Slippery Rock University

Slippery Rock University announced its dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester. The dean’s list consists of SRU undergraduate students who earned an adjusted semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher, based on a schedule of at least 12 newly attempted and earned credits.

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Summer reading program

January 15, 2025

Belle Vernon Public Library has received permission from the borough to use North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park for its summer reading program. In 2023, the library used the park two days each week...

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Is U.S. Steel’s future with Nippon Steel or Cleveland-Cliffs?

January 15, 2025

IS THE FUTURE OF U.S. STEEL at a fork in the road? More than a week after blocking the almost $15 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel, President Joe Biden’s administration made a...

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Trump’s real punishment

January 15, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced on Friday in the bookkeeping case brought against him by Alvin Bragg, the elected Democratic district attorney of Manhattan. The sentence was effectively not...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

January 15, 2025

To the Editor: The following is a sonnet written in 1883 by Emma Lazarus. It eventually was cast in bronze and in 1903 was mounted on a pedestal on the lower level of the Statue of Liberty. The full t...

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Letters to the Editor policy

January 15, 2025

The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...