Business, Latest News
November 18, 2025
A senior finance executive with more than 30 years’ experience in the field of healthcare has been named chief financial officer of the Centerville Clinics network. Christopher Knight, a native of Jef...
Entertainment, World News
November 18, 2025
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An ensemble of 374 bagpipers has claimed a new world record by playing AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top.” The event, called “The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash,” took plac...
Tigers’ fans show support in title game
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November 17, 2025
McKeesport students cheer from the stands Saturday during the WPIAL Class 4A championship game between the Tigers and Aliquippa at Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Indep...
Water rates may rise for Pennsylvania American Water customers in McKeesport
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
November 17, 2025
Pennsylvania American Water has asked the PUC to approve a rate increase. Water bills may be increasing in areas of the Mon Valley. Pennsylvania American Water is proposing an approximate $14-a-month ...
Monessen school district addresses safety concerns
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November 17, 2025
Superintendent Robert Motte said the schools are “a safe place for all students and staff.” By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com Monessen City School District officials have taken steps to reassure f...
Charleroi Area High School back in Academic League
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 17, 2025
Students will compete with five other area schools in a quiz-bowl format. The Academic League has returned to Charleroi Area High School, bringing back a competitive academic program that connects stu...
Local safe parking area designated for truckers
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 17, 2025
It’s located at the southbound weigh station off Interstate 79 in Washington County. Commercial drivers traveling through the Mon Valley now have more safe parking options along Interstate 79. Pennsyl...
Fetterman back home after being injured in fall
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November 17, 2025
The U.S. senator revealed in an online post that he needed 20 stitches to repair the damage. WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman says he has returned home to his family in Pennsylvania after being h...
Around The Valley
Formula recalled in Pa. after infant botulism outbreak
November 17, 2025
Police say a man was found shot dead behind a house in Clairton early Saturday morning. A report of shots fired in the parking lot of the Village Inn in the 800 block of Miller Avenue was made to 911 ...
Building on the declaration
Politics
November 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — In the next several days, Simon & Schuster will bring forth a little book, 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide, that should shake the country. It is called “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written...
Politics
By By CHRIS MEGERIAN AND JEFFAMY Associated Press 
November 17, 2025
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When President Donald Trump addressed Congress earlier this year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there holding an American flag and wearing a red baseball cap that said “...
Politics
November 17, 2025
IF THERE’S ONE THING public schools understand, it’s how to apply math to a word problem. “Jimmy has five apples” and “a train leaves Philadelphia heading east at 30 miles per hour” are the kind of th...
Around The Valley
November 17, 2025
• Roscoe Lions Club meeting, Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, Rostraver Township, 5:30 p.m. • Creative Writing Club, for writers in grades 6-12, Rostraver Public Library, 700 Plaza Drive, Rostraver Townshi...
Playing a happy tune
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November 15, 2025
The Clairton band performs during Friday night’s victory over Bishop Canevin in the WPIAL Class 1A semifinals. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent
Motte outlines plan for education in Monessen
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
November 15, 2025
The superintendent talks about his vision for the district in a new video. Superintendent Dr. Robert Motte is stepping out from behind the desk and speaking directly to the community in a newly releas...
Vigil calls for McKeesport safety upgrades
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November 15, 2025
It will be held Monday morning at the intersection of Lysle Boulevard and Coursin Street. By JENNIFER MCCALLA McKeesport Community Newsroom The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims will b...
State budget sees no new money for public transit
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November 15, 2025
Gov. Shapiro sought $292M in additional funding for next year. By HALEY DAUGHERTY TribLive Pennsylvanians woke up Thursday to a $50.1 billion state budget that makes additional investments in public s...