to a noticeable rise in gas prices across Pennsylvania, pro...
Forward Township OKs resolution to stay eligible for blight help
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 10, 2026
Supervisor Amy Cline said the township doesn’t have “clusters of blight,” but it’s still a concern. In a brief and cordial meeting Monday, Forward Township supervisors unanimously approved a resolutio...
Snap to it: ‘The Addams Family’ is coming to West Mifflin
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 10, 2026
West Mifflin Area High School’s Theater Department will premiere “The Addams Family,” the school’s spring musical, on Thursday. West Mifflin Area High School will present a comical feast that embraces...
White Oak council eyes effects of reassessment
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 10, 2026
Allegheny County hasn’t conducted a property tax reassessment since 2012. With a reassessment being considered in Allegheny County, White Oak council discussed the potential outcomes during Monday’s w...
Justice Department, Live Nation reach monopoly case settlement
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March 10, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department touted a tentative settlement of its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Monday as a victory for consumers t...
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NEWS BRIEFS
Knife confiscated from student
March 10, 2026
Body pulled from Mon River is identified The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a body found Sunday in the Monongahela River as a 56-year-old man who lived outside of the area. ...
Opinion, Politics
March 10, 2026
WHEN WE WATCH WAR unfold on television, there is fear and uncertainty. But there also can be the detachment of distance. It is not a comfort, but it can be insulating to know what is happening is so f...
Opinion, Politics
March 10, 2026
To the Editor: It was a very shameful display the way the Democrats behaved at the recent State of the Union address. From those elected who chose not to be there, to holding up a protest sign, to not...
Trump’s way of war
Opinion, Politics
March 10, 2026
War is the use of arms to settle differences— tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material—between organized groups. It is unchanging. The general laws of armed conflict stays immutable, given...