Local districts get Safe Schools grants
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November 17, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com Three Mon Valley school districts received a boost for improving student safety Monday when the Pennsylvania Department of Education awarded approximately $3...
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November 17, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi students will move to a two-week virtual learning model starting Monday in response to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the region. During Tuesday’s meeting, ...
BVA may permit remote teaching due to lack of substitutes
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November 17, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com The Belle Vernon Area School Board next week will consider a memorandum of understanding with the Belle Vernon Area Education Association that would allow teach...
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November 17, 2020
By Christine Haines chaines@yourmvi.com Work began Monday on a new booster station for Pennsylvania American Water in Elizabeth Township. According to Heather DuBose, external affairs senior specialis...
Veterans dispose of used flags
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November 16, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com It wasn’t a rocket’s red glare, but flames lit the night sky Monday as local military veterans gathered to hold a flag burning and retirement ceremony at Mon...
Monessen is months late for 2019 audit
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November 16, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The City of Monessen is months behind on getting its 2019 audit finished and there are conflicting stories about what may have caused the delay. When Councilman T...
France honors local World War II veteran
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November 16, 2020
By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com World War II veteran Frank Delia never talked about the horrors he faced after landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy two days after the historic June 6, 1944, invasi...
West Penn Power says most outages have been repaired
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November 16, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com High winds Sunday and early Monday tore down electric wires, felled trees and sent at least two area trampolines flying through the air. A trampoline ended up i...
No quick end to Senate race
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November 16, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The outcome of the 45th Senatorial District race may not be known for sure until Allegheny County’s elections division is entirely finished with its work. The dif...
Pa. officials don’t plan to bring back lockdowns
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November 16, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Although COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the state has no plans to put harsher restrictions back in place, leaving local officials, school districts and businesses ...
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November 16, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com A volunteer group in Elizabeth Township is preparing to feed more than 60 people for Thanksgiving, but they’d like to be feeding many more. Elizabeth’s Guardian...
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November 16, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Communities across the Mon Valley have had to address problems with stray and feral animals. In North Charleroi, chickens seem to be the problem. During a virtual me...
TJ repeats as champions
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November 16, 2020
Thomas Jefferson players pose with the trophy Saturday after defeating Aliquippa in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game.
Valley’s COVID-19 numbers still rising
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November 16, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Allegheny County’s new COVID-19 cases hit an all-time high Sunday with 527 new patients. Allegheny County Health Department broke from its standard practice and r...
Human relations commission on hold in Monessen
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November 16, 2020
By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen City Council decided last week to table a vote on an ordinance that would update existing laws regarding discrimination and create a human relations comm...
Aaron Gilstrap lights up New Eagle
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November 16, 2020
By ERIC SEIVERLING eseiverling@yourmvi.com For anyone who needs some cheering up this holiday season, New Eagle resident Aaron Gilstrap will gladly invite them to his house. Don’t worry, you can’t mis...
High winds, power outages hit region as storms blow through
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November 16, 2020
By Joe Napsha and Brian C. Rittmeyer Trib Total Media More than 13,000 customers of West Penn Power Co. and Duquesne Light were without power Sunday afternoon as a result of high winds that swept thro...
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November 16, 2020
By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In the midst of a global pandemic, Mon Valley residents are still finding ways to help their neighbors.   Separate community events will be held Saturday in Monessen...
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November 16, 2020
By CHRISTINE HAINES chaines@yourmvi.com After 11 years of coming up with catchy phrases to promote the Elizabeth Forward Area School District’s annual food drive, there wasn’t any need to think about ...
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November 16, 2020
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church (McKeesport-Duquesne) has found a creative way to mark Advent. Advent is the first season of the Christian church year, leading up to ...