Fallowfield Township updates several zoning districts
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 31, 2025
The supervisors said some of the current zoning designations were not included when rezoning was done years ago. A zoning amendment that will affect a handful of properties has taken effect in Fallowf...
Mon/Yough Trail Council to hold annual Boston half marathon, 5K
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 31, 2025
The Mon/Yough Trail Council will host its 11th annual Boston Trail Half Marathon and 5K along the Great Allegheny Passage on April 12. The Mon/Yough Trail Council has been busy preparing for its 11th ...
PIAA sendoff for South Allegheny Gladiators
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March 29, 2025
South Allegheny High School’s Cam Epps addresses the crowd during a pep assembly Friday morning for the basketball team before it departed for today’s PIAA championship game. See more photos in our on...
Shooting suspect arrested after standoff in Monessen
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 29, 2025
Police say Jay Din Eleam barricaded himself inside a home on Leeds Avenue in Monessen. Gunfire and an hours-long police standoff rocked a quiet Monessen neighborhood Friday morning and led to the arre...
Haitian Resource Center provides help for the immigrant community
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By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
March 29, 2025
The project was developed by Jimmy Alexandre, who came to the U.S. in 2005. Though the doors to the Haitian Resource Center in Charleroi have only been open for a month, it’s already become a hub with...
N.Y. man will stand trial in Mon View Heights case
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 29, 2025
“Life-threatening” conditions have been alleged at the West Mifflin apartment complex. A New York man accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for a West Mifflin subsidized housing c...
Honor Vietnam War veterans today — and every day
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March 29, 2025
TODAY IS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY — a day to pay homage to the brave men and women who served in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 was signed into law by 45th ...
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March 29, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security, along with FBI agents, were in Charleroi Thursday to conduct immigration enforcement operations. Bradford Arick told WJPA News that the FBI was there to support it...
$1 million check given to Mon Valley lottery winner
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 28, 2025
A ceremony was held Thursday at Foster House II, where Brittnee Boot purchased the grand prize scratch-off ticket. A single mom from the Mon Valley hit the jackpot by winning a million dollars in a sc...
Local districts host League of Innovative Schools
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 28, 2025
The group promotes creative use of technology in the classroom. The League of Innovative Schools held its biannual convening this week, making visits to some Mon Valley schools. With 13 member distric...
Paving work approved in Monessen
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 28, 2025
Council authorized projects on Pacific Boulevard, Marion Avenue and Ninth Street, and work will begin soon on Reed Avenue. Monessen council approved the paving of three streets — Pacific Boulevard, Ma...
DA Walsh presents donation to substance recovery unit at Penn Highlands
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March 28, 2025
Washington County District Attorney Jason M. Walsh announced Thursday that opioid settlement funds were presented to the Penn Highlands Hospital Substance Recovery Unit. Walsh presented the $20,000 ch...
‘All stars’ celebrated at Auberle banquet
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 27, 2025
Nicholle Frantz used to yell at her kids in outbursts of anger when they misbehaved. “I was the mom who was always yelling, always screaming, always overwhelmed,” Frantz said. But that’s changed since...
West Mifflin Area budget impacted by county real estate tax refunds
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By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
March 27, 2025
The West Mifflin Area School District is being impacted by growing real estate tax refunds due to Allegheny County’s outdated property assessments — resulting in over $2.3 million in lost revenue for ...
Powerful interests poured $18M into top Pa. lawmakers’ campaign coffers
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March 27, 2025
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. By STE...
Valley barber offers free haircuts for kids with autism
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
March 27, 2025
Robert Lorenzo Altobelli, owner of LA Fades in North Belle Vernon, is hosting the event to promote autism awareness among the hair stylist/barber industry. A local barber has been inspired to raise au...
“Fierce and beautiful” theme of new dugout artwork in Washington Township
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March 27, 2025
The latest project by Rostraver Townshipbased artist Chris Galiyas was creating murals for dugout No. 2 at the Washington Township Ballfields, part of the Belle Vernon Area School District. The theme ...
Goughnour wins big in special election
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By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com 
March 26, 2025
His victory restores a narrow edge for the Democrats in the Pennsylvania House. Democrat Dan Goughnour will fill the seat of the late state Rep. Matthew Gergely in the 35th Legislative District. The A...