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March 4, 2025

TEACHING ARTIST VISITS MONESSEN

Teaching artist Amy Roadman of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art’s Artist-in-Residence Program visited Monessen Elementary Center Monday morning and worked with students on mosaic designs. Janaiya Stitch, A’Liyah Minnie, Roadman and Aastick Monger place foam tiles of different shapes and sizes around letters to make an art piece. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent

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Hunting for eggs in Stockdale

April 7, 2025

Participating in an Easter egg hunt Saturday in Stockdale are Grace, Paidlee, Riley and Isla Horrell. The event was sponsored by American Legion Post 801 in Roscoe and the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Dep...

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Dogs abandoned in White Oak have been adopted

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com

April 7, 2025

No one has been able to determine who left them in taped-up boxes in the Giant Eagle parking lot. Two dogs found in boxes in December and brought to White Oak Animal Safe Haven have found a new home. ...

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Rain brings flood watches to Mon Valley

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

April 7, 2025

A power outage Sunday evening affected several homes in North Charleroi. Heavy rain over the weekend sparked several flood warnings throughout the area, with river levels rising around the Mon Valley ...

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Open house set for modular homes

By MICHAEL RICHTER, mrichter@yourmvi.com

April 7, 2025

The event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. April 29 and will be followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Westmoreland Community Action will hold an open house April 29 for the recently completed modular...

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Elizabeth Forward stages ‘Hadestown: Teen Edition’

April 7, 2025

Elizabeth Forward High School’s musical cast took a journey to the underworld and back during the spring musical, “Hadestown: Teen Edition.” Shown during a scene are Sidney Thomas as Eurydice, Edward ...

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BVA receives grant for food service equipment

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com

April 7, 2025

The money will be used for a dual pressure steamer at the middle school. Belle Vernon Area School District has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for new food service equip...

Long waits for defendants seeking trials in murder cases

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Long waits for defendants seeking trials in murder cases

April 7, 2025

Seventeen people are currently being charged, but none of them are set for an immediate trial. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive There are 17 defendants facing homicide charges in a dozen pending cases in ...

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Carroll Township residents attend meeting to cite dangerous road

By TAYLOR BROWN, Senior Reporter

April 7, 2025

They asked supervisors for assistance with Donora Road near Second Street extension. A road in Carroll Township has residents worried. During a recent meeting, two township residents asked supervisors...

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Stockdale hosts Easter egg hunt

April 7, 2025

Isaac Rowe picks up eggs at Saturday’s Easter egg hunt in Stockdale. The event featured more than 10,000 eggs.

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Intense car fire in Monessen

April 7, 2025

Laura Borne of the Mon Valley Independent’s circulation department took this photo of a car fire early Saturday morning in Monessen’s Park Center Plaza off Grand Boulevard. It’s unclear what caused th...

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Looser education rules floated as fix to Pa.’s troubled home care workforce

April 7, 2025

A bill would require direct care workers to pass a competency exam rather than have a diploma or GED. Advocates argue a more direct solution to the staffing shortfall would be to increase wages. By KA...