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25 years of honoring the heroes of Flight 93
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25 years of honoring the heroes of Flight 93
September 11, 2026
Editor’s Note: Mon Valley Independent Managing Editor Stacy Wolford was a reporter for The Valley Independent when she covered the Flight 93 crash from Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2001. She has returned ...
Donora advances ordinances regulating livestock
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Donora advances ordinances regulating livestock
By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter 
September 11, 2026
They would address a longrunning issue in the borough if they’re approved next month. Donora is one step closer to taking another crack at regulating backyard chickens, ducks and goats. Three years af...
Train hits car in Lower Speers
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Train hits car in Lower Speers
September 11, 2026
Charleroi firefighters responded to the State Street crossing in Lower Speers around 9:05 p.m. Thursday for a vehicle struck by a train. No injuries were reported, but several crossings in Speers and ...
Sept. 11 ranks among the most historic events in many Americans’ lifetimes
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Sept. 11 ranks among the most historic events in many Americans’ lifetimes
September 11, 2026
A new poll finds that the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are still among the most significant historical events in many Americans’ lives. By the AP Twenty-five years later, the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, are...
Bus company is no show at West Mifflin meeting
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Bus company is no show at West Mifflin meeting
By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com 
September 11, 2026
The school district will try to get someone from Krise Transportation to address the public next week. Krise Transportation was a no show Thursday during West Mifflin Area school board’s work session ...
Sports
Warriors cruise past South Park in home opener
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Warriors cruise past South Park in home opener
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
September 11, 2026
Rocco Thompson and Kaden Allen each ran for a pair of touchdowns in Elizabeth Forward’s win. After an extremely intense and emotional two weeks to start the high school football season, perhaps the El...
Bearcats back on track; Eagles win thriller
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Bearcats back on track; Eagles win thriller
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 11, 2026
Adam Moessner and Billy Moyer accounted for all nine goals as Bentworth bounced back in emphatic fashion with a 9-0 Section 2-1A victory over Carlynton. Moessner erupted for six goals, while Moyer rec...
Streaking Pirates’ playoff chances remain slim, but still aren’t none
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Streaking Pirates’ playoff chances remain slim, but still aren’t none
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
September 11, 2026
Fangraphs gives the Bucs a 1.3% chance of advancing. When calculating the Pittsburgh Pirates’ odds of making the playoffs with 16 games left in the season, it’s worth remembering the famous quote from...
Without Wade, Bears handle ’Dice
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Without Wade, Bears handle ’Dice
By By STEVE ROTSTEIN For MVI Sports 
September 11, 2026
After a tumultuous two weeks to start the season for reigning WPIAL and PIAA Class 1A champion Clairton, the Bears got back to doing what they do best — winning. At the expense of an undermanned Allde...
Obituaries
Henry F. Valko – Fairhope, Belle Vernon
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Henry F. Valko – Fairhope, Belle Vernon
September 11, 2026
Henry F. Valko, 86, of Fairhope, Belle Vernon, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital with his loving wife, Carol and daughter, Tracy Lynn, at his side....
Robert M. Behanna – Monongahela, Forward Township
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Robert M. Behanna – Monongahela, Forward Township
September 10, 2026
Robert M. Behanna, 88, of Monongahela, Forward Township, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Jefferson Hospital. He was born Aug. 8, 1938, in Gallatin, the son of Clyde and Neva Natali Behanna. Bob owned ...