Monessen Lions present 10-year anniversary gift to MVI
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April 18, 2026
Monessen Lions Club presented a donation to the Mon Valley Independent as the newspaper commemorates its 10year anniversary. From left are 1st Vice President Lion Mark Panicucci, Treasurer Lion Debbie...
Monessen veteran receives Wecht humanitarian award
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April 18, 2026
Rodney Merritt Sr. was honored by Achieving Greatness Inc. with the annual Veterans Award. By the MVI Rodney Merritt Sr. of Monessen was among several area people honored with the 2026 Dr. Cyril Wecht...
Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport to celebrate National Library Week
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April 18, 2026
Several special events are planned for the national celebration. By COLETTE FUNCHES McKeesport Community Newsroom The Carnegie Library of McKeesport will take part in the National Library Week celebra...
Traffic briefs
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April 18, 2026
Part of East Smithfield Street in Elizabeth Township to close Monday The Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced that part of East Smithfield Street in Elizabeth Township will close near...
World briefly
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April 18, 2026
Oil prices drop 9% and Wall Street rallies to a record NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record Friday afte...
What the end of PM Orban means for the New Right
Opinion, Politics
April 18, 2026
Viktor Orban, the proudly “illiberal” prime minister of Hungary, beloved by various New Right nationalists and MAGA American intellectuals, was crushed at the polls this weekend. Over the last decade ...
Politics
April 18, 2026
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI AND LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House early Friday approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy age...
POLICE LOG
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Elizabeth Township
April 18, 2026
Charleroi Regional • Christian Gallagher, 54, of West Newton was charged with BAC .02 or higher - third offense, stemming from an alleged incident on Feb. 16, court records state. Elizabeth Township •...
Local entrepreneurs win funding at 4th Mon Valley I2E Awards
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April 17, 2026
The grand prize went to Hannah Conard of Sesame and Lillies in Monongahela. For the MVI The Mon Valley Alliance Foundation, in partnership with Washington & Jefferson College’s Ignite Business Incubat...
Mobile home park owner now county’s biggest taxpayer
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
April 17, 2026
The owner of Westmoreland Mall drops to second place. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive A New Jersey-based company that owns mobile home parks and prefabricated residential communities in a dozen states wi...
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April 17, 2026
Sports Stew Wayne Stewart cleaned out his notebook for some leftover Stew. B1
Main
April 17, 2026
Don’t miss our Food pages full of new recipes in Saturday’s print and electronic edition of the MVI.
Madonna Catholic students to stage ‘Peter Pan Jr.’
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
April 17, 2026
The musical will be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ringgold High School auditorium. Pirates are practicing sword fights, Lost Boys are learning dance numbers and somewhere backstage, Peter Pan is...
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April 17, 2026
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West Mifflin to crack down on illegal dumping, clean up vacant properties
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By By TOM LETURGEY For the MVI 
April 17, 2026
Council is targeting the location of the former CarSalas bar as an area of concern in the borough. West Mifflin council is on a mission to clean up borough neighborhoods. The former CarSalas bar at 56...
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MONONGAHELA
By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
April 17, 2026
Art vendors are being sought for the Aug. 1 event. The Monongahela Main Street Program is preparing for its first-ever arts festival and is calling for all artists in the region to apply and participa...
West Mifflin Area budget may include tax increase
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
April 17, 2026
A preliminary spending plan presented Thursday has a projected deficit of more than $2.8 million. West Mifflin Area School District may have to consider a tax hike to balance its 202627 budget. Discus...
Politics
April 17, 2026
By MIKE CATALINI AND JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year’s top Senate contests, a potential sign of voter enthusiasm in wha...