The Kids Online Safety Act is worth passing

WHETHER IT’S TIKTOK or Instagram or Snapchat or some yet-to-be-released app sure to enrapture its users, it’s pretty clear — to us, at least — that too many young people are spending too much of their time falling all the way down shallow-yet-deep online rabbit holes designed by profit-hungry companies to draw them in.

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TJ OPENS PLAYOFFS WITH VICTORY

November 2, 2024

Thomas Jefferson defeated West Allegheny on the first night of the WPIAL football playoffs.

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Mon Valley counties under drought watch

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

November 2, 2024

Area residents are being asked to reduce their water usage by 5-10%. Drought watches and warnings have been issued for 35 counties across the state, including the entirety of the Mon Valley. On Friday...

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Monessen house damaged in Friday morning fire

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

November 2, 2024

It appears to be electrical in nature, according to Fire Chief Delmar Hepple. A woman has been displaced from her Monessen home after a fire early Friday morning. Municipal Fire Chief Delmar Hepple sa...

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Rocky Bleier nominated for Salute to Service Award

By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media

November 2, 2024

Pittsburgh Steelers legend Rocky Bleier is the team’s nominee for the NFL’s Salute to Service Award, the team announced Friday. A running back on the Super Steelers’ four-time Super Bowl champions of ...

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Supreme Court allows contested provisional ballots to be counted

November 2, 2024

The court turned down an emergency appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans. DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousan...

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MON VALLEY ALLIANCE AWARD WINNERS

November 2, 2024

Fallowfield Township and the Charleroi Area School District received the Allison Maxwell Outstanding Leadership Award at a Mon Valley Alliance symposium held Thursday. Township supervisors posed for a...